Updated: Pizza Jerk Reopens

Update, 1:10 p.m., 9/6/16: Pizza Jerk tells Eater it's pushing its reopening back one day. Pizza Jerk will reopen Thursday, September 8, and it will keep the same hours: open daily from 11:30 a.m. to close. Pizza Jerk confirms the return of Ms. Pacman, as well.

Original article: The buzz on Instagram confirms Portland's Pizza Jerk will reopen Wednesday, September 7, 2016. The out-of-the-pizza-box pizzeria from Bunk's Tommy Habetz opened its doors at the end of 2015 to serve a mix of traditional and creative pizzas, from Connecticut-style clam pies to slices slathered in dan dan sauce. 2016 showed up hard, and a devastating fire closed Pizza Jerk in June. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but it came at a poor time: In the coming weeks, Pizza Jerk would be named one of the best new restaurants in the nation by Bon Appetit and one of the best pizzerias in the country by Thrillist.

Fans of the restaurant can now let out a garlicky sigh of relief, because Pizza Jerk is already serving slices again, according to these posts on Twitter and Instagram. And as the pizzeria reveals on its own Instagram, it will reopen September 7 at 5028 NE 42nd Ave.:

Slices, beer and EDM. And these two dudes. What else do you need?! Open until 10pm tonight. COME ON DOWN! Open full menu on Wednesday! #pdxeats #pdxdrinks #edm #huffpostcully #bonappetit #pbr

A photo posted by PizzaJerk (@pizzajerkpdx) on Sep 4, 2016 at 12:22pm PDT

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