In honor of October being National Pizza Month, here are a few interesting numbers regarding America’s favorite dinner pie:

1) Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza EACH DAY!!

2) There are approximately 61,269 pizzerias in the United States.

3) 93% of Americans eat AT LEAST one pizza per month.

4) Approximately 3 BILLION pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year.

Pizza fans in the Portland area have another option these days when it comes to ordering pizza… and this option is best described as “extreme”.

Extreme Pizza in Hillsboro offers specialty pizzas, monster subs and salads for dine-in, delivery and take-out.

Best-selling pizzas include the Poultry Geist (cornmeal crust topped with chicken marinated in a tangy ranch sauce, broccoli, onion, Swiss, fontina, gorgonzola, mozzarella and fresh sage), Pandora's Box (baby spinach, marinated artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, fresh garlic, fresh basil, oregano and mozzarella), Yard Sale (Everything in the house including sausage, pepperoni, salami, fresh mushrooms, black olives, green peppers, red onions, tomatoes, fresh tomato sauce and mozzarella) and Peace in the Middle East (homemade hummus, tomatoes, olives, onions, feta, fresh basil, pepperoncinis and mozzarella).

The original Extreme Pizza restaurant opened in San Francisco in 1994. Oregon’s 1st (and still only) location, meanwhile, opened earlier this year in the Tanasbourne Central shopping center at 188th & Cornell Road in Hillsboro.

For more information, or to place an order, call the restaurant directly at 503-645-4200, or check them out online at www.extremepizza.com.