Lodge Bread Company (11918 Washington Blvd) is one of my favorite Los Angeles restaurants to grab an early morning bite. Their pastries are delicious. And their shakshuka is to die for. But Lodge Bread Company also serves pizza starting around ...
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Los Angeles is one of my favorite American food cities. And while the city’s pizza options have improved greatly in recent years (Roberta’s even has an outpost there now), it wasn’t until last year that I tried a truly exceptional ...
Read More »Review: “Pie For The People” In The Mojave Desert
My wife and I recently took a trip to Joshua Tree National Park which is located about three hours east of Los Angeles (or, you know, maybe seven hours depending on traffic). There is no food available for purchase in ...
Read More »LA’s 800 Degrees: Cool Concept, Not So Great Pizza
The Chipotle of _______. You can fill in the blank with dozens of foods. Concepts are popping up all over the country that are trying to be the Chipotle of _______. That’s not surprising. Chipotle has established a whole new ...
Read More »Pizzeria Mozza Review: Standard Pies At LA Hotspot
It had been four years since I’d been out to Los Angeles prior to a recent trip. The last time I was there I’d made it to Osteria Mozza, a Mario Batali restaurant which he co-owns with Nancy Silverton. It ...
Read More »Pizzeria Picco: Well Worth The Drive Outside Of San Fran
I spent the summer of 2012 living in San Francisco and had the opportunity to visit many notable pizza spots in Bay Area while I was out there including Little Star, Liguria Bakery, Cheese Board and perhaps my favorite, Arinell Pizza. ...
Read More »Liguria Bakery: Pizza Foccacia In San Fran
Liguria Bakery (1700 Stockton Street) has been operating for over 100 years on the northeast corner of San Francisco’s Washington Square Park. Is it a bakery? Well, technically. A pizza place? Not quite. But what is pizza anyway? Loosely define ...
Read More »Arinell Pizza: NYC Quality Slices In San Fran
There’s a slice join in San Francisco’s Mission District that has lines out the door every evening. It’s on a strip where bars outnumber any other establishment…. which begs the question: Good sober pizza or just good drunk pizza? To ...
Read More »Deep Dish Vs. Thin Crust At Little Star In SF
When a pizza place has its menu sectioned off between deep dish pies and thin crust pies its usually a warning sign. In fact, deep dish pies on any pizza menu should be alarming. Other than perhaps one or two ...
Read More »One Pie At A Time At Berkeley’s Cheese Board
One of the more talked about pizza places in the Bay Area is called Cheese Board Pizza (1512 Shattuck Ave) in Berkeley. What’s so special about this place? Well, for starters — they only make one pie a day. When ...
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