Handsome Pizza

Handsome Pizza
Exterior and covered seating, 2022
Restaurant information
Established	2012 (2012)
Closed	August 14, 2022 (2022-08-14)
Food type	Pizza
Street address	1603 Northeast Killingsworth Street
City	Portland
County	Multnomah
State	Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code	97211
Country	United States
Coordinates	45.5628°N 122.6489°W / 45.5628; -122.6489
Website	handsomeseastar.com

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.^[1][2] Handsome's pizzas were "New York-Neapolitan hybrids" and featured sourdough crusts, baked in a custom-built, wood-fired oven.^[3]

History

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] During a gap between the two locations, Handsome hosted a series of pop-ups at the bakery Tabor Bread.^[7][8] In 2020, fifteen employees were laid off because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] In 2022, owners announced plans to close on August 14.^[10][11][12] The pizzeria No Saint moved into the space.^[13]

Reception

Michael Russell included Handsome in The Oregonian's 2016 list of Portland's best new restaurants.^[14] The newspaper's Samantha Bakall included the pizzeria in a list of Portland's best wood-fired pizza.^[15] In 2018, Russell ranked Handsome number five in a list of Portland's top ten pizzerias,^[16] and number six in a list of the city's best pizza by the slice.^[17] 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".^[18]

See also

• Pizza in Portland, Oregon

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.

External links

• Media related to Handsome Pizza at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website