Escape from New York Pizza, Pizza restaurant in Northwest District, Portland, US
Escape from New York Pizza is a pizzeria in Portland's Northwest District that serves New York-style pizza with thin crust and fresh mozzarella. The house-made tomato sauce is prepared fresh each morning in the kitchen and used as the base for every slice.
The restaurant opened in 1983 as Portland's first place to serve pizza by the slice. This new way of eating pizza soon spread to other spots around the city and changed how people bought pizza.
The place makes pizza dough fresh every day and uses whole milk mozzarella, following methods brought directly from New York traditions. You can watch how these techniques shape the final product when you visit.
The place is located along NW 23rd Avenue in the Northwest District and is open daily. Indoor and outdoor seating are both available, so you can choose based on the weather and how crowded it feels inside.
The restaurant features rotating daily specials that change throughout the week, giving regular customers different options to try each time they visit. These changing combinations keep the menu fresh and give people reasons to come back regularly.
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