Pizza Jerk

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Pizza Jerk
Exterior of the pizzeria in northeast Portland, Oregon, 2022
Restaurant information
Established2015 (2015)
Owner(s)
Food typePizza
Street address
  • 4028 Northeast 42nd Avenue[3]
  • 621 Southeast Morrison Street
  • 1708 Southwest 6th Avenue
CityPortland
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Websitepizzajerkpdx.com

Pizza Jerk is a pizzeria with three locations in Portland, Oregon. Tommy Habetz opened the original restaurant in 2015.

History

The first Pizza Jerk opened in 2015.[4][5] The original Pizza Jerk caught fire in June,[6][7] re-opening in September.[8]

A second location opened in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood in 2018.[9][10]

Reception

Bon Appetit named Pizza Jerk one of the country's "50 Best New Restaurants".[11] Thrillist named the restaurant one the best pizzerias in the U.S.[8] Portland Monthly included the pizzeria in a list of the city's best new restaurants of 2016.[12] Kara Stokes included Pizza Jerk in Eater Portland's 2021 overview of recommended eateries in northeast Portland's Cully neighborhood.[13] In 2022, the website's Janey Wong called Pizza Jerk a "punk rock pizzeria".[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "High Chairs and Hard Core".
  2. ^ Tepler, Benjamin (October 28, 2015). "Bunk's Tommy Habetz to Open Pizza Jerk". Portland Monthly. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Williams, Nathan (December 3, 2021). "Where to Grab Pizza by the Slice in and Around Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  4. ^ McCann, Fiona (February 24, 2021). "Neighborhood Guide: Cully". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  5. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (July 7, 2021). "Please Stop Calling Portland America's Best Pizza City. We Don't Care". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  6. ^ Bamman, Mattie John (June 7, 2016). "Updated: Fire Breaks Out at Pizza Jerk". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  7. ^ Bamman, Mattie John (June 8, 2016). "See the Extent of Pizza Jerk Fire Damage in Photos". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Bamman, Mattie John (September 6, 2016). "Updated: Pizza Jerk Reopens". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  9. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (May 16, 2018). "Pizza Jerk 2 Is Taking A Little Extra Time to Open". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  10. ^ Frane, Alex (May 31, 2018). "Pizza Jerk 2 is Really, Absolutely, About to Open". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  11. ^ Brooks, Karen; Clarke, Kelly; Hamilton, Katherine; McCann, Fiona; Michelman, Jordan; Tepler, Ben (July 8, 2021). "Modernist Pizza Authors Have Named Portland America's Best Pizza City". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  12. ^ Clarke, Kelly (October 10, 2016). "Portland's Best Pizza Spot That Almost Flamed Out: Pizza Jerk". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  13. ^ Stokes, Kara (March 25, 2019). "Where to Eat and Drink in Cully". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  14. ^ Wong, Janey (January 3, 2023). "Portland Restaurateur Tommy Habetz Is in the Hospital After a Brain Hemorrhage". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.