Pizza Jerk

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Pizza Jerk
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Exterior of the pizzeria in northeast Portland, Oregon, 2022
Restaurant information
Established2015 (2015)
Owner(s)
Food type Pizza
Street address
  • 4028 Northeast 42nd Avenue [3]
  • 621 Southeast Morrison Street
  • 1708 Southwest 6th Avenue
City Portland
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Website pizzajerkpdx.com

Pizza Jerk is a pizzeria with three locations in Portland, Oregon. Tommy Habetz opened the original restaurant in 2015.

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History

The first Pizza Jerk opened in 2015. [4] [5] The original Pizza Jerk caught fire in June, [6] [7] re-opening in September. [8]

A second location opened in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood in 2018. [9] [10]

Reception

Bon Appetit named Pizza Jerk one of the country's "50 Best New Restaurants". [11] Thrillist named the restaurant one the best pizzerias in the U.S. [8] Portland Monthly included the pizzeria in a list of the city's best new restaurants of 2016. [12] Kara Stokes included Pizza Jerk in Eater Portland's 2021 overview of recommended eateries in northeast Portland's Cully neighborhood. [13] In 2022, the website's Janey Wong called Pizza Jerk a "punk rock pizzeria". [14]

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