Paladin Pie
Pizza restaurant · King
1027 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211
Highlights
Wood-fired pizza with creative NY/Neapolitan styles
Wood-fired pizza with creative NY/Neapolitan styles
"A pizza cart singled out among Alberta’s food carts as a favored mobile pie source." - Dianne de Guzman
"Portland is home to countless phenomenal pizzerias, but no other can claim the same level of geek glory as this food cart. The name of the cart itself, as well as pizzas like the Druid and the Drow, take inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons lore. But they’re not playing around when it comes to pizza: A naturally leavened crust serves as the foundation for wood-fired pies topped with curly Ezzo pepperoni or roasted mushrooms and Parmesan cream. Specials here are worth a perusal — past options have included a bacon-kimchi number and a butternut squash curry pie. Any pie should get a drizzle of the cart’s house Calabrian chile crisp." - Katherine Chew Hamilton
"This Alberta pizza cart from Oven & Shaker alum Leo Brill is a distinct departure from the Pearl District pizzeria’s pies. It takes a somewhat New York-style approach and has a gently tangy, naturally leavened crust with exceptional chew. The toppings include standards like pepperoni and tomato pies, but the real move here is to order one of the rotating specials: Past pies have arrived topped with kimchi, bacon, birria, and roasted buffalo chicken." - Ben Coleman
"A highly acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons–themed pizza cart on Alberta, Paladin Pie started as a pandemic pop-up after Brill was laid off from Portland pizzeria Oven & Shaker. I describe its pies as built on a naturally leavened sourdough developed at home with a two-day fermentation at about 70 percent hydration, yielding the chewy Neapolitan crust the cart is known for. Toppings range from curly Ezzo pepperoni and roasted mushrooms with Parmesan cream to rotating specials like a bacon‑kimchi pie and a butternut squash curry pie, and any pie benefits from a drizzle of the cart’s Calabrian chile crisp; the buffalo chicken pizza is a longtime favorite. In the pop-up stage Brill raised money for mutual aid funds at events, though fundraising has become less viable as the business grew." - Rebecca Roland
"This Alberta pizza cart from Oven & Shaker alumnus Leo Brill is a distinct departure from the Pearl District pizzeria’s pies, with a somewhat New York-style approach and a gently tangy, naturally leavened crust with exceptional chew. The toppings include standards like pepperoni and tomato pies, but the real move here is to order one of the rotating specials: Past pies have arrived topped with kimchi and bacon, birria, and roasted buffalo chicken." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden, Rebecca Roland
