Pizza

Q & A With David Miscimarra: The Hollywood Pies Owner Talks Deep Pizza What to Expect at Their New Dine-in Location, Now Open

If you drive by the new Hollywood Pies dine-in location, which officially soft opened this past weekend in West Los Angeles, you just might miss it. Taking up a humble 26-seat residence that fittingly used to house former pizza dive Pizza Mania, the location now sports a modest square sign of their ... More >>

800 Degrees Opening in Santa Monica this Fall

A new 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria will set up its wood-burning oven in Santa Monica this fall, just a little over a year after the first one opened its doors in Westwood Village. Slated for a 5,000-square-feet space at 120 Wilshire Boulevard, the latest outpost will feature a take-out area and a ... More >>

Product Review: The Pizza Baking Steel, A Thin Crust Game Changer?

On our quest for the perfect pizza crust, we've broken pizza stones (more than one), tried all of the mock pizza oven tricks (Bricks!) and talked with chefs like Jeff Mahin over at Stella Rosa about our unfulfilled crust expectations. And now, the Baking Steel. Baking pizza on steel is an idea Mah ... More >>

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5 Best Pizza Slice Joints in Los Angeles

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. With so much of the focus on hyper-authentic Neapolitan pies and artisanal knife-and-fork creations these days, it's easy to forget about the other great bastion of the pizza world -- the slice joint. The culture of paper-plate pi ... More >>

2012 Restaurant Issue

10 Best Pizza Restaurants in Los Angeles

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. 10. 800 Degrees Not since Bill Walton led the Bruins to a 30-0 record have UCLA students had such good reason to rejoice. Westwood's newest pizzeria, a fast-casual concept dreamed up by Umami guru Adam Fleischman, is open until 2 ... More >>

Cheese, Please: What's the Deal With Mozzarella?

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. In L.A.'s not-so-distant pie past, family pizza night meant Friday evening quibbles over thick versus thin crust, debates over the proportion of marinara sauce to other ingredients and, inevitably, a few irreconcilable topping dif ... More >>

Life of Pie: L.A. Celebrates Its Pizza Moment

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. On a Wednesday evening, 10 students sit along the counter at the Scuola di Pizza, the, yes, "School of Pizza" at L.A.'s premier pizza joint, Mozza. I'd like to say we're a varied lot, but that wouldn't be true -- we're uniformly w ... More >>

Domino's Introduces (Sort of) Gluten-Free Crust

Domino's is proud to be the first national pizza delivery chain to introduce a gluten-free pizza crust for their "choice consumers." There's just one little hitch: They can't guarantee the pizza is actually gluten-free. So it's not recommended for those with celiac disease, but rather, only for tho ... More >>

Update: Hollywood Pies Moves West Seating Coming Soon

Are you familiar with Hollywood Pies, the Chicago-style deep-dish pizza operation that operates in semi-secrecy? We were big fans when we got our first taste late last year outside a nondescript building west of downtown -- a crispy, cheesy sauce-drenched pizza that weighed about as much as a manhol ... More >>

SliceTruck Restaurant Now Open in Little Osaka

Running a food truck is somewhat like running a test kitchen. Based on popularity, the truck either dies down or becomes a trendy brick-and-mortar restaurant. Luckily for SliceTruck, which rolled out in 2009, they now have a sit-down restaurant on Sawtelle. "We looked at this space early on and were ... More >>

Car Crashes Into Pizza Buona in Echo Park

A car slammed into popular Echo Park restaurant Pizza Buona shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, shattering the glass window in front, smashing through tables and chairs and sending a pregnant woman to the hospital. The dining room was empty at the time, but a 20-year-old pedestrian was dragged ... More >>

Milo and Olive: 3rd Wave Pizza Empire-building in Santa Monica

Those Rustic Canyon guys? It's an empire they're building in Santa Monica, from ice cream, to wine, to breakfast -- and now pizza, at this new, perpetually crowded small-plates restaurant whose dining room probably is smaller than some of its customers' breakfast nooks. Really, once you've resigned ... More >>

800 Degrees: A Sneak Peek Into Westwood's Newest Pizzeria [Photo Gallery]

If Adam Fleischman is aiming to become the Henry Ford of the pizza world, he's made a good start of it with 800 Degrees, the Westwood pizzeria he officially opens on January 3rd. It features a long counter where diners choose from dozens of toppings in a process more common to Subway or Chipotle tha ... More >>

