pizza

Today I West.  I feel I have covered what there is to cover in the East, short of Pasadena.  SO I went West into no mans land before Santa Monica but beyond West Hollywood.  I heard of a place called Julie's around where the 405 meets the 10.  It sits snug inside a strip mall and looks like it has a little class.  I asked for Julie, she wasn't there.  Didn't even know there was a Julie, I guess

Today I tried to kill a few pizzas with one trip. A pizza crawl if you will, although much more driving than crawling. They were all places I assumed to be subpar, generic, and cheap. So I figured I'd save time and get small pizzas from all these places in one trip.Here is a video of my pizza review trip. Part 3Click here to watch part 1  or  part 2The last on my pizza crawl, was Pizza Buona =

Today I tried to kill a few pizzas with one trip. A pizza crawl if you will, although much more driving than crawling. They were all places I assumed to be subpar, generic, and cheap. So I figured I'd save time and get small pizzas from all these places in one trip.Here is a video of my pizza review trip. Part 2Click here to watch part 1  or  part 3After I ate at 2 for 1 on my pizza crawl I

Today I tried to kill a few pizzas with one trip. A pizza crawl if you will, although much more driving than crawling. They were all places I assumed to be subpar, generic, and cheap. So I figured I'd save time and get small pizzas from all these places in one trip.Here is a video of my pizza review trip. Part 2Click here to watch  part 1  or  part 3So after my first joint, Hi Pizza I

Today I tried to kill a few pizzas with one trip.  A pizza crawl if you will, although much more driving than crawling.  They were all places I assumed to be subpar, generic, and cheap.  So I figured I'd save time and get small pizzas from all these places in one trip. Here is a video of my pizza review trip.  Part 1 Click here to watch part 2 or here for part 3The first stop was supposed to be

I used to go to this place a few times a week because I worked down the street.  Usually I'd get the calzones or a meatball sub.  The pizza was always fine.  Today I revisited Dagwood's for the first time in awhile.  It's a fun place and they have some decent lunch specials.  Also I didn't get  the cheese cake but it looked pretty good.I ordered their X-large pizza which is only 16 inches it was

Arb Cafe is a relatively new place in Studio City.  It is co owned by 2 guys, one from Ann Arbor Michigan and the other from Brooklyn.  When approaching this place you get a sense that it is a little trendy snobby, the Cafe in the name brings to mind a certain feeling not necessarily associated with pizza.  I guess this is the Michigan side showing through.  When you go in it feels a little more

So this review as of now, is completely worthless.  I ate here about 5 months ago, and apparently forgot to write a review.  So now I have forgot what it tasted like in detail.  That being said, it obviously wasn't a very memorable pizza.  From what I recall it was very low budget generic pizza.  It was, judging by the pictures, very well cooked and the crust was very crispy.  But I really can't

Two Boots is a very successful business in New York City.  They have many locations all over New York.  So as it seems to be the recent trend, another New York pizza joint comes to L.A.  Of course I welcome it, the standards couldn't hurt to be raised a little.  Of course just because it comes from N.Y. does not mean it will be good.  This place has a ton of different toppings for their pizza.  

Today I stopped in a small pizza place called Pizza Rustica.  It is on the sunset strip, and apparently there is one in Beverly Hills as well.  Of course this is a franchise that runs wild in Florida, with more than 10 different places and also there are a couple in France too, I don't know what thats about.  This place I'm guess makes their money on people passing by.  The sunset strip is filled

Paradiso Pizza opened a few months ago as part of the Park Point development at RIT off Jefferson Road in Henrietta. It offers NY-style pizza, as well as wings, pasta, subs and salads. They have a variety of hot slices available or you can order a whole pie.
The pizza's, well, not bad. If I got this in NYC I'd be a little disappointed, but for around here it's OK. It's appropriately thin, and the slices are foldable, as they should be, but the crust lacks crispness. That's a common problem with so-called NY-style pizzas in this area, which I attribute to their ovens not being hot enough. You can tell when you look at the underside because it's pretty evenly browned, whereas a good slice in NYC will have some blackish charred (which is not the same as burnt) spots on the bottom.
Other than that, though, it was a pretty decent approximation of what you'd find at a typical corner pizza joint in the City. The mozzarella was nice and chewy and had bubbled and browned bit in the oven, and the sauce was pretty straightforward, adding a touch of tomatoey acidity but staying in the background, the way that sauce should.
There's some seating available, but I can imagine a lot of customers either grabbing a slice on the go between classes or taking a pie back to the dorm room. Paradiso didn't knock my socks off, but if I were an RIT student I'd be glad to have it on campus. I'll give it a B.

This will be an occasional, idiosyncratic exploration of pizza places in and around Rochester NY. As a reference point, my ideal pizza is classic, NY-style pizza, the kind you get at a pizza-slice joint in the City. The gourmet brick-oven stuff is fine, as is thicker Rochester-style pizza and even deep dish, if it's well made, so I'll try to keep an open mind. I'll also try to give a reasonably objective description of the pizza as well as my subjective impression, including a grade from A+ to F. Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see added or changed.

Brownstone pizza is a great family owned and operated little place in Eagle Rock.  It has been remodeled by some reality t.v.  business show so it apparently looks better than it did, but I am guessing the pizza hasn't changed.  There is a lot of competition over there, with Folliero's and Casa Bianca not too far away.  But I think that this one fits right in, or maybe I should say stands out.  

Mr. Pizza - A delightful eatery that specializes in Korean food.  I should rephrase that, a Korean eatery that specializes in american food, specifically pizza.  So not so much Korean, I guess it's  American with a Korean flair.  The flair comes with the side of pickles they give you with your pizza.  Now, I realize that this was not where I was going to find a great NY slice of pizza, but as a

Slices is a pretty cool place on Ventura Blvd. down in Sherman Oaks.  I was told it was great NY style pizza, so I went to check it out.  It was pouring rain, one of the few times it does this around here.  So I stuck around and ate the pizza there.  This place just opened not too long ago and they have a legitimate NY pie to contend with.   As you can see I ordered a medium cheese pizza, which

So here are a few other pizzas that I think are good but not quite up to the standards of the Best Pizza's in LAStefano's (2 Guys from Italy) - Hollywood Rocco's - Wilshire Miracle MilePatsy's - The GroveZ Pizza - Larchmont and other locationsPanini Pizza and Pasta - Hollywood, WestRavanelli's Pizza - NorthridgeThe Coop Pizza - L.A. (Culver City?)Frankie and Johnnie's - Hollywood, WestAbbot's

This is of course is an impossible task. To pick 10 of the best places is tough and you always will leave some good places out, even in a below average pizza town like LA. Even harder is to rank one good pizza higher than another good pizza. However, it is necessary to at least have a list, in order or not, of the best pizza places in town. So as of 2/13/10 here are the best pizzas in LA that