In Praise of: Escape From New York Pizza (Portland)

I mentioned it in my post about showing my cousins around Portland. One of my favorite local hole in the wall eateries in Portland is Escape from New York Pizza, on 23rd. There's another EFNY Pizza place in San Francisco, run by the brother of the fella who owns this place. Escape from NY Pizza is the real deal. The best crust, the best sauce, the best price. Forget your fancy brick ovens. Forget your fancy goat cheese or avacado topping. It's NY style pizza, which means a thin crust and large floppy pieces... but if you've been raised to think Pizza Hut is great pizza, you're about to find an oasis in the desert of mediocrity. It is the closest thing to New York you are going to find in Portland. The crust is just right to me. A bit crispy but soft on the inside, yet not overwhelmingly bready. If you have an issue with grease you may not enjoy it, but let's be honest... if you were wanting to go lo-cal, you wouldn't be hunting up pizza joints, now would you? As NY style pizza goes, this is as close to a '10' as you can get.