Brian O'Connor (PopPop Pizza and Wine) tells us about pursuing the platonic ideal of thin and crispy tavern style pizza, sourcing great wine, and transitioning a dinner party concept to a brick and mortar. We also talk about the landlord/business tenant relationship in Seattle, the recovery of late night dining (or lack thereof), and our favorite older restaurants and bars. Plus restaurant news and our favorite bites of the week!
Learn more about PopPop Pizza and Wine at their website
And on Instagram @poppop_pizza
0:00 Intro
2:42 What is Pop PopPizza and Wine?
5:08 Moving to Seattle and starting PopPop
7:00 How thin crust pizza should be!
9:46 Why PopPop isn’t a pop-up
11:30 What a PopPop dinner is like
17:48 The difference between tavern style and grandma pie
20:15 How PopPop curates their wine selection
22:52 What inspired Brian to go from FOH to BOH
25:13 Seattle restaurant news
30:36 What is the right landlord?
33:20 The real estate search in Seattle
35:35 Are landlords too disconnected?
40:00 What’s different about opening a restaurant in Seattle?
42:03 Why hasn’t late night dining recovered here?
46:02 Thanks, I Ate It
55:40 Unpopular Opinion!
58:15 Favorite older restaurants
1:03:14 Coming up next
