Ken's Artisan Bakery & Ken's Artisan Pizza
Ken's Artisan Bakery in NW Portland, founded in 2001, is a Portland institution well known for baking some of the best artisan bread and pastries in the country. Owner Ken Forkish was a semi-finalist in the James Beard award category Outstanding Pastry Chef in 2008. The bakery supplies many of Portland's best restaurants with bread, as well as several Zupans stores and Whole Foods. For photo gallery and more info, see www.kensartisan.com.
Ken's Artisan Pizza is a dinner-only restaurant in SE Portland, featuring blistered-crust Neopolitan-style pizzas baked in a massive wood-fired oven. The pizzeria is also known for its seasonal salads and veggies, a 100-bottle wine list, and great service. Ken's Artisan Pizza was featured as one of the country's top ten pizzerias by Playboy.com, and voted Portland's best pizza on Portland Food & Drink's website.