HOTLIPS Pizza is a chain of
pizza
Pizza is an Italian cuisine, Italian, specifically Neapolitan cuisine, Neapolitan, dish typically consisting of a flat base of Leavening agent, leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients, baked at a high t ...
restaurants in the
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
, area. It is known for using local, organic ingredients in its pizzas.
History
HOTLIPS Pizza was founded in 1984 by David Yudkin's father-in-law. Yudkin and his wife, Jeana Edelman, took over the business in 1994.
In 2005, HOTLIPS started selling fruit sodas made from local fruits. The sodas were featured in ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
''. In 2011, Hot Lips made its millionth bottle of soda.
Environmental practices
Many of HOTLIPS' ingredients are bought from local farmers, especially from
farmers' market
A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or ...
s. It also makes all of its packaging compostable. Waste heat from the ovens at their
Pearl District
The Pearl District is an area of Portland, Oregon, formerly occupied by warehouses, light industry and railroad classification yards and now noted for its art galleries, upscale businesses and residences. The area has been undergoing significa ...
location is used to heat the whole restaurant.
See also
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Pizza in Portland, Oregon
The American city of Portland, Oregon has been recognized for its pizza culture and establishments. In ''Time Out'' 2024 list of the world's best twenty cities for food, Portland ranked tenth and pizza was considered the city's "must-eat" dish.
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References
External links
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Hot Lips Soda website
1984 establishments in Oregon
Pizza chains of the United States
Pizzerias in Portland, Oregon
Regional restaurant chains in the United States
Restaurants established in 1984
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