Milo & Olive Now Open: Bakery, Pizzeria Ceiling Fans For Kids

The folks who brought you Rustic Canyon, Huckleberry and Sweet Rose Creamery have now officially opened the exceedingly pretty doors of a new restaurant, a pizzeria named Milo & Olive, which begins serving lunch and dinner today. Milo & Olive is thus the fourth Santa Monica eatery from Josh Loeb a ... More >>

Garlic Knots Food Fight: Pizzanista! vs. Joe's Pizza

T. NguyenGarlic knots at Pizzanista!​Most fast foods have their natural sidekicks: burgers have their fries. Fried chicken has its mashed potatoes. But pizza? Pizza usually flies solo, content with committing crimes against calories all by its lonesome. Every once in a while, though, it is ... More >>

Hollywood Pies's Classic Chicago Pizza

T. NguyenClassic Chicago Pizza at Hollywood PIes​Chicago-style pizzeria Hollywood Pies may be Keyser Söze's doppelganger: the greatest trick it has ever pulled, at least so far, is convincing the world that it exists. It has no physical storefront, so the only ways to get a piece of the Holl ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Settebello

Settebello: Neapolitan Pizza, Nutella Pizza Italian Condoms!

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​What's the Italian equivalent of barbecue? Neapolitan pizza, I'm betting. Because proper Neapolitan pizza, fashioned from Caputo tipo 00 flour imported from Naples, crushed tomatoes from San Marzano and cheese from the finest buffalos, is a man's game through and thr ... More >>

Is The Mozza Cookbook All Hype? Or Really That Good?

amazon.com​In our past cookbook reviews, when we have found a cookbook particularly compelling, we tend use words like "noteworthy," "fantastic" and yes, "compelling." But when Nancy Silverton's The Mozza Cookbook (with sous chef Matt Molina and writer Carolynn Carreño), which hits shelves t ... More >>

Nancy Silverton

Q & A With Nancy Silverton: The Mozza Cookbook, The Problem of Gelato Doing One Thing at a Time Very, Very Well

A. ScattergoodNancy Silverton and her new cookbook at Mozza​ Nancy Silverton, who is an over-achiever in much the same way as is, say, Malcolm Gladwell, has had a productive summer even by her standards. Mozzas in Newport Beach and Singapore recently opened; Amy Pressman's burger project, Shor ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Mother Dough

David Myers Update: More Pizza Coming to Hollywood

L. Balla​Sit back and think for a moment -- where's the best artisanal pizza in the heart of Hollywood? And we don't mean Mozza down on Melrose and Highland, but closer to Hollywood and Vine. Right. Well, by this time next year, there will be a version of David Myers' Costa Mesa Italian restau ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Luggage Room

Filling the New York-style Pizza Vacuum

Pizza Delivery Fight: Pitfire Vs. Mama's, or, Fancy Vs. Regular

N. GalutenDelivery margherita pizza from Pitfire Pizza​Maybe we were being a little selfish. But when faced with the prospect of deciding what to eat for this week's food fight, we found ourselves in West L.A., sitting on a couch with some NBA playoff games about to start. So rather than rush ... More >>

Oak Fire Pizzeria & Pub Opens in Sherman Oaks Tonight More From Greg Morris

L. Balla​Sherman Oaks, get ready for your slice of West Hollywood: Greg Morris' Oak Fire Pizzeria & Pub finally opens to the public tonight. The original Oak Fire opened on La Cienega in 2007, keeping partygoers sated with wood-fired pizzas, salads and afternoon happy hours. With a brick oven ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Fred Eric's Chorizo-poblano Pizette

A. Scattergoodthe chorizo-poblano pizzette at Tiara Cafe​ In our recent 2-part interview with Fred Eric (Tiara Cafe, Fred 62), Eric discussed the restaurant as art installation, the question of Jeff Koons, and the benefits of fasting for food professionals. Well, for him at least. And a surpri ... More >>

SF's Pizza Pundit, Tony Gemignani, Weighs In On L.A.'s Pies, Names His Favorite & Considers the Starfish Calzone

K. RobbinsThinking about my pizza, it don't matter if you're red or white​ Tony Gemignani, co-author of the cookbook Pizza, 9-time World Pizza Champion (8 times in acrobatics, once in pizza making), and owner of a growing cadre of pizza shops in Northern California, is one peripatetic pizzaiol ... More >>

