Baby Blue Pizza

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Baby Blue Pizza
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Restaurant information
EstablishedJuly 2019 (2019-07)
ClosedJanuary 2022 (2022-01)
Owner(s)Odie O’Connor
Food type Italian (pizza)
City Portland
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Website babybluepizza.com

Baby Blue Pizza (sometimes Baby Blue Woodfired Pizza) [1] was a vegan pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. [2] The restaurant operated from July 2019 to January 2022, closing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Description

The restaurant served seven [3] vegan pizzas with sourdough crusts and toppings like meatless pepperoni. [4] [5] Sometimes gluten-free crusts were used. [6]

History

Vegan chef Odie O'Connor, who previously worked at Gracie's Apizza, began operating Baby Blue as a food cart on Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland in July 2019. [7] Approximately two years later, O'Connor related the business to the Rose City Food Park. He closed the cart for approximately one month during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing him to explore making other types of pizza and open a separate small pizzeria called Boxcar Pizza. [1] [8] [9] Like many restaurants during the pandemic, Baby Blue operated via take-out or bike courier delivery at times. [10] [11] The restaurant closed in January 2022; employees were given the option to work at Boxcar Pizza. [12] [13]

Reception

Michael Russell included Baby Blue in The Oregon's 2020 overview of Portland's five best new pizzerias. He said Baby Blue "stands out for the quality of its chewy, blistered dough" and was "leaning the charge" amongst the city's new vegan pizzerias. [14] [15] The Portland Business Journal gave the business a rating of 5 stars. [16] Waz Wu included Baby Blue in Eater Portland 's 2021 overview of "where to find knockout vegan pizza in Portland" and said, "This successful pop-up-turned-food-cart slings some of the most exciting vegan pizza in town." [17] Wu also included the business in a 2021 list of 13 "vegan food carts to visit in Portland and beyond". [18] Baby Blue was a nominee in the Best Vegan Pizzeria category of VegNews magazine's Veggie Awards in 2022. [12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Vinson, Ty (July 14, 2020). "Vegan Detroit-style pizza joint set to open in The Zipper this August". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ Piech-Gitenstein, Nicole; Gitenstein, Eric (June 1, 2020). Portland, Oregon Food Crawls: Touring the Neighborhoods One Bite and Libation at a Time. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4930-4569-3.
  3. ↑ "KOIN's Cart of the Week: Baby Blue Pizza". KOIN.com. February 4, 2020. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (December 16, 2019). "A Guide to Portland's New Pizza Shops". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (January 9, 2019). "Beloved Japanese Bakery Oyatsupan Opens a Tiny Bakery Cafe in Tigard". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. ↑ Smith, Suzette. "Takeout Club: A Former Detroiter's Review of Two New Detroit-Style Pizzerias". Portland Mercury . Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (July 10, 2019). "A New Vegan Pizza Cart Is Coming to SE Hawthorne". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  8. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (July 17, 2020). "The Portland Independent Restaurant Alliance Calls for a Boycott of Grubhub". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  9. ↑ Axworthy, Nicole. "Detroit-Style Vegan Pizza Shop to Open in Oregon". VegNews . Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ Wu, Waz (May 28, 2020). "Portland's Vegan and Vegetarian Food Carts Open for Takeout and Delivery". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  11. ↑ Wu, Waz (March 30, 2020). "Portland Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants Offering Delivery and Takeout During the COVID-19 Outbreak". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Wu, Waz (January 10, 2022). "Vegan Pizza Cart Baby Blue Will Close at the End of the Month". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  13. ↑ Smith, Suzette (January 9, 2022). "Vegan, Wood-Fired Pizza Cart Baby Blue Announces It Will Close at the End of January". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  14. ↑ Russell, Michael (January 30, 2020). "These are Portland's five best new pizzerias, from creative toppings to obsessed-over dough". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  15. ↑ Russell, Michael (January 31, 2020). "Portland is in the midst of a vegan pizza boomlet, and Baby Blue Pizza is leading the charge". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  16. ↑ "New restaurants 2019". Portland Business Journal. November 18, 2019. Note: Slide 19.
  17. ↑ Wu, Waz (October 17, 2018). "Where to Find Knockout Vegan Pizza in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  18. ↑ Wu, Waz (September 4, 2018). "13 Vegan Food Carts To Visit in Portland and Beyond". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
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