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Lambert and partner Courtney Glowacz operate from a small takeout-only Culver City slot with a rock-and-roll vibe that resembles the camaraderie part of the Bear’s first season. The $30-35 square pies are laden with cheese and personality and suit any mood. Slices are available during the day from noon to 3 p.m., with pies only from noon until 9 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday.
Overall, our lunch at Cecconi's was a letdown.
My parents immigrated to the US from Greece, so a love for octopus is ingrained in me. A great plate can immediately transport me back to childhood summer days spent in tavernas overlooking the Aegean Sea, our table covered in a seafood feast. There was ample seating throughout the airy space, including a nearly empty tented dining area in front of the entrance. Soho House took full ownership in 2005, and now there are 13 Cecconi's around the world, stretching from Miami Beach to Mumbai. The team focused on pushing boundaries with flavor and finding the tastiest toppings to accentuate the unique texture.
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GRANDMA STYLE,whole pie only
I grew up next to a wood-oven pizza restaurant that my family would visit weekly, and Cecconi's wood-fired spicy salami pie captured my nostalgia. Each floppy slice had a satisfyingly smoky and charred bottom, adding some great texture. The spicy salami and perfectly cooked mushrooms were a match made in heaven, and the tomato sauce was delicious. Pizzeria Bianco dishes out whole pies and daytime slices alike.
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A classic Italian restaurant off West Hollywood's famous Melrose Avenue, Cecconi's frequently appears on lists for the "top power lunch spots" and has been known to attract everyone from Beyoncé to Prince Harry. For a full-on Detroit pie experience, DTown Pizzeria is a must. Made by native Michigander Ryan Ososky, these hefty pies come with the sauce on top, the stretchy cheese, and all the crusty-cornered deliciousness one could want.
The phrase "power lunch" can bring to mind a vision of stuffy and dated interiors, but I loved the leather turquoise chairs and black-and-white striped floor in Cecconi's dining room. They added a chic touch alongside the old-school chandeliers and dark wood paneling. "There's been a lot of people traveling from San Jose down from San Francisco, specifically coming to Burlingame," Mahler added. "They're coming down here and then coming straight here to try mochi pizza for the first time. It's pretty great." "It was not easy to do. We scrapped it for probably a year and a half, we stopped and I just said 'I can't do it...it cannot be done," shared Mahler.
Then came the $28 grilled octopus, which is served with lemon, capers, and olives.
Best to enter one of the locations in Brentwood, Marina del Rey, Sherman Oaks, West Hollywood, or Silver Lake to try for yourself. Start with the creamy cacio e pepe pizza or the diavola topped with spicy salami and nduja walnut romesco. The Conejo Valley has plenty of Italian eateries, and Made in Italy is among the best. In addition to several kinds of pasta, salads, and paninis, there are several options for pizza, including a classic margherita, prosciutto and arugula, four cheese, and sausage and mushroom. Just like all of Made in Italy’s pastas, its pizzas can be made gluten-free. Shins Pizza is named after Shin Irvin, co-founder of the design firm Folklor.
He grew up eating slices in Philadelphia and wanted to bring a similar setup to Los Angeles. Bestia and Barbuto chef Melissa López developed pies with sausage and mushroom, straight-up cheese, or pizza with Chinese sausage, speck, pepperoni, and sambal. This sports bar-meets-Indian-pizza-parlor has quickly built a following for shareable pies. Toppings include homemade Goan sausage, roasted fresnos, and chicken tikka for a choose-your-own flavor adventure. It’s hard to think of a more photogenic pizza than the square Detroit-style pies from the unassuming Apollonia’s on Wilshire. These dense, expertly cheesy pizzas are filled with crunch, cheese, and plenty of sauce, to be sure, but the place’s crispy, thin, round pies are sure to impress.
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"It's a pizza made entirely of Japanese rice flour, and kind of a mix of different rice flours, but primarily Japanese rice flour," shared Chef Ty Mahler, the Co-Founder of Mochiko Mochi Pizza. "The goal was to get a crispy outside, but still a chewy inside like mochi." My drink had a lovely sunny hue that brightened up the very cloudy LA day, with flavors to match. It was a sweet and zingy drink, and the ginger candy garnish was a fun touch.
Tradition, innovation and nostalgia bake together into beautifully mottled canvases. In addition to our pizza, we serve delicious subs, sandwiches, salads, calzones, pasta, wings, etc. Cecconi's octopus unfortunately didn't live up to those memories, nor did it come close to some fantastic plates I've had on recent trips to Mexico (Ziggy's octopus in Tulum, I will never forget you). The octopus had a soft texture — no easy feat with such a tricky protein. But the meat was so charred on the outside that it completely overwhelmed the flavor. We were seated next to the wraparound bar in front of one of the doors that opened up to the patio.
"We have this this kind of flagship location in Burlingame. And then we have our Palo Alto Sushiritto and our...San Francisco Sushiritto also make the pizzas," said Mahler. Your Choice of Steak tips, Antipasto salad with Mortadella, Salami, & Provolone, .
The latest location serves out of Topanga Social in Woodland Hills. Thanks Pizza is some of LA’s unfussiest pizza, but it is pie-making at its best. The wood-fired dough comes as a cheeseburger or Hawaiian pizza, along with the simple pepperoni. Head to California Marketplace’s third floor in K-Town to place an order for a nine- or 12-inch pizza. While the atmosphere was as lovely as the service, and we didn't have to wait long for our meal — all important factors in a good "power lunch" — the food just didn't live up to the hype. It was a lovely pie and the highlight of the lunch, but you can find even better (and cheaper) pizzas at nearby Pizzana or Jon & Vinny's.
Enzo Cecconi opened the first location in 1978, bringing "fresh pasta, beef carpaccio, tiramisu, and Bellini cocktails" to the British, according to the restaurant's website. Thin, crispy crust for those that like a round-or-bust kind of pizza.Available by the slice or whole pie. And in a city with one of the most competitive culinary scenes in the world, there are dozens of places nearby where you can dazzle a client — with both the scenery and the pasta.
Looking back, it’s incredible to see how LA’s unique pizza culture developed over the decades. It likely started in the early ‘80s with Wolfgang Puck’s then-innovative smoked salmon pizza at Spago. But in recent years, Los Angeles saw a notable rise in non-Californian operators making the Westward leap by introducing New York, Detroit, and Neapolitan-style pizzas. The result is Los Angeles being a hotspot for excellent pizza dough topped with local ingredients by chefs who obsess over sauce and delicious pies. Former Bootleg Pizzeria operator Kyle Lambert is a deep-dish Detroit-style pizza specialist. These square slices are plush, made with naturally fermented dough that features an ever-so-slight tangy flavor.
