You know, sometimes the world just makes you more grateful for what you have…read more It may throw something at you like a subpar suburban mini chain using Boboli crust, foisting off quarters of personal pizza as "slices," and basically chucking a garlic knot at your head for suggesting that the family-first, live-laugh-love branding may not be enough to hold together a business. That same world may put people in line ahead of you who haven't figured out that their pizza and appetizers aren't made by pure magic and that making the brave decision to pick up your order didn't absolve a kitchen full of workers of the time and effort it took to make a meal for you. There's something you can do very easily if you don't feel that pickup is worth a tip: Drag your lazy, tasteless, hairy-knuckled Pacific Northwest carcass next door to the Plaid Pantry, pull a frozen pizza out of the freezer in the back of the store to the far left, pay for it, and take it home to cook for yourself. But, typically, the world just gives you that pizza shop around the corner from your family's place on the outskirts of civilization that tried to make you a calzone when you first moved in, has made you pizza for every family occasion since, and has managed to put together an Italian cold cut sub with no mayo and pizzas with no ranch dressing. When you realize that each day brings a steady stream of morons up and down Glencoe just looking for reasons to tell you how ignorant they are or how they can diminish once-enjoyable experiences for you, it makes you cherish the good folks who've been blending your apple and cherry ciders without question for years, selling a steady stream of local beers, giving kids arcade games to play and a place to gather, and offering slices at lunch and long tables for family and team dinners. Jersey Girl gets the basics right, both with its food and its surrounding community. It keeps familiar employees around for years and remembers a time when the pandemic kept the numbers painfully low. It doesn't taste exactly like other pizza out there because, as it turns out, each pizza isn't supposed to taste the same. If Dimo's tasted like Baby Doll, there'd be no purpose to it. If Lovely's tasted like Apizza Scholls, it would be a travesty. If Ranch tasted like Atlas? Why bother? Jersey Girl has become a neighborhood favorite on its own merits, and it isn't asking people to make pilgrimages out here to justify its existence. If you wouldn't go to a Western Hillsboro strip mall for pizza normally, don't feel the need to do so now. But if you're in town and you're looking for a pizza multiple steps above a chain and less formal than Pizzario's neapolitan pies, enjoy your stay and tip accordingly.

Picked up two pizzas to go. With such glowing reviews and for a higher than chain pizza places I…read moreexpected phenomenal pizza, unfortunately that wasn't the case. The amount of toppings were great on both the large boardwalk pizza and the half pep and half cheese. The crust? Had a strange minerality or slight chlorine taste to it. Not sure if it was the crust but all the pizzas had it. The cheese on both tasted amazing and fresh. My young daughter (elementary school age) after this however only taking just one bite the same day and a day later reheated for dinner has now decided that "I don't like pizza" which is kinda wild considering she likes others. This is also an establishment that tries to force tips upon pickup for a food which is honestly dumb and annoying but works for them as my wife didn't want to press the custom button and give 0$ even though she should have. I think this needs to be stopped and is a shame on this business. Less so than the unfortunate taste of the pizza, but perhaps to some even more of an issue.

Enjoyed the pizza, beer and live band. The high light of the evening was the wedge salad. We shared…read morethe wedge salad and thought it was a great value.