The Top 5 Pizzerias in Hipsteropolis

Star ForemanA slice of Tomato Pie​ Forget G.W. Bush, pizza is the real uniter. It is an almost universally beloved food, favorite of everyone from kids and their parents to drunk college students to mischievous teenagers and their Mutant Ninja Turtle counterparts. Now watch us turn this nobl ... More >>

Hostaria del Piccolo Opens in Santa Monica

C. BishopHostaria del Piccolo's Squid Ink & Tuna Pizza​ Look out Joe's. Santa Monica just got itself another pizza joint. Hostaria del Piccolo -- the more rustic, casual sibling to Piccolo Venice's upscale Italian cuisine -- opened its doors yesterday at 6th and Broadway. Run by General Manag ... More >>

Updated: Pizzeria Mozza To Open in Newport Beach

Pizzeria Mozza​ Update: When a reader recently wrote in to ask about the status of the Mozza in Newport Beach, we thought we'd find out. Mozza general manager David Rosoff tells us that the pizzeria, which will be very similar to the original on Melrose and Highland, is coming along nicely. ... More >>

Quick Bite: Squash & Chanterelles Pizza at Olio

Even if it is 95-degrees in Los Angeles, it's autumn in our hearts -- and on menus everywhere. This year, the raft of maple-infused cocktails and squash-based dishes are the only reasons I'm certain it's actually November. It makes perfect sense, I know. Until the modern era of refrigeration and ... More >>

Now Open: Olio Pizzeria, Serving Neapolitan Pizza Breakfast Bialy's on Third Street

Christie BishopMargherita Pizza at Olio Pizzeria & Cafe​ Can't get a dinner reservation at Pizzeria Mozza? Don't worry, neither can we. So instead, we decided to check out Olio Pizzeria & Cafe, a new Neopolitan-style pizza joint on Third Street that officially opened Friday evening and serves ... More >>

Best Truffle Pizza: Enoteca Drago

Christie BishopEnoteca Drago's Pizza Bomba​ L.A. pizza joints are a dime a dozen, dotting the landscape like pieces of pepperoni and sausage. While there are a few clear leaders of the pack, like Pizzeria Mozza and Santa Monica Place's Pizza Antica, if its indulgence, thin crust and black tru ... More >>

Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi Joins The Ranks Of The Unemployed

Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi​Larry Guidi, the still-mayor of Hawthorne, has been on leave from his job at the Hawthorne School District since April, when he was accused of stealing an industrial-grade food mixer.This week, Guidi resigned from his position as the district's facilities manager, accor ... More >>

Q & A With Wolfgang Puck, Part 2: Spago (The Musical), Life in an Austrian Kitchen The Joys of HSN

In yesterday's first part of our interview with Wolfgang Puck, the chef talked about his new downtown restaurant WP24 and gave us a little backstory of Ma Maison, Spago and the invention of his famous pizza. Speaking of pizza, turns out that Puck decided to detour, mid-interview and en route to the ... More >>

Neapolitan Pizzas Baked Using... Coffin Wood?

Caprionline/Christie Bishop​ Anyone who's been to Italy knows that the famous Neapolitan pizza is a show-stopper: light, thin and crisp with a perfect balance of cheese and sauce. You really can't go wrong. Or so one would think. On Monday, Italian daily Il Giornale reported a truly grim story ... More >>

Pizza Pie Used To Lure Team Coco Back To New York

​Gawker.TV recently delivered New York pizzas to writers for Conan O'Brien who were making an appearance at the Hollywood Improv. The message? "New York misses you! Come back -- there's more pizza where this came from." (Via LAist). Sorry Big Apple, but you're with us, Conan. Besides the fact ... More >>

Play It Again, Jean: Casa Bianca Once More

Cookbook watch: the Mozza Cookbook!

Anne FishbeinNancy Silverton & Matt Molina at MozzaCan't get a table at the Osteria or the Pizzeria? Soon you can make lardo pizza at home. Nancy Silverton and Mozza executive chef Matt Molina are currently working on the Mozza cookbook. "It's going to be real restaurant recipes, not dumbed down ... More >>

Where to Eat ... PIZZA Now

Casa Bianca, Zelo, Mozza, Bollini and more

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