Dimo's Apizza

Dimo's Apizza
The restaurant's exterior, 2022
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Restaurant information
Owner(s)Doug Miriello
ChefDoug Miriello
Food typeItalian (pizza)
Street address701 East Burnside Street
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′24″N 122°39′30″W / 45.5234°N 122.6584°W / 45.5234; -122.6584
Websitedimosapizza.com

Dimo's Apizza is a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Exterior, 2022

Dimo's Pizza is a pizzeria on East Burnside Street. The restaurant serves New Haven-style pizza from a coal-fired oven; varieties include tomato with garlic, cacio e pepe with black-pepper-pecorino cream, tomato confit, and zucchini, and clams with garlic, parsley, and chili flakes.[1] 'The Father' has sausage and pickled peppers, and the 'Hail Mary' has soppressata, Calabrian chile, and Castelvetrano olives. The special called 'This Bacon Is Radicchio!' has bacon, radicchio, caramelized red onions, tomato confit, fontina, and thyme. 'The G.O.A.T.' had tomatoes, sweet summer corn, caramelized red onions, scamorza, goat cheese, parsley, mint, and basil.[2]

In addition to pizzas, the restaurant has served sandwiches, including chicken parmesan and roast beef on sesame baguettes.[3] 'The Beast' includes whole top sirloin seasoned like brisket, Gruyère, and aioli.[4] Breakfast sandwiches have egg and cheese with bacon or Taylor ham on poppy seed hard rolls.[3]

History

Chef Doug Miriello opened Dimo's in July 2020, in a space which previously housed Burnside Brewing Company and the Danish brewery Mikkeller.[2][5] Eater Portland's Brooke Jackson-Glidden described the restaurant, named after Miriello's grandmother,[3] as "a new, outdoor, potentially permanent pizza pop-up".[1] In 2021, Dimo's hosted a 420 event in collaboration with Oma's Hideaway and the cocktail pop-up Shipwreck. A special pizza included wood-roasted Chinese eggplant, tomato sambal, lemon, cumin yogurt, herbs, and fried garlic. Some proceeds from the event benefitted Last Prisoner Project, which "aims to rectify the harms of cannabis criminalization".[6] In April 2022, the restaurant served a 4-course dinner meal.[7]

Reception

Willamette Week included Dimo's in a list of "Five Great New Restaurants That Opened in 2020".[8] Karen Brooks included Dimo's in Portland Monthly's 2021 overview of the city's best restaurants and named the pizzeria as one of three which "bolster the case that Portland is America's best pizza city".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2020-07-15). "An Outdoor Pizza Pop-Up Is Coming to East Burnside Tomorrow". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  2. ^ a b Cohen, Jason (2020-09-16). "Sure, Pizza Is on the Marquee, but Dimo's Apizza Is Aiming for Portland's Sandwich Pantheon, Too". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  3. ^ a b c Griffin, Leeanne (2021-09-03). "They missed New Haven apizza so much, they brought it out west (and midwest) with them". CT Insider. Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. ^ "Where to Get Food in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. ^ Smith, Suzette (July 17, 2020). "This Week In Food News: Goodbye Stella Tacos, Hello Cartside Food Cart Pod!". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  6. ^ "Food News: Learn to Cook with Portland 'Top Chef' Contestant Sara Hauman". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  7. ^ Chew Hamilton, Katherine (March 30, 2022). "Portland Food News: Sports Bra, Thai Restaurant Yui, and Joy of Cooking Authors at Vivienne". Portland Monthly.
  8. ^ "Five Great New Restaurants That Opened in 2020". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  9. ^ Brooks, Karen (2021-11-19). "3 New Pizza Restaurants That Represent the Best of Portland | 2021". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
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