48 North Pizzeria — Restaurant in Tigard

Well let me start by saying this: I'm a vegan and I found 48 North via Eater PDX with the top ten pizzerias in PDX. Being that it made the top 10 there is no reason not to give it a try. I was really surprised by the negative reviews but as another reviewer mentioned, try to base it on people who actually post photos and have more than 5-10 Yelp reviews total.

I fell in LOVE with the idea of a pizzeria and tap house that no only has one of the top 10 pizzas in Portland but also has its main goal to help adopt out dogs!!!! YES!! Y'all yes! I'm 100% about animal rescue and adoption. I cannot WAIT to visit after COVID when y'all can have dogs available again.

Okay now let me start by saying this. I didn't realize until a few years ago that my pizza standards are super high. I have a very particular type of pizza that's my favorite and most places miss the mark. As far as pizza I would definitely order differently next time since I've tried it once. My kids got a 12" Vegan Pepperoni, we got an 18" Vegan Buffalo pizza and my mom got a 12" 1/2 Pepperoni (which means you basically get 1/2 the toppings on that 12" pizza...I thought you got a 1/2 pizza DOH!) anywho. So I thought the crust was nice. Not too thick, not crispy enough for my personal taste. But holy moly the garlic on the crust YES please. I have a garlic thing so it hit me in all the feels. I definitely prefer a less doughy crust but it was nice but it was TOPS with that garlic. If it had been crispy it may have knocked my socks off. The pizza itself was okay. For me, I like a PUNCH of Buffalo like a lot y'all. This was really light. But in my opinion, the cheese was the least favorite part for me. It was WAY to heavy. I'd almost say cut it in half. I don't like gooey cheese anymore since going vegan so I'd order with light or half the amount next time. But the toppings could have been doubled. It felt kind of naked besides the cheese. My kids gave it two thumbs up and loved it. My daughter, who is a far less "meat" focused vegan preferred it without the pepperoni and my son wanted all the "'meats." My mom said the pizza was "very good," which from her is HIGH marks. She likes NY slice style, which we both felt this was like. She is a New Yorker though originally (from her childhood,) but she loves that pizza style.

We also ordered the vegan wings, Buffalo flavor. And man they were barely seasoned. I LOVE that style of vegan wing, so I just added LOADS of Frank's Original on and boom we were good. But next time I'd ask for way more.

Now finally, we ordered online, on the way home from Mt. Hood after a day of sledding. We got there at our order time, and the food was ready. We love about 15-20 minutes from this location so we just warmed our oven and heated our pizza a bit when we got in. I had an issue ordering the wings online and had to call. Brittany was so sweet and super helpful. When we got there to pick up both my kids were dying for the restroom and she was at the front and said absolutely go use it then come check out. She was so sweet and we talked for a minute about the setup when they have dogs and just a few other things. But she was SO welcoming and kind to me and my son (my daughter ended up not coming in.)

We will definitely be back because the pizza was a 3-3.5 for me but I'll give it another shot for a few reasons 1-it's vegan and close by, 2-they rescue dogs, 3-the customer service was great and 4-this just seems like it's run by great and caring people and we need to help local businesses out. So the service AND concept are a 5....

This business is terribly managed, particularly in terms of customer service. Ordered pizza by phone at 6:30, told it would be ready at 7:15. Arrived right on time and was told it would be 15 more minutes. Sat near the counter for 25 minutes, no update from anyone. Got up and waited at counter, eventually someone came out of kitchen and told me it would be another 15-20 minutes because they "messed up one of the pizza's and had to start over." Pizza was finally ready at 8:00. No apologies, no offer to take a few bucks off for making me wait an additional 45 minutes. Staff seemed like they didn't know what they were doing. Complained to the bar owner (the bar and pizzeria are two separate businesses sharing one building), and he made it clear that there is a major rift between the bar owner and the pizzeria. When my pizza was finally ready, the bar owner suggested to the kitchen staff that they refund me some money and it almost resulted in (no exaggeration here) a fistfight between the bar owner and the kitchen staff, right there in front of everybody. It was all really disgusting. The bar owner seems like a good guy, but this pizzeria is quite obviously horribly managed. To top it all off, when I got home with the two pizzas (a kale/garlic and a potato/bacon/garlic) they were both pretty bad. Soggy crust was the worst part, and everyone in my family thought they both tasted bad. My recommendation is to avoid this pizzeria. We threw out over half of what we bought, nobody wanted to save any of it for leftovers like we normally would. This should be a zero star rating, but that is...

Okay this is my first time at this establishment. Since I came to the Pacific Northwest I have been apprehensive and struggled to find businesses who could decent vegan pizzas. I wasn't disappointed I got an 18-in Italian spicy vegan pizza with a vegan spinach Stromboli The pizza was huge this stromboli was enormous It was well flavored I was so thankful for a great eatery If you are plant-based and you indeed like a vegan pizza please patronize this location They have an entire menu dedicated to vegans and it means a lot and I thank you for having an expansive option for us plant-based eaters We do appreciate you. Kudos the service was stellar I didn't dine in I took it to go but the dining area appeared to be very clean and wiped down. I would definitely recommend this eatery if you want a good pizza to watch a movie or if you're having friends over I wear hands down recommend this organization they deliver. Some might think it's pricey but I've always felt plant-based options were a little more pricier because of the ingredients but it was for...