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Handsome Pizza
Handsome Pizza was a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2012, the business closed in August 2022.

Description

The pizzeria was located on Killingsworth Street in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood and shared a space with Seastar Bakery. Handsome's pizzas were "New York-Neapolitan hybrids" and featured sourdough crusts, baked in a custom-built, wood-fired oven.

History

Will Fain acquired the Pizza Depokos cart in 2011 and rebranded the business as Handsome Pizza in 2012. The restaurant operated from a garage in north Portland, until relocating to Killingsworth in August 2015. During a gap between the two locations, Handsome hosted a series of pop-ups at the bakery Tabor Bread. In 2020, fifteen employees were laid off because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, owners announced plans to close on August 14. The pizzeria No Saint moved into the space.

Reception

Michael Russell included Handsome in The Oregonian's 2016 list of Portland's best new restaurants. The newspaper's Samantha Bakall included the pizzeria in a list of Portland's best wood-fired pizza. In 2018, Russell ranked Handsome number five in a list of Portland's top ten pizzerias, and number six in a list of the city's best pizza by the slice. In 2021, Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Handsome in Eater Portland's overview of eateries for "exceptional" pizzas in the city and said the "hyper-seasonal specials are often stunners".

See also

References

  1. ^ Williams, Nathan (2021-12-03). "Where to Grab Pizza by the Slice in and Around Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  2. ^ Bakall, Samantha (2015-08-06). "First look: Handsome Pizza and Seastar Bakery in Northeast Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ^ Walsh, Chad (2015-08-17). "Handsome Pizza Gets a New Home; Shares Space With Seastar Bakery". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. ^ Sawyer, Cassie (2014-03-18). "Handsome Pizza's Will Fain on Cart Life, Dough Nerdery, and Pizza Fanatics". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  5. ^ Russell, Michael (2012-11-28). "North Portland's Pizza Depokos rebrands as Handsome Pizza". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  6. ^ Centoni, Danielle (2015-01-23). "Handsome Pizza Teams Up with New Seastar Bakery to Open on NE Killingsworth". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  7. ^ Centoni, Danielle (2015-01-13). "Handsome Pizza Hosting Sunday Pop-ups at Tabor Bread". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  8. ^ "How Handsome Pizza Got Too Fancy for Its Own Good". Willamette Week. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  9. ^ Hill, Sam (2020-03-24). "A List of Relief Funds and Resources for Portland Restaurants, Bars, and Food Service Workers". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  10. ^ Wong, Janey (2022-08-03). "Portland Legends Seastar Bakery and Handsome Pizza Will Close This Month". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  11. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2022-08-03). "Handsome Pizza and Seastar Bakery Will Close August 14". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  12. ^ Wong, Janey (2021-01-20). "Portland's Restaurant, Bar, and Food Cart Closures". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  13. ^ "The Hottest New Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland, April 2023". Eater Portland. 2015-04-02. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  14. ^ Russell, Michael (2016-05-31). "Handsome Pizza review: 2016 best Portland restaurants". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  15. ^ Bakall, Samantha (2017-05-18). "Follow our search for Portland's best wood-fired pizza". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  16. ^ Russell, Michael (2018-02-09). "Portland's top 10 pizzerias, ranked". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  17. ^ Russell, Michael (2018-08-09). "Portland's best pizza by the slice, ranked". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  18. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2016-08-05). "Where to Find Exceptional Pizzas in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
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