Sep 24, 2024 - Food and Drink

Boxcar Pizza's Odie O'Connor shares his last meal

Meira Gebel

Photo illustration of a knife, fork, and plate revealing Odie OConnor. — Photo illustration: Axios Visuals. Photo: Courtesy of Odie O'Connor

Odie O'Connor opened Boxcar Pizza, located in Kerns' Zipper Building, in August 2020 after gaining a following among the meat- and gluten-free crowd at his SE Hawthorne wood-fired cart Baby Blue Pizza.

Zoom in: Boxcar has reached a similar notoriety — the restaurant has been up for several national vegan awards and pop star Lizzo is even a fan of its Detroit-style, gooey crusts and creative, seasonal toppings.

O'Connor is now gearing up to open a new sourdough pizza concept restaurant in San Diego, where he's originally from, called Odie's Pizza, in early 2025.

We wanted to know: If he had one meal left, what would he eat?

🥗 Appetizer: At southeast Asian eatery Bar Asha, just a few blocks from Boxcar, O'Connor would order the peacock salad — a mix of kale, carrots, soy curls, corn and bell peppers in a tangy tahini dressing.

🍕 Entree: The "grandma style" thin crust Sicilian pizza from Scottie's serves as his main, which features fresh mozzarella, oregano, basil, garlic oil and tomato sauce on top.

🍦 Dessert: If it ain't broke! To finish off his meal, O'Connor would order a "THICC" flurry from Ice Queen — inspired by the classic Dairy Queen blizzard, vegan vanilla soft serve is swirled with chocolate-coated candies, pretzels and chocolate sauce.

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