Bird Pizzeria

Bird Pizzeria has been living rent-free in my head for months — ever since Dave Portnoy gave their pizza a controversial 7/10 and their kale caesar (equal parts salad and English sheepdog) went viral on TikTok. Reservations vanished overnight. My own hunt took months, landing me a July 4th slot for a restaurant that, it turned out, wasn't even open that day. I finally got seated in their dining room on October 3rd — Mean Girls Day, obviously — after months of to-go pies from the walk-up window. Expectations were sky-high. Here's whether the most talked-about pizza in Charlotte held up.