Pop-up pizza in Smoky Hollow

Downtown Raleigh's pizza landscape keeps expanding — this time with a new pop-up shop from a Raleigh visual artist.

What's happening: Since September, Raleigh artist Tim Lytvinenko, the brother of Raleigh Denim founder Victor Lytvinenko , has been making pizza outside the Neighborhood bar in Smoky Hollow several days a week.

• The pop-up, Pizza Party Pizza, was born out of artists' hangouts he attended in Raleigh over the years, and now Lytvinenko, a photographer and mixed-media artist who shows around the Triangle, is regularly selling out pies whenever he sets up shop.

What to expect: Using his own handmade dough and two mobile pizza ovens, Lytvinenko keeps the menu pretty small, typically with three options:

• A meat pie
• The "special pizza," which Lytvinenko calls his best pizza and includes a mozzarella, garlic, olive oil base with honey and chili oil
• And the "special, special pizza," which right now is a figgy-balsamic pizza

The pizzas often sell out, so ordering ahead is recommended.

• We tried the "special, special pizza," and loved the combination of the crust, Chanterelle mushrooms and sweet fig jam.

📍 Location: Outside Neighborhood at 500 N. West St., Ste. 150.

• Hours: Vary by week. Follow Lytvinenko on Instagram for the latest hours.