| Gladstone Street Pizza | |
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 The pizzeria's interior, 2022 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Owner(s) | John Mitchell |
| Food type | Italian (pizza) |
| Street address | 3813 Southeast Gladstone Street |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97202 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°29′36″N122°37′24″W / 45.4934°N 122.6234°W |
Saint Pizza Lounge and Gladstone Street Pizza, more commonly known as simply Gladstone Street Pizza (GSP), is a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon.
GSP is a pizzeria in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood. In 2019, Willamette Week said, "Gladstone Street Pizza's temperament is split evenly between the Buckman neighborhood's bespoke parlors and a cut-rate pepperoni mill. The pizzeria crafts simply topped, thin-crusted paragons such as Italian sausage, sweet onion and arugula-topped Tri-Colour, and the house special covered in chevre, basil and Mama Lil's peppers." [1] The 'For the House' pizza has Italian sausage, mozzarella, arugula, and pecorino Romano cheese. [2]
The newspaper's Kelly Clarke wrote in 2011, "Serving big, cheesy, garlicky pies without an ounce of pretension, this bare-bones pizza chamber only proofs enough dough for 30 pizzas a night. They don't always run out, but it's not worth arriving late and missing out on the chance of wrapping your lips around a chewy-crusted slice topped with peppery arugula, sweet onions and sausage or groaning with Canadian bacon and pepperoni." The menu has also included local microbrews and a Caesar salad. [3]
John Mitchell is co-owner and pizzaiolo; he wanted to open a pizzeria with New Haven-style pizza. [2] Previously, he operated Gladstone Coffee and Gallery at the same address. [4]
In 2011, Steve Beaven of The Oregonian credited GSP (and the Saint Pizza Lounge) and Gladstone Street Pub for "[creating] momentum on a formerly somnolent stretch of an often-overlooked street south of Southeast Powell Boulevard". [5]
For Pizza Week in 2014, Mitchell collaborated with John Fimmano, co-owner and chef of nearby Shut Up and Eat, to re-create the latter's roast-pork sandwich in pizza form. [6]
In his 2012 overview of "pizzas worth your dough", [7] Michael Russell of The Oregonian wrote:
Gladstone Street Pizza serves a delicious pie -- you could call it a tweaked East Coast style -- and the local spirits at their adjacent Saint Cocktail Lounge should put the bars at many so-called 'local' restaurants to shame... With a beer and cocktail list heavy with local spirits, a little Nina Simone in the air and a family-run atmosphere, this is the kind of pizzeria all neighborhoods deserve. [2]
He also said Saint Pizza Lounge had a "top-notch" cocktail program with an "enviable list of local spirits" in the newspaper's 2012 overview of "the best spots to drink in Portland's cocktail scene". [8] In 2016, readers of The Oregonian named GSP "People's Choice for Portland's best pizza place". [9] [10]
Editors of Slice selected GSP to represent Portland, along with Apizza Scholls, Ken's Artisan Pizza, and Lovely's Fifty-Fifty, in a 2012 list of the eight best pizzas in the Pacific Northwest. The pizzerias were chosen "despite not having regional styles steeped in history". [11] Erin DeJesus included GSP in Eater Portland 's 2012 list of "The (Sweet) 16 Essential Pizzerias of Portland". [12] Nathan Williams included the business in a 2023 overview of "where to eat and drink" in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood. [13]
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