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The Star Portland
Portland’s spot for bold Detroit-style pizza, craft cocktails, and friendly vibes
4.4
Pizza
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Portland’s spot for bold Detroit-style pizza, craft cocktails, and friendly vibes
The Star Portland offers pizza, Italian-inspired dishes, and drinks at 1309 NW Hoyt St. Customers praise flavorful options, including a BBQ chicken sandwich and a unique Marionberry lemonade, plus Detroit-style breadsticks with red sauce. The menu features Chicago and Detroit pizzas, a $15 lunch deal, handmade meatballs, and craft cocktails by an experienced bartender.
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Authentic thick-crust pizza baked with a layer of stewed tomatoes, available for dine-in or takeaway.
Square pizza with a crispy cornmeal crust, topped generously with homemade red sauce and fresh ingredients.
Classic hand-tossed pizzas perfect for sharing, with a variety of toppings to choose from.
Expertly mixed drinks by experienced bartenders, featuring unique options like marionberry lemonade.
Hearty dishes including BBQ chicken sandwiches, wings, and handmade meatballs in large portions.
Affordable deals like the $15 pizza and salad combo, ideal for a quick and delicious meal.
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Overall rating
Paul Teddy
Great place for pizza with the family - good ambiance and clean restaurant. We ordered 1 deep dish and 1 regular thin crust pizza and shared. Kids first time trying deep dish and my son loved it! There’s a separate bar seating area with high top tables and TVs. The dining section had more comfortable booths and tables. Friendly service, would come back again!
Rosa Gutierrez
I'm kinda neutral on this spot.. nothing stood out to me for me to boast about. The place was nice, the pizza was good, the waiter did his job. We got the wings cuz they were supposed to be bomb. They were okay to me. Just one flavor to get 🤷. Maybe wrong day and time IDK. Maybe you'll have better luck.
Robert Childs
We came here looking for a light bite and ended up splitting the BBQ chicken sandwich and it was incredible, so flavored and to drink a marionberry lemode that was so unique from other lemonade I've enjoyed. The vibes are fun and relaxed and the waiter so nice and friendly.
Hak Williams
Crazy pizza and salad lunch deal for $15. Beautiful place. Nice music. I had a Chicago style pizza and I think that was a cornmeal crust. For the lunch deal I think they bake the pizza without the tomato sauce and then they add a thick layer of delicious stewed tomatoes on top of it. Thankfully the stewed tomatoes are slightly less hot than the pizza, but at first I thought the pizza wasn't heated all the way through because the tomatoes on top were not as hot as I expected. There's no way they could bake the whole thing at lunch time that quickly if they a baked it with the sauce on top. Kudos!
Eric “Van” VanVelzen
Absolutely amazing experience! Had lunch here while exploring Portland and we LOVED IT! Brandon is an amazing server and bartender - an expert at crafting exquisite cocktails. With over 10 years of experience, he knows the importance of how to peel citrus so that the pith doesn't bitter the drink. The breadsticks are made with the Detroit style pizza dough. They are awesome, especially when dipped in their home-made red sauce. All our entrees were large portions and absolutely incredible. My Detroit style pizza is one of the very best I've ever had - and I eat a LOT of pizza. Lots of topping and the best red sauce I can remember. I'd love to take a jar of it home with me. The handmade meatballs were huge and very flavorful. The entire experience was OUTSTANDING and I can't wait to come back again!
