Pizza Thief, the hottest new pizza spot in the recently anointed best pizza city in America, started when two long-time friends decided to quit their day jobs and open a business together. The Portland, Oregon newcomer focuses on slices (and pies) both traditional and regional ingredient-driven, and features an adjoining bar (Bandit Bar) with cocktails, as well as Italian natural wines and local beers and cider.

Darby Aldaco is a baker and pizza maker who worked for Nancy Silverton and others in Los Angeles until he received a call from his former roommate Tony Pasquale, who had decamped to Portland and worked as an executive at Adidas, which has its U.S. headquarters in the city.