Portland, ME
For Pizza in Portland, the local food press points to Lazzari, OTTO, and Flatbread Company. Picks from Portland Press Herald and Down East Magazine, updated June 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Portland Press Herald and Down East Magazine. Updated June 2026.
Lazzari · Arts District
Neapolitan-esque pies out of a Skowhegan-built Le Panyol wood oven. The Press Herald singles out the Amatriciana and a white clam pie that clicks when you squeeze the lemon. Down East's Maine Pizzas You Have to Try flags the bolognese.
OTTO · Arts District
The Portland mashed-potato-bacon-and-scallion pie that put the city on national pizza lists. Esquire named Portland a Top 5 pizza city largely because of this thin, crackling, crust-first slice.
Flatbread Company · Old Port
Wood-fired organic pies with roasted Maine potatoes, local free-range chicken, and Maine Grains whole-grain flour. The Press Herald's pizza survey treats the harborside dining room with the big deck as Portland's sustainability anchor.
Micucci Grocery Co. · India Street
The famous Sicilian slab. Thick rectangles of airy focaccia-style crust with slightly sweet fresh tomato and a sprinkle of cheese, baked in the basement bakery. The Press Herald treats it as an institution and Down East calls the slab essential Maine eating.
Portland Pie Company · Old Port
Steve Freese and Nat Getchell's 1997 craft-pizza original. Flavored doughs (basil, beer, garlic, wheat) that made it Maine's first meaningful boutique pizzeria. Still on the Press Herald Best 75 as a Portland staple.
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