Mt. Hood's Alpine Bar and Pizzeria: The Ratskeller

We started off with an obligatory pitcher of Mt. Hood Ice Axe IPA, the aggressively hopped beer with some buttery nuances and spice, is unsuspectingly complex. 


Sara's fiancée, Mike, who organized the surprise, couldn't stop yapping about the Hawaiian Burger. After all, it was the reason why we were here. 




The USDA ground beer patty melted in with provolone cheese, Canadian ham and canned pineapple in a faux tropical comforting kind of way. 




It did not dissapoint. He even shared, albeit politely begrudgingly.


Something vegetal was necessary to go with our pizza so the Hummus Platter was ordered. It was a good dose of my favorite things in life: hummus, feta and tzatziki. I still don't understand why they cut kalamata olives in half and dice cucumbers so fine. Still, it was a healthy platter with thick, ice cream scooped hummus and full fat yogurt tzatziki. 




We ordered a half and half pizza: Pesto and Lamb Gyro. One side contained a ridiculous amount of pesto accompanied with mozzarella, feta, tomatoes and garlic. The other side carried strips of lamb based gyro meat, red onions, mushrooms, and pesto.