What Kind of Restaurant Does Portland Need in 2024?

At the end of 2023, in our annual Year in Eater series, I said something that triggered a wave of feedback that kept rolling in through the final days of the year: “We’ve hit peak pizza.” In other words, I don’t think we need to see any new pizzerias open in 2024.

Some of you vehemently agreed, exhausted by the surplus of — very good! — pizza shops that have flooded Portland in the last five years. Others firmly disagreed, saying their neighborhoods were underserved or specific styles were underrepresented. But the input also inspired a secondary question: What should open instead?

I have my own answers: a

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