A Bridgetown Bites tipster pointed me to an announcement from Atlas Pizza: They will take over the Original Dream Pizza space in September 2026. Original Dream will close at the end of August.
This will be the fourth location for Atlas Pizza, and their first in Northeast Portland. Here is what we know.
Original Dream Pizza
Original Dream Pizza was the successor to American Dream Pizza, which opened in 1985 and closed in 2024 after a potential sale to employees fell through. There are still a couple of American Dream Pizza locations in Corvallis. After witnessing the closure of American Dream, super fans Amy and Dan Northrop searched for something comparable but couldn’t find anything. So, they decided to buy the business to keep their favorite pizza alive.
The sale went through, but the owners of American Dream Pizza refused to sell the name along with the business, so Amy and Dan changed it—to Original Dream Pizza. They opened the newly-named pizzeria in summer 2025.
Then a fire hit not long after they opened and that threw everything off. It wounded them financially and it slowed the momentum they had going with bringing back customers to the pizzeria. Essentially, the economics didn’t work out and closing was the solution.
Goodbye
Original Dream Pizza posted this message earlier this month:…