Aaron Landry

The White Album Pizza, originally uploaded by Aaron Landry.

Porter & Frye, which opened in early 2008 along with the Hotel Ivy which surrounds it, is a generally high class restaurant that unfortunately hasn’t reviewed that well. My party and I were there for after dinner drinks and a few snacks.

The dinner menu has $25-$50 plates but the bar menu was surprisingly reasonable. After a $10 glass of 2006 Domaine Dupeuble Pere et Fils Beaujolais and a tasty $10 Chelsea Sidecar, Ed and I couldn’t resist ordering a pizza at the bottom of the menu: “The White Album.”

Porter & Frye’s pizzas are grilled and at only $10 or so, a deal. The White Album is a four cheese pizza with mozzarella, fontina, parmesan and provolone. Not very adventurous, especially as there is no sauce on this one. The crust is cracker-like and dry. It was almost like eating cheesy bread, but good cheesy bread at that.

Ed agreed that it was dry and said “it’s not all that, but I keep eating — it’s like a cheesy pop tart.” We gave Courtney a slice and said it was okay, but favors pizzas with sauce. She had had their Margherita before and enjoyed it a lot better.

I thought it was a good late-night snack to compliment otherwise great drinks. Next time I’ll try the Margherita though. While pizza is my game, others visiting Porter & Frye may prefer to order off their real menu, designed by chef Steven Brown.

Some more photos on Flickr as well as some from Ed.

Porter & Frye
1115 2nd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-353-3500