WHY True Neapolitan-style pies in a pleasant sit-down space with beer and wine. WHAT According to the menu, Neapolitan-style pizza is meant to be enjoyed without excessive toppings. The thin, chewy crust has a distinct sourdough tang, while the tomato sauce is bright and fresh. Pies are simply topped with buffalo mozzarella, a scattering of [...]
November 18, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY La Grande Orange’s casual sibling is a busy pizza specialist in the same historic Pasadena train station. WHAT Gourmet toppings like fig and blue cheese or sausage with shaved fennel top chewy sourdough crusts from a wood-burning oven. Crab legs, salads like the Green Day and a few other appetizers complete the menu; plenty [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Neopolitan-style pizzas (try the burrata), well-filled panini and good salads (with farmers’ market ingredients), plus delivery in Mar Vista, west Culver City and parts of Venice, Playa Vista and West L.A. WHAT Technically this outpost of the small local chain is in Culver City, but it’s really Mar Vista or east Venice, and it’s [...]
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WHY Superb New York—style pizza, by the slice or the pie. WHAT Is this the best New York—style pizza in town? Many think so, and it’s certainly on our very short list. There’s no seating, just a stand-up counter with room for two to eat a slice or wait for a pie; Cheviot/Palms locals get [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY A little bit of Queens in Highland Park (which is, now that we think of it, the Queens of L.A.). WHAT It’s not the lightest pizza in town—the crust is on the substantial side, and the cheese overpowers the sauce—but there’s no denying the appeal and comfort of this old-school New York Italian pizza, [...]
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WHY Echo Park’s first real pizza parlor comes with Cajun-via-New York flavor, and you can even get a slice to go. WHAT This acclaimed New York pizzeria picked Echo Park for its first western outpost, making locals happy with hearty pies with slightly sweet crusts, bearing such whimsical names as the Big Maybelle and the [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Distinctly unique Croatian pizzas that are among the best in L.A. WHAT There’s no room for interior dining at this San Pedro pizza joint, but that’s a necessary sacrifice—Pavich’s allots most of its square footage to an enormous brick oven. And it’s with that oven that owner Zdenko Pavic is able to craft truly [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Really tasty thin crust, New York—style pizza (just enough sauce and cheese, no crazy toppings) for eating in or to go—and delivery is free. WHAT Joe Vitale of the Joe’s Pizza on Bleecker Street first tackled Santa Monica, and when he met with success, he opened this pizzeria on the Sunset Strip. Besides the [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Excellent Brooklyn-style pizza (thin-crust) sold by the slice here or delivered promptly by the whole pie. WHAT Former New Yorkers (yes, plenty of them live in MB) say this is the closest thing to home in L.A., and indeed the crust has that not-soggy-yet-floppy-enough-to-fold-in-half consistency so essential to a New York pie. You can [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Neopolitan-style pizzas (try the burrata), well-filled panini and good salads (with farmers’ market ingredients), plus delivery in a large area. WHAT Although it’s a sit-down café, and a good one, this is a handy place to know about for takeout and delivery, especially because it can get mobbed at dinnertime. The modern individual pizzas [...]
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