East Glisan Pizza Lounge
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| Established | 2014 |
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| Food type | Italian (pizza) |
| Street address | 8001 Northeast Glisan Street |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97213 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′36″N 122°34′53″W / 45.5266°N 122.5813°W |
| Website | eastglisan |
East Glisan Pizza Lounge is a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1] Established in 2014, the restaurant operates in the northeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood.
Description
[edit]East Glisan Pizza Lounge is a pizzeria on Glisan Street in the northeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood. Willamette Week's Martin Cizmar said of the interior and atmosphere: "The dimly lit East Glisan is indeed a lounge. Roughly half the seating is bar stools or couches, and the front sidewalk is home to a fleet of those rugged wooden picnic tables where smokers huddle outside Portland dive bars. It's all '90s classics on the radio: early Wilco and Liz Phair, midcareer Whitney Houston and Tina Turner."[2]
As of 2014, the menu offered ten types of pizza, five appetizers, and three salads. One pizza has broccoli rapini and garlic oil and another has capicola with provolone, fennel, and Mama Lil's peppers. Appetizers include chickpea fritters and pork meatballs with tomato and Parmesan. Beer, cocktails, and wine are also available.[3]
As of 2017, East Glisan offered Detroit-style pizza on Tuesdays.[4]
History
[edit]Chef Vallery Markel opened the restaurant in 2014,[3] in a two-room space which previously housed a Mexican restaurant.[5] Kristen Martha Brown and Todd Dennis are the owners.[6][7]
For Pizza Week in 2014, Markel and Adam Sappington, the chef and owner of The Country Cat, collaborated to create the 'Country Cat Pizza'. The balsamic-braised bacon pizza, available for one week, had roasted butternut squash puree, goat cheese, and arugula.[8] Detroit-style pizza was added to the menu in 2016.[4]
The restaurant closed temporarily in March 2025. On social media, the owners said, "East Glisan is not the place we need it to be for us, or what we want it to be for employees". The announcement said a return was planned but they were "taking some space to look at the business with new eyes, to take what we've learned over the past 11 years and rebuild with structure and culture in place that we and our crew deserve".[9]
Reception
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Andrea Damewood of the Portland Mercury said East Glisan's pizzas "are a solid addition to the area, and good enough for those of us who live west of César E. Chávez Blvd. to cheat on our own favorite spot at least a few times". Her review said, "Despite small flaws, East Glisan should definitely be on the list for both pizza completists and those looking to satisfy a carnal desire for melty cheese, meat, and bread."[5] Martin Cizmar included East Glisan in Willamette Week's 2017 list of the city's six best restaurants for Detroit-style pizza.[4] The newspaper also included East Glisan in a 2017 list of the city's best bar pizzas and said Brown had "one of the best little pizzerias around" with "the best Detroit pies in town".[6] Michael Russell ranked East Glisan number ten on The Oregonian's 2018 list of Portland's top ten pizzerias.[10] Alex Frane included East Glisan in Thrillist's 2020 overview of Portland's "absolute best" pizza.[11]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Lindsley, Adam (March 5, 2014). "Cheap Eats: Quality pizza arrives in Montavilla at East Glisan Pizza Lounge". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ Cizmar, Martin (June 24, 2014). "Restaurant Review: East Glisan Pizza Lounge". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ a b DeJesus, Erin (February 7, 2014). "East Glisan Pizza Lounge, Saint Simon Coffee, More Open". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c Cizmar, Martin (February 17, 2017). "Detroit Style Pizza is the New Hotness. We Found the Best in Portland". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ a b Damewood, Andrea (May 7, 2014). "Have Pizza, Will Travel". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "The Best Bar Pizzas in Portland". Willamette Week. May 23, 2017. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "On the Line". Pizza Today. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
- ^ DeJesus, Erin (March 17, 2014). "Vallery Markel and Adam Sappington's Country Cat Pizza". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ Bicchieri, Paolo (March 14, 2025). "8 Notable Recent Restaurant and Bar Closures in Portland". Eater Portland. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
- ^ Russell, Michael (February 9, 2018). "Portland's top 10 pizzerias, ranked". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ Frane, Alex (October 13, 2020). "The Absolute Best Pizza in Portland". Thrillist. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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