Restaurant/Bar Review of The Month

American Dream Pizza is a mouth full of amazing!










This months restaurant/bar review was of a place I stopped in at, during my lunch hour from work, called American Dream Pizza. The restaurant is located at 4620 Northeast Glisan Street  Portland, OR 97213. At first look, I thought it was just any other pizza dive that you would find off Hawthorne or in some local suburban neighborhood. Once I was inside, I could tell it was a totally different experience.

When I walked in the door, I could tell that the first major asset that American Pizza has, is their amazing staff. They set the place apart from all the others. The person at the front register had to be one of the funnies and most engaging people I have ever seen. He was patient with me, being I had never been there and didn't know what the menu entailed, and let me take my time with my order. He was extremely funny and made me want to come there to eat every day just to see him again. Also, during the ordering process, they were listening to Van Halen's Panama, and at the chorus the whole staff yelled out PANAMA and I just wanted to laugh and clap all at the same time. The charisma in the building and the staff having fun like that made the place a great environment to take a lunch break in and get away from a hard days work. The walls of the restaurant are lined with pizza take out boxes artfully colored by the customers who enjoyed their pizza and service as well.

I ordered the lunch special of single topping pizza and single topping salad (I got Canadian bacon on my pizza and smoked Gouda on my salad). It was great pizza. You could see the seasonings and the spices in the crust and you could taste the ingredients were fresh and that they cared about what went into their pizza. The staff checked up on me a few times to see if everything was great, which I like. They have a serve yourself style to get silverware and water, which at first confused me because I didn't know were these things were. I did finally figure it out and was glad I could do this for myself haha. Also you bus your own table, which I"m sure keeps the prices down to have people take care of their own mess. I am perfectly capable of busing my own table, so I had no problem with this.

Some specials they run was a happy hour of beer and pizza for only $5 from 8-10pm. This is great because most happy hours end right after people get off work and then you miss it. This gives people the ability to get off work at a later time and still make happy hour.

Overall I give American Pizza a 9 out of 10. I would definitely visit them again and hope to get a chance in the future.