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4/11/2026 - #2 Stevie’s Famous

There's an undeniable diveyness about the Beacon Avenue location of Stevie’s, located within the Time-Out Lounge in Beacon Hill. A disco ball shimmers above, a vacant stage waits for its moment, and the PA blasts classic tunes from David Bowie, Talking Heads, The Specials and Iggy Pop. This outpost offers considerably more breathing room than its original location in Olde Burien.

Stevie's crafts New York-style sourdough pizzas. They serve them up by the slice or by the pie. We opted for two whole pies:

  • Normie MacDonald: I think it’s fair to say it’s their signature pie. Tomato sauce base, aged mozzarella, coppa, grana, burrata, house-made hot honey.

  • Mushroom 2.0: Aged mozzarella, mushrooms, red onion, gorgonzola, salsa verde.

The pizza was well-loved by everyone in our small group and scored 18.75 out of 20 total possible points. Here’s what we thought:

Kristin: 5.00

Normie MacDonald Crust - thin & just the right amount of chewy & tasty!; 5.0
Normie MacDonald Sauce - 5.0
Normie MacDonald Cheese - 5.0
Normie MacDonald Toppings - burrata less creamy than I thought; 4.9
Normie MacDonald Overall - 5.0

Mushroom 2.0 Crust - 5.0
Mushroom 2.0 Sauce - green sauce so good!; 5.0
Mushroom 2.0 Cheese - maybe a little too much cheese?; 4.8
Mushroom 2.0 Toppings - 5.0
Mushroom 2.0 Overall - 5.0

Ron: 4.65

Normie MacDonald Crust - crispy. folds well. nice taste; 5.0
Normie MacDonald Sauce - great base. not too saucy; 5.0
Normie MacDonald Cheese - nice but sparse; 4.0
Normie MacDonald Toppings - coppa, burrata and hot honey are delicious; 5.0
Normie MacDonald Overall - 4.8

Mushroom 2.0 Crust - a bit soggy in center. not as crispy as I’d like; 4.0
Mushroom 2.0 Sauce - holy moly; 5.0
Mushroom 2.0 Cheese - very cheesy but delicious (too much); 4.5
Mushroom 2.0 Toppings - onions were a perfect add on to basil; 5.0
Mushroom 2.0 Overall - 4.5

Claire: 4.60

Normie MacDonald Crust - flops right, folds right. no soggy bottom. grainy texture has nice mouthfeel. perfect char. can’t really taste sourdough if I’m being honest; 5.0
Normie MacDonald Sauce - excellent tomato and basil flavor; 5.0
Normie MacDonald Cheese - I love the aged mozzarella, but I wish there was more; 4.0
Normie MacDonald Toppings - not a huge fan of soft cheeses on pizza, but I knew that going in. coppa, grana and hot honey made for an otherwise perfect salty, sweet, and spicy flavor profile; 4.5
Normie MacDonald Overall - 4.6

Liz: 4.50

Normie MacDonald Crust - 4.0
Normie MacDonald Sauce - 4.0
Normie MacDonald Cheese - 4.0
Normie MacDonald Toppings (w/o meat) - honey good; 5.0
Normie MacDonald Overall - 4.5

Mushroom 2.0 Crust - great bake, perfect crunch, taste yum; 4.0
Mushroom 2.0 Sauce - solid; 3.0
Mushroom 2.0 Cheese - salty, good stretch; 5.0
Mushroom 2.0 Toppings - good, solid toppings, good but not special; 3.5
Mushroom 2.0 Overall - 4.0

The Wee Baby Hugo

Normie MacDonald Overall - Hugo didn’t like as much

Mushroom 2.0 Overall - Hugo loved this one

In a couple weeks, we’ll be visiting the #3 seed, Tivoli. Stevie’s Famous set a high bar to clear. The victor will proceed to the finals.

Seattle Pizza Bracket

From the people who brought you Pizza Club and Hear Me Out, comes an exciting new project that is so exciting and new, that you can’t even believe your taste buds. It’s pizza, but in bracket form. It’s Seattle, but in pizza form. It’s bracket, but in Seattle form! It is a Seattle Pizza Bracket! Four chums and a baby will convene upon four pizzerias, and crown a winner in a town that’s not really known for its pizza. Look, we could have done coffee or teriyaki or salmon, but we’re doing pizza, because it is objectively the best food ever invented.

Seeding Methodology

Two pizza joints were chosen by Ron and Kristin (A.K. and Tivoli), and two by Liz and Claire (Bar del Corso and Stevie’s). They were then ranked by average Yelp rating multiplied by total Yelp reviews.