Roberta's Chef Dubs Portland 'The Greatest Pizza City In America'

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- The pizza consultant behind one of New York City's most iconic pizzerias told Portland it was "the greatest pizza city in America," according to a new report.

Roberta's former pizza czar Anthony Falco made this bold statement on a trip to Portland for the Feast Portland food and drink festival on Wednesday, Oregon Live reported.

"It's about the flour," Falco reportedly said. "And the produce."

Falco based his declaration on three Portland pizza institutions: Apizza Scholls, Lovely's Fifty Fifty and Scottie's, according to Oregon Live.

At least one New Yorker did not take the news well.

Falco confirmed the quote in an Instagram post that showed him and his family outside New York's own Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"Someone I know called it the 'greatest pizza city in America,'" Oregon Live critic Michael Russell commented.

"It's true!!" Falco replied.

But Russell, the Oregon-based writer who covered the story, expressed some surprise on Twitter.

For the record, I think Portland is a great pizza city, maybe the best pound-for-pound, but there's no way we stack up against the history, diversity and sheer number of pizzerias in NYC.
— Michael Russell (@tdmrussell) September 17, 2018

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