Ranked by TableJourney editorial score.
Portland's pizza is wood-fired and Pacific Northwest in spirit: blistered crust from a 480°C oven, seasonal toppings (chanterelles in autumn, asparagus in spring), house-made mozzarella, local pork sausage.
Portland's pizza identity took shape in the early 2000s as Apizza Scholls (Brian Spangler, opened 2005) built a Neapolitan-meets-New-Haven thin-crust template using Pacific Northwest-milled flour and a 24-hour cold ferment. Ken Forkish (Ken's Artisan Pizza, opened 2006) refined the wood-fired approach with seasonal Oregon toppings. Lovely's Fifty Fifty in North Mississippi runs a farm-driven Northwest version (the dish lineup changes weekly with what the city's farms bring in). The Portland pizza scene is regularly cited (Eater, Pizza Today, Bon Appetit) as the strongest in the Pacific Northwest.
3 editor picks for Pacific Northwest wood-fired pizza in Portland, ranked by editorial score. All Portland signature dishes · Pacific Northwest wood-fired pizza across every city.
Brian and Kim Spangler's 18-inch sourdough pies on SE Hawthorne in Portland, in business since 2004 and still the canonical Portland Neapolitan pizza.
OrderThe classic Margherita with house mozzarella
TipPhone orders open at 16:00. Dough sells out on weekends; arrive by 17:30 or risk no pie.
The Smith family's whole-grain sourdough pizza and house-churned ice cream room on N Mississippi in Portland, all foraged toppings and seasonal flavours.
OrderThe pie with chanterelles and fontina, in season
TipWalk-in only with a handful of booths. The ice cream rotates weekly with foraged flavours.
Ken Forkish's wood-fired pizza room on SE 28th in Portland, the pizza arm of his bakery empire with naturally leavened dough and seasonal toppings.
OrderThe margherita with house-cured pepperoni
TipReservations on Tock for the dining room. Monday-night meatballs sell out by 19:00.
Pacific Northwest wood-fired pizza makes more sense with someone from Portland explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
Guided tour · 2 hours
Explore Portland’s pizza scene on a guided walking tour featuring 4 full slices at 4 standout pizzerias. Learn pizza styles, techniques, and where locals actually eat.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Find out what the food cart hype is about in the food cart capital of the world. On this walking tour you'll discover global food & drinks, and learn fun history in th...
Guided tour · 2h 30m
Walk around the bustling streets of Downtown Portland with your local guide and discover why Portland is the coffee and donut capital of the world.