Scottie's Pizza Parlor
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- Scott Rivera
- Amy Coplen
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| Food type | Italian (pizza) |
| Location | 2128 Southeast Division Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97202, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′17″N 122°38′38″W / 45.5047°N 122.6439°W |
| Website | scottiespizzaparlor |
Scottie's Pizza Parlor is a pizzeria with two locations in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1] Scott Rivera and Amy Coplen opened the original location in southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood in 2015. The second location opened in northwest Portland's Northwest District in late 2022.
Scottie's Pizza Parlor is a pizzeria with two locations; the original restaurant is located on Division Street in southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, and a second operates on 21st Avenue in northwest Portland's Northwest District. The business makes 16-inch square and 18-inch round pizzas;[2] varieties include margherita, pepperoni, and bianca (sauceless). Scottie's uses sourdough and has made mozzarella and ricotta in-house.[3] The menu also includes Caesar salads, garlic knots, and cannoli.[4]
In 2015, Portland Monthly's Benjamin Tepler wrote, "You'll find poofy-rimmed, leopard-spotted Neapolitan pies cooked in a 900-degree Swedish electric deck oven but served New York–style, in cheap 18-inch rounds or big, foldable slices."[5] Ben Waterhouse of The Oregonian described Scottie's as a "tiny, Indiegogo-funded spot" serving pizza by the slice or pie.[6] Customers can pick up pizzas to bake at home.[7]
History
Scott Rivera opened the restaurant on July 29, 2015, with his business partner and then-girlfriend Amy Coplen. Previously, he had worked at Bread and Ink Cafe, Ava Gene's, Baby Doll Pizza, and Handsome Pizza.[3] In 2017, Rivera attempted a world record by creating the Centouno Formaggio, a 101-cheese pizza.[8][9][10]
In September 2019, 15 employees at Scottie's decided to unionize with the Industrial Workers of the World; Rivera recognized the union.[11] The restaurant's hours were reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing Rivera to experiment with baking breads and bombolones. He launched the pop-up Bomba PDX in November 2020, selling donuts with cinnamon sugar or various fillings.[12]
The second location opened on December 16, 2022.[2][13] In December 2023, the outpost hosted Bhuna Tuesdays weekly, offering pork vindaloo pizza with mint chutney drizzle and raita on the side.[14]
Reception
Benjamin Tepler of Portland Monthly said in 2015, "The best slice at Scottie's happens to be the simplest: pizza bianca, with melting heaps of creamy, fresh-made ricotta, fried basil leaves, and a dusting of crushed New Mexico chiles, all drizzled with olive oil."[5] In 2018, Anthony Falco named Portland the "greatest pizza city" in the U.S., based on Scottie's, Apizza Scholls, and Lovely's Fifty Fifty.[15] Scottie's ranked number 43 in a 2022 "Top 50 Pizza in USA" list curated by Italian experts.[16] Lindsay D. Mattison ranked the business fourth in Tasting Table's 2023 list of the city's best pizza.[17]
Eater Portland included Scottie's in several lists in 2021, including: Waz Wu's overview of Portland's "knockout" vegan pizzas,[18] Nick Townsend's guide of fifteen restaurants "worth visiting" on Division,[19] Rachel Pinsky's overview of "thick, cheesy square" pizzas in the city,[20] Zoe Baillargeon's list of the metropolitan area's "cheesiest" pizzas,[21] and Brooke Jackson-Glidden's summary of Portland's "exceptional" pizzas.[22] In 2024, Jackson-Glidden and Rebecca Roland included Scottie's in the website's overview of the best pizza in the metropolitan area.[23] Scottie's was included in the website's 2025 lists of the best affordable restaurants and mid-week lunches in Portland.[4][24] Paolo Bicchieri included the Northwest District location in Eater Portland's 2025 overview of the city's best restaurants for lunch.[25]
