Travel website Big 7 Travel put together a list of the 50 best pizza restaurants in the world – and a longtime Portland favorite came in at number two.
Ken’s Artisan Pizza, the 16-year-old woodfired pizzeria in southeast Portland, claimed second place on the list, which extolled the virtues of Ken’s “hand-stretched mozzarella, long fermented dough and sweet Italian tomatoes.”
10 by Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria in Naples was topped the list at number one – not bad company to be in.
To be fair, the list gets a few details wrong about Ken’s. As our restaurant reporter, Michael Russell, notes, Ken’s bakery was bought by longtime employees when he retired, not the pizzeria, as reported in the Big 7 article.
The pizzeria was sold to Peter Kost, owner of Carina Lounge in northwest Portland. Though we would agree with Big 7 that “the pizzas are just as delicious as ever.”
Check out our (comprehensive) coverage of Portland’s pizza scene:
- Ken Forkish has left the building: Portland’s preeminent baker on perfectionism, retirement and moving to Hawaii
- Cafe Olli is Portland’s best new bakery (and pizzeria too)
- Michael Russell: The 10 best things I ate in Portland this year
- These are Portland’s 10 best new pandemic-time pizzerias
- Someone called Portland the best pizza city in America? Not again.
Ken’s Artisan Pizza serves up its 12-inch pies at 304 S.E. 28th Ave.
Tuesday-Thursday: 5 to 9 p.m.
Friday-Saturday: 5 to 10 p.m.
Sunday: 4:30 to 9 p.m.