I'm giving them the missing star. Nothing has really changed: The pizza remains about as good or…read morepassable as you're going to get West of Beaverton, the cocktail menu is still the best kept secret in town, and the live music makes it clear that any band that has a night off from the low-rollers' lounge at Spirit Mountain or Ilanai will always have a home... and that any plumber in this town can play Mustang Sally for an evening if they have a Home Depot bucket and no inhibitions. So what's the extra star for? For putting up with what we're going to call "The Downtown Hillsboro Clientele." This isn't everyone who shows up for a meal or a drink in Downtown Hillsboro, mind you, but everyone who makes that experience seem like their personal cross to bear. The Downtown Hillsboro Clientele starts the evening by complaining that they had to park half a block away from the restaurant when, just 10 years ago, they could park directly in front of it. The Downtown Hillsboro Clientele is shocked when it has to wait more than two minutes for a table. The Downtown Hillsboro Clientele is regularly baffled by a restaurant's core menu items. It recoils when seeing Spanish words used in tapas dishes. It asks if the sweet mango wings are spicy. It wonders if your well-reviewed izakaya has teriyaki dishes like the place in the strip mall. It asks for six different beer tasters, but never a flight. It complains that you put a sandwich on a bagel, then complains when that sandwich leaves the menu. It spits out garlic on a Margherita pizza. That last bit of tourist classism I just won't abide. It's one thing when some tronfio northerner looks down on a southern pizza eater for indulging in some garlic... it's another when some borioso 'medigan who took one cruise around the boot decides that makes them the Barefoot Contessa of Forest Grove. Unfortunately for your delicate little white-bread-and-ranch palate, not only will that offending garlic frequently make its way onto Pizza Marinara, but pizziolos who've actually eaten pizza in southern Italy at establishments devoid of tablecloths will tell you that garlic finds its way onto Pizza Margherita either in the sauce, in infused olive oil, or--gasp--in garlic powder. And this is really going to knock you on your ass, but East of the Mississippi? East of the Tualatin? Yeah, folks throw garlic on Margherita pies constantly. And you're going to knock points off because the basil's burnt? On a brick oven pizza? I'm attaching a photo of a margherita pizza upon which the basil is so scorched that it's basically chips. The place that pizza came from? Ken's Artisan: The best pizza in this entire state. That may be the last time you see me compare Pizzario to them, but if you're going to knock the place for what the best pizzamakers in the region regularly do... then I'm sorry, but just start ordering from Papa Murphy's. The Downtown Hillsboro Clientele will not be satisfied until there are a maximum of three restaurants downtown, each of those restaurants serves a menu out of a 1950s luncheonette, all of them close promptly at 8 p.m., and they're surrounded by no fewer than eight antique stores, 10 barber shops with owners over 80, and two mortuaries to shuffle those barbers and luncheonette regulars off this mortal coil. Downtown Hillsboro's biggest obstacle to growth isn't foot traffic, parking, or diversity of offerings--its an obstinate core of old cranks that refuses to learn anything modestly new even if staff holds their hand throughout the entire process. I credit Pizzario for doing the slow, patient work of converting the willing one new pizza, cocktail menu, and local band at a time. Downtown Hillsboro is changing adimirably in spite of the toddler palates and temperaments of its most thick-skulled Clientele.

Been to a Society before, this one's just as good. Wonderful spot to stop in during the farmers…read moremarket. The family who operates it is always so kind and helpful. The pizza itself are massive by the slice, they have a nice crispness to them with a good chew. I appreciate the Flatiron pepper co pepper blend which goes well on everything and isn't a common sight. Ambience is very sporty but casual. The board still says you can tell a good or bad dad joke to get a little off a pie in price. Found my Hillsboro pizza spot for sure.

We got a medium pizza half-and-half, and it was delicious, finished the whole thing!…read more I was a little skeptical at first because I'm more of a Neapolitan-style pizza person, and I thought the dough might be too thick. But this was actually really good. The toppings and sauce is quite impressive too. The crust was somewhere in between an American-style and Italian-style dough, just the right balance of thickness and chewiness. We'll definitely be back to try a different one!

Good not great pizza truck in the parking lot of Next Level Pinball Museum…read more The crust was the right balance of crispy and chewy, perhaps a touch undercooked. The sauce was the biggest letdown it wasn't very flavorful. Toppings tasty and good quality. Overall a decent option when visiting Next Level. They were overly busy and only one person working the day we were there, that caused a significant delay getting our food. Almost an hour wait for pizza with a very short cooking time was unacceptable.

Rock Creek Pizza is in the parking lot of the AMAZING "Next Level Pinball Museum", and I was very…read morehappy that Rock Creek was open on my last visit. The service is extraordinarily friendly and helpful. Pizzas are really good, and are much weightier than most similarly-sized pizzas from everyplace else (you get a lot of pizza for your money!). The quality is also better than expected. Flavors are great, and ingredients are very fresh. Prices are also very reasonable for the quality and quantity. I'm looking forward to trying their Strawberry Acai beverage, they had run out by the time I ordered my pizza late in the afternoon. My pizza was completed less than ten minutes after I ordered, which was really great.

