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July 9, 2021 Viewpoint

Opinion: Pizza in Portland? Please.

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By Liese Klein

A hemp-cheese pie with cannabis oil and fresh buds? A clam slice strewn with sliced geoduck, the huge Northwest mollusk with the texture and taste of aged chewing gum? A pizza with a bird on it? (See “Portlandia.”)

What possibly could the city of Portland, Ore., have to contribute to the world of pizza?

I’m referring, of course, to the outrage that is reporting that some West Coast eggheads named the lesser Portland the best pizza city in America, dissing New Haven in the process. A new book, "Modernist Pizza," says the Oregon city’s pizzerias are “genius.”

After spending many a dimly recalled evening in Portland before returning to civilization in Connecticut, I must say that it’s a wonderful town with many fine beers and restaurants. And many more fine beers. 

The roses in Portland are pretty, and the goats who mow lawns are cute. Having a giant park in the middle of the city that is literally wilderness is nice. 

But pizza? Please. 

Perhaps after the cancellation of “Portlandia,” the city needed a morale boost. 

But one of the benefits of returning to the East Coast was saying goodbye forever to the pizza of the Northwest: limp, soggy, overloaded slices often crammed with abominations like goat cheese and cauliflower. 

Portland, give New Haven back the pizza crown. You can have the birds.

Contact Liese Klein at lklein@newhavenbiz.com.

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