Gracie's Apizza is a pizzeria in North Portland's St. Johns neighborhood. Pizzas use Cairnspring Mills flour from Washington.[2] The restaurant also serves house-made ice cream.[3][4]
History
Owner Craig Melillo established Gracie's Apizza as a food cart in 2018. The brick and mortar restaurant opened in late 2019, in a space previously occupied by 24th and Meatballs.[5][6]
In September 2021, the original Gracie's Apizza location closed, and the space was replaced by Pastificio d'Oro.[7] On May 3rd, 2023, the restaurant reopened at their current location.[8] Gracie's shares a building with Starter Bread.[9]
Reception
The Oregonian's Michael Russell included Gracie's Apizza in a 2018 list of the Portland's best new food carts and a 2020 list of the city's best new pizzerias.[10][11] He also said in 2018 the restaurant served Portland's best calzone.[12] Gracie's Apizza was nominated for Food Cart of the Year in Eater Portland's 2018 Eater Awards.[13] In 2021, the website's Brooke Jackson-Glidden described the restaurant as "perpetually underrated".[14] She and Alex Frane included Gracie's Apizza in a 2021 list of 17 "vital" food carts and restaurants in St. Johns.[15]