Curry Pizza is a solid 4 stars…read more We had a busy day so pizza was on the brain for dinner. It was between Curry Pizza and another curry pizza restaurant who shall not be named since we haven't tried them yet. We ended up trying Curry pizza house because there were no complaints about the pizza dough on Yelp. I'm so glad we gave this place a try.. literally no complaints on the dough/crust here! It was actually very tasty! Slightly chewy, not too doughy, not too thin, not too thick- it was perfect. We ordered a half/half large pizza for around $35 and Desi bread for $9. Desi bread had a pesto sauce with onions, cheese, garlic? Idk, but it was the best first carby bite for me in a long time! Definitely a must try! For the pizza we got half butter chicken and half masala chicken. I wish the masala chicken had more sauce. The texture of toppings was very good but the sauce didnt shine through and it was one of those things where I wish it had... butter chicken on the hand, on point. Doesn't need a thing changed about it. Sauce was fragrant, buttery, and chicken pieces were tender and not dry at all. We'll definitely be frequenting Curry Pizza House again in the near future!

I appreciate pizza house that serves pizzas with totally different takes. I find these pizzas…read moreinteresting and won't mind trying every single unique pizza at this restaurant. We called to order a couple of large pizzas over the phone. The order was correct and we were able to pick up the pizzas as expected. The pizzas were kept warm nicely by the pizza boxes. For about $30 a large pizza, we had two large pizzas, and each pizza was split with 2 different toppings. Note that the minimum size is large for splitting toppings. There was a good amount of meat in each topping. The crusts were excellent. I am not sure what kind of crust they offer. I don't recall having a choice on the type of crusts available. We tried lamb kabob, palak paneer, malai chicken and achari chicken. All were good, but the group favorite was definitely the lamb kobab. Palak paneer pizza has a nice spice, which was my second favorite. I prefer malai chicken over achari chicken due to my personal preference. White sauce is not my first choice. We will definitely order other pizzas next time we are in the area.

Can ownership staff this place???? im here Saturday afternoon and poor sweetheart Madison is…read morewaiting tables, bartending, serving food alone!!! GIVE HER SOME HELP!!!

This place use to be great, good pizza, cold beer, but now the pizza tastes like it's been under…read morethe warming lamp for the last hour. Izzy's had better pizza and that's no compliment. I also got a salad, it barely had any dressing on it, it was super dry, and when I asked for some more dressing they told me it was going to be an extra charge. Lame place...

This has the best cauliflower crust! They put plenty of toppings and it was good…read more Service is very friendly and patient! Has plenty of inside and outside seating as well as a big bar. When we come back the 10" is big enough to share. I'd be sure to ask for a little more sauce!

Ordered on their website for pick up on a Friday afternoon. It was ready when got there. The…read moreStation 19, Smoke Jumper & Hawaiian Dispatch were the favorites among the 11 adults. The tiller taco was spicy (should have requested jalapeños on the side) but the parmesan & butter breadsticks we're disappointing. This is our 2nd try of this place and when we are in the area (as we were visiting) will definitely give it another try as more to explore on the menu. You should too!

Not a reflection on ownership or service: Sad to see the place close despite the grade I'm giving…read moreit. There's an audience for this type of "pizza," but boy that isn't me. I've eaten here on a couple of occasions during the last few years, and always under protest. The local pizza chains out here range from the surprisingly good (Sizzle Pie), to the acceptable (Ranch and Schmizza) to the nearly inedible. Odd Moe's fits squarely into that last category. Founded in McMinnville, which would make you think there'd be some wine-country polish on the product, Odd Moe's seems like pizza for people who 1. Are looking to graduate from Papa Murphy's take-and-bake. 2. Seldom venture beyond the frozen pizza aisle at Freddy's or 3. Developed their pizza tastes while spreading Ragu onto English muffins, topping it with Winco mozzarella, and shoving it into a Sunbeam toaster over with whatever toppings are available. God, Odd Moe's is a dreadful strip-mall atrocity of low expectations. The crust is described solely as "white," but seems like more of a nod toward spent-grain brewpub crust. It's often browned to within an inch of its life, has toppings spread to the edges, and doesn't manage any of the chewiness of even a middling Schmizza crust. As for the toppings, they've definitely taken the Schmizza/Fultano's approach of throwing traditional New York/Chicago/Detroit/New Haven styles out the window and piling on treacly, mismatched ingredients like breakfast bacon, canadian bacon, pineapple, chipotle lime sauce, BBQ chicken, black olives, and salsa. The result: Messy pies like the Sweet Spot or Big Juan that have no cohesive vision and are built to feed suburban pizza deserts that don't know any better. It isn't as if Odd Moe's is some budget option, either, with signature pies going for $25-$30+--on par with (or more than) some of Portland's best pizza spots. With other menu items consisting mostly of middling wings or breads with dipping sauces, Odd Moe's isn't doing much to round out the offerings or make itself more enticing to audiences beyond the schoolkid crowd. I don't doubt that we're going to see more closures along the lines of this Odd Moe's, as suburbanites tightening their belts will drop a chain with the quickness. But if Odd Moe's ever wants to build an audience beyond Marion and Yamhill counties, it may want to ditch the weird baseball branding, focus on the food, and put out items that people in the Portland metro will recognize as pizza.

