I enjoy exploring and trying out the new places in Portland, as well as the re-openings as some restaurants pivot and revise themselves. But, let’s not forget to also keep supporting and revisiting the traditional standbys that we can always depend on. For instance, let’s not forget the legendary pizzas of Ken’s Artisan Pizza – still following the same winning formula of whatever magic is their dough and wood-oven consistently over the years. No surprise at all that Ken’s was one of the ones called out specifically in the recent Bloomberg article naming Portland America’s best pizza city. Whether you agree or not, I have to tell you that this corn pizza is one of the best I’ve had in the US. Every late summer they bring on a seasonal corn pizza – the exact combo on the Ken’s Pizza Seasonal Corn Pizza varies over the years. But, it never disappoints, it always makes me close my eyes and eat slowly and just focus on the perfection that is this corn pizza.

Apparently a few years back, when I visited when they debuted their cocktail menu to their beer and wine program, it was corn, mozzarella, ricota salata, smoked pickled jalapenos, scallions. I couldn’t find any other photos so I must have not captured it (probably too dark). Anyway. This year the combo of their Roasted Corn Pizza includes mozzarella, fontina, mama lil’ peppers, tajin seasoning, and crema. And as it always is every year, so so so delicious