Name: Hot Lips Pizza
Location: Multiple
Contact information: Hawthorne: 503.234.9999, Pearl: 503.595.2342, Downtown: 503.224.0311, Raleigh Hills 503.297.8424
Web address: www.hotlipspizza.com
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 12-9 p.m.
Cost: For a speciality pizza, around $19 for a large and $27 for a giant
Reservation recommended: None taken, but place pizza orders in advance if you don’t want to wait a long time for pick up
Good for: Gourmet, regional-emphasized pizzzzza
Insider tip: Go for the specialty pizzas - you can get cheese and pepperoni anywhere
Review: Hot Lips Pizza is a Portland chain that fights Pizzacato, Pizza Roma and Apizza Scholls, among others, for the best gourmet pizza in town.
The restaurant is heavy on organic, seasonal and local products, and features an ever-changing pizza of the day. Not good at picking toppings that go well together? Hot Lips has an extensive menu of specialty pizzas already picked out. The Juniper Grove Chevre Special with an olive oil base, fresh or sundried tomatoes, mushrooms and goat cheese is excellent.
Hot Lips is also known for their housemade sodas and electric cars that are used to deliver pizzas.
Although the pizza can be fantastically good, it can also be disappointingly boring and bland. I’ve had better luck with carry out than delivery, and for the prices, make sure you’re getting something gourmet. If it’s just plain cheese you want, save yourself $20 bucks and call up Papa Murphy’s.
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“You can get cheese and pepperoni anywhere” … yeah, but you can’t get their house-made pepperoni anywhere else. And let me tell you, that’s some tasty meat, my friend!
I completely agree with this review and it’s worth noting that I’m a former employee. The occasional bland combo is as common brilliant combo (try the summer asparagus pies). The salads are consistently dull because, despite fresh ingredients, the dressings are generic and uninspired. I’m convinced the man in charge of recipes is scared of garlic.
It’s also worth noting that they sell pizza by the slice and there is always a good vegan option. It’s a cheap, fast option, but if you want your slice really hot make sure you tell them so.
I will say, they’re a great company to support since the owner really does work to actively support other local businesses and sustainable agriculture. I still go back there to eat.