Handsome Pizza

Handsome Pizza is a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant was established in 2012.

Handsome Pizza
Exterior and covered seating, 2022
Restaurant information
Established2012 (2012)
Food typePizza
Street address1603 Northeast Killingsworth Street
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97211
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45.5628°N 122.6489°W / 45.5628; -122.6489
Websitehandsomeseastar.com

Description

The pizzeria is located on Killingsworth Street in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood and shares a space with Seastar Bakery.[1][2] Handsome's pizzas are "New York-Neapolitan hybrids" and feature sourdough crusts, baked in a custom-built, wood-fired oven.[3]

History
Garage operation during Pizza Week, 2022

Will Fain acquired the Pizza Depokos cart in 2011[4] and rebranded the business as Handsome Pizza in 2012.[5] The restaurant operated from a garage in north Portland, until relocating to Killingsworth in August 2015.[3][2][6] In 2020, 15 employees were laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Reception

Michael Russell included Handsome Pizza in The Oregonian's 2016 list of Portland's best new restaurants.[8] The newspaper's Samantha Bakall included the pizzeria in a list of Portland's best wood-fired pizza.[9] In 2018, Russell ranked Handsome Pizza number five in a list of Portland's top 10 pizzerias,[10] and number six in a list of the city's best pizza by the slice.[11] In 2021, Brooke Jackson-Glidden included Handsome Pizza in Eater Portland's list of "Where to Find Exceptional Pizzas in Portland" and said the "hyper-seasonal specials are often stunners".[12]

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. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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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