Old Town Pizza

Old Town Pizza was established in 1974 in the Merchant Hotel building in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood of northwest Portland, Oregon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.otbrewing.com/2012/11/portlands-famous-old-town-pizza-set-to-reopen-after-serious-fire/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140219175758/http://www.otbrewing.com/2012/11/portlands-famous-old-town-pizza-set-to-reopen-after-serious-fire/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2014|title=Portland's Famous Old Town Pizza Set to Reopen After Serious Fire|access-date=December 21, 2013|date=April 23, 2013|publisher=Old Town Brewing Co.}} The restaurant's menu includes pizzas, paninis, pastas and salads.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/old-town-pizza-vanport-square/Location?oid=976459|access-date=December 20, 2013|journal=The Portland Mercury|title=Old Town Pizza (Vanport Square)|location=Portland, Oregon|publisher=Index Publishing}}

Old Town Pizza's satellite restaurant is located at 5201 Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at Vanport Square in Northeast Portland.{{Cite web|url=http://downtownportland.org/explore/#/location/old-town-pizza-eastside|title=Old Town Brewing Co.|access-date=December 20, 2013|publisher=Downtown Portland and the Downtown Marketing Initiative|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222416/http://downtownportland.org/explore/#/location/old-town-pizza-eastside|archive-date=June 6, 2014}} Historically, the location was a hub for the automotive industry. The restaurant serves the same menu as the original location and features a similar "rustic-feeling atmosphere", plus a full bar.

The Northeast Portland restaurant was set to launch its seven-barrel brewery, branded as Old Town Brewing Co., in mid-March 2012. However, two days before the opening, a fire believed to have been started by prolonged contact between a light bulb and lampshade resulted in more than $50,000 in damage.{{Cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/03/investigators_say_fire_at_old.html|title=Investigators say fire at Old Town Pizza in Northeast Portland accidentally caused by smoldering lampshade|first=Kate|last=Mather|access-date=December 20, 2013|work=The Oregonian|publisher=Advance Publications|issn=8750-1317|location=Portland, Oregon|date=March 15, 2012}} The restaurant was closed for reconstruction for more than six weeks, during which repairs costing over $300,000 were completed. Following an April 27 reopening, the restaurant began serving eight beers, including an American wheat, an India Pale Ale, an Irish red, a pale ale, a porter, S.T.E.A.M., a stout and a winter ale. S.T.E.A.M. was developed in collaboration with Rock Bottom Brewery during Old Town's six-week closure and was served by both companies.

Old Town Pizza has been featured on Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels,{{Cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/rachael-rays-tasty-travels/portland-or/index.html|title=Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels: Portland, OR|access-date=December 20, 2013|archive-date=August 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823011804/http://www.foodnetwork.com/rachael-rays-tasty-travels/portland-or/index.html|url-status=dead}} Note: Episode RY0207. a series hosted by celebrity chef and television personality Rachael Ray, The Tonight Show and the Travel Channel. Portland Monthly recommended the original restaurant as a good place to start or end an evening. The magazine published about the restaurant: "There's something so McCabe & Mrs. Miller about eating in a warm, wooden room. And indeed, much of the allure of Old Town Pizza is the architecture."{{Cite journal|url=http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/restaurants/old-town-pizza|title=Old Town Pizza|access-date=December 20, 2013|date=August 23, 2013|journal=Portland Monthly|location=Portland, Oregon|publisher=Sagacity Media|issn=1546-2765}} The Old Town Chinatown Community Association included the Northwest Portland restaurant in a self-guided tour of the neighborhood.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oldtownchinatown.net/arts-culture-intro.html|title=First Sunday in Old Town|access-date=December 20, 2013|publisher=Old Town Chinatown Community Association}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.oldtownpizza.com/}} – Old Town Pizza
• {{Official website|http://www.otbrewing.com}} – Old Town Brewing Co.
• [http://www.travelportland.com/directory/old-town-brewing-co/ Old Town Pizza – Downtown] at Travel Portland
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