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. Order a bunch. Eat pizza all week. You’ll want to have some wine handy. 2145 The spicy salame pizza here is absolute perfection, blotted with ricotta cheese and generously piled with salame, green olives and pickled Fresno chilies. Also very good: the

one with smoked mozzarella, pancetta and egg. Takeout: Yes. Delivery: No. 2145 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-873-5853, 2145eat.com Spicy salame pizza with green olives and fresno chilies at 2145 in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County

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Right off the bat, something seems different when I arrive at 2145 Pizza in Costa Mesa. I’ve been here a dozen times before, as this has been one of my go-to pizzerias since it opened in 2017. But this time I’m greeted at the door by a hostess

. But I’m really, really liking this new floor team. And I’m extremely happy that the kitchen hasn’t changed a thing.   2145 Pizza Where: 2145 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa When: Lunch and dinner daily Cost: $19 Phone: 949-873-5853 Online: 2145eat.com

pizzerias is excellent. It’s hard, and perhaps even foolish, to try to rank them. But I’ll attempt to do it anyway: Salame, green olives and ricotta at 2145 . . .

sunny and 70 degrees outside. Ah, winter in California. Revel in it while we can. Here are 15 places to dine comfortably outdoors right now. Spicy salame pizza with green olives and fresno chiles at 2145 in Costa Mesa (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange

County Register/SCNG) 2145 The scene: Laid-back and low-key, with live music some nights on the new outdoor stage. The backyard dining room tripled its capacity during the pandemic when the owners annexed an adjacent property. What to order:Spicy salame

Orange County has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to great pizza. That’s the good news. The bad news is it’s nearly impossible to pick just the five best, but I’ve done it anyway. Here they are. 1. 2145 The spicy salame pizza here is

absolute perfection, sparsely blotted with ricotta cheese and generously flavored with green olives and pickled Fresno chilies. 2145 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-873-5853, 2145eats.com Spicy salame pizza with green olives and ricotta at 2145 in Costa

2145    Brick    Parallel Pizza    Folks    Rance's   

Editor’s Note: 2145 Pizza is temporarily closed after one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. The restaurant posted on its Instagram account June 17 that it is testing all employees and doing a deep clean and will not reopen until staff

kit from Aroma Pizza and Pasta in Lake Forest (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) 2145 Pizza The kit from 2145 ($19) makes two 12-inch Margherita pizzas. It comes with two balls of dough, a few chunks of fresh mozzarella, tomato

the way Grandma likes it. 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 714-432-1140, thecapitalgrille.com 11. Lunch With the Cool Auntie Any old auntie can take her nephews and nieces out for pizza, but only the coolest kids with the coolest aunties go to 2145 Pizza

and eat incredible flatbreads topped with blue cheese and honey. 2145 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-873-5853, 2145eat.com 12. Annual Celebration of Valued Friendship No gifts. Just great friends and an incredible dinner at Bourbon Steak with a

retractable roof and a wood-fired kitchen. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) 43. 2145 Pizza (2018 ranking: 56) A vintage auto garage has been recycled into an indoor/outdoor pizzeria with some of the finest Neapolitan-style dough around

salami pizza with ricotta, smoked mozzarella, green olives and pickled chilies. 2145 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-873-5853, 2145eat.com Chef Eddie Salcedo at 2145 Pizza in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG) 42. Hanna’s

little more than lemon juice and capers. Pizza: 2145 Pizza 2145 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-873-5853, 2145eat.com The true test of any serious pizza kitchen is its nakedly vulnerable marinara pizza. The ingredients are few — essentially dough and

/SCNG) 16. Spicy salami pizza at 2145. What began as an off-menu special has finally become a solid menu staple. This highly fragrant pizza ($19) is made with postcard-sized shavings of spicy Calabrian-style sausage along with creamy blobs of ricotta and

a smattering of tannic green olives and pickled peppers atop a heavily charred Neapolitan-style crust. 2145 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-873-5853, 2145eat.com Spicy salami pizza with ricotta and olives at 2145 Pizza in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Brad A