Bowen's Pizza — Restaurant in Bend

The level of pizza coming out of this little truck is absolutely unbelievable. I am pretty well traveled in the PNW, and have eaten at over 12 separate pizza establishments in Seattle alone. This is the 6th place I have had pizza from in Bend, and the 7th in Oregon.

Crust; Perfect, blistered just so. Undercarriage, toasty brown and crisp, even after driving 20mins home.

Sauce; tart and only slightly sweet from the intense heat of whatever magical wizard oven Bowen has secreted into his truck.

Toppings; Dispersed perfectly, and not overbearing (so many places get this wrong). Cheese selection is impeccable. The balance of flavors in both pies I bought were as they should be.

After my first bite of the white veggie pie, I had to google Bowen. The second piece of information I gleaned was that he is but 19 years of age. It almost seems impossible.

This is the best pizza in Bend, and dare I say all of Oregon, if not the PNW. Bowen, from one pizza junkie to another….

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We tried this random pizza food truck tucked in a back alley passing through Bend on a road trip even though we are very picky about pizza (and had low expectations). I have to say: it was very good. The crust was flavorful and well charred, other ingredients tasted high quality. I think I spied a Bianco can which is always a good sign. Maybe a bit heavy on the parmesan for my taste but overall really quite good.

All that said, I tried to order slices at like 6:30PM and they were no longer serving them to avoid waste. I ordered a whole pie on a whim, but really, if it's still like peak dinner hours you should probably keep baking pies for slices. I was very close to walking away empty handed, which in this case would've been a shame!

Idk how long this food truck will exist given the odd location and business practices, but the pizza is actually good, I'd be surprised if there's a better spot in town at the time of writing (the other options look like west...

This is one of the easiest reviews I've ever posted. First, the pizza. As all the reviews note, the pizza is outstanding. But I want to more discuss their customer service. Because of timing, I ordered the pizzas to be delivered. They arrived perfectly on time, but I noticed there were two extra slices wrapped in foil on top of the boxes. Then I saw a little note on one of the boxes, saying "sorry about the hole in one of the pizzas. Here are a couple extra slices for you. " The hole was so insignificant that we wouldn't have given it a second thought. But, the fact that they took the extra steps speaks volumes to me about this...