We speak with Jerry, a Chicago native doing tavern-style pizza in Portland. Like many people, Jerry started experimenting with pizzas in the pandemic- first with home made dough. Like many who enter this world, making pies became an obsession to Jerry. He admits even pushing the limits of fermentation up to two weeks in his discovery of his representation of a tavern style pie. Eventually, he came to a pie that he and his fiancee really and enjoyed. But clearly others have fallen in love with it as well. His donation-based pizzas have become the latest rage in Portland among local and transplants like himself. Often times people are waiting MONTHS from signing up on his waitlist to finally getting the pizza. But what happens after trying said pizza? The people can't wait for more. So his game plan - start serving up pizza in a local bar in Portland, paying even more homage to his Midwestern roots.
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