Stopped in for a slice, they had supreme, Hawaiian, and pepperoni to choose from, I went with the…read morepepperoni slice! Look at all of the pepperonis on this one slice! The pizza has a lot of cheese, the sauce is the right amount and it's baked to perfection! So glad that I stopped by, the two gentlemen inside were very friendly!

Well after driving by this place for years we finally decided to go ahead and try it.the price is…read morenot bad we had the meat lovers and cheese pizzas with bread sticks. The meat lovers with jalapeno was delicious and the cheeses good they were really really greasy to the point of the box was just about soaking look at my pics the oil is heavy on the folds of the box.and the aftertaste was a old oil taste the breadsticks had a similar flavor I'm gald we tried them but don't remember think we'll be back it wasn't bad but definitely too greasy. Thanks for your time have fun eating out.

Underrated!! Best pizza in Hillsboro/Beaverton area. Fresh and delicious! Worth the drive.read more

We were in Portland visiting my cousin for the weekend and we wanted to grab a quick light dinner…read moresince we had a super heavy lunch around 3pm. My cousin mentioned this place and we were hesitant to try it. He said they had great reviews and was in New York Times, but we were still hesitant to try it because we didn't care much for Pizza- nor were we craving it. It was me, my 15-year-old daughter, my brother, my sister in-law and my cousin. We were greeted but the most friendliest staff I've ever encountered IN MY LIFE. You order and pay at the counter and find a seat. They have an area where you can get your own waters as well. We ordered the Pho Pizza, Banh Mi Pizza, and the Chicken Satay Pizza. I wanted to order the Pandamn ice cream but they ran out as well as their tiramisu desserts. In my head I wanted to take away 1 star but then I tried the pizza. Pho - 10/10 First bite and I could NOT stop smiling. It was SOOO good! This was the groups favorite. My brother doesn't even like sprouts but it worked very well with the pizza. It was like eating pho but on bread. OMG my mouth is salivating just thinking about it and I can't even get it now because I'm in the Bay Area. Banh Mi - 100/10 This was my personal favorite. It was basically like an open Banh Mi with a hint of pizza. The flavors were amazing and I loved the pickled daikon and carrots on top! I'm not sure if refreshing would be the right world, but I know amazing would be another way I would describe this. I live in San Jose and I go to San Francisco often so I'm actually pretty disappointed in the Bay Area for not having anything like this. Satay Pizza - 9/10 To be honest, we were already getting full but because it tasted so good, we finished this one too. The sauce was a creamy curry sauce (I think with a hint of coconut) and had some peanuts sprinkled on top which gave it more flavor and a nice texture. Lastly, the pizza crust tasted AMAZING. It had a slight crisp to it but it was fluffy in the inside, kind of like Mochi bread. We literally left no crumbs! 1000/10 would recommend this place!

Recently came here for the second time and was delighted to learn that it is down the street from…read morethe Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, a venue that I am at quite often for choral performances. This place is a must-try!! The Korean burrata salad is incredible, so flavorful and delicious with every bite. This time I tried their monthly flavor of pizza, the chicken satay, and it was very satisfying! The wood-fired crust pairs well with the yuzu ranch, if that is your thing. Since I'm from SE, I will definitely be coming here when I find myself at the Reser!