Pl, Arts District. Pizzana View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pizzana (@pizzana) on Jan 4, 2020 at 5:52pm PST When you open Pizzana’s website, the first thing you see is a scroll of gushing praise heaped on the spot by media outlets–but
on the table. 516 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 691-8278, heroicitalian.com Pizzana The Padrino sandwich at Pizzana in Brentwood. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times) After posting the Padrino on Instagram last summer, Pizzana chef
You don’t really need a special reason to order from Pizzana. At his Brentwood and West Hollywood pizzerias, Naples native Daniele Uditi is making some of the best pies around. Both his traditional offerings, like a great margherita, and more
creative ones, like a stunning pizza version of cacio e pepe, excel. But now, there are other reasons to order. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pizzana (@pizzana) on Apr 1, 2020 at 11:56am PDT The restaurant has been cooking up free pies for
@latimes.com. Pizzana Daniele Uditi was raised in Naples and in Caserta, Italy, among a family of bakers; in Los Angeles, he mines the sweet spot between tradition and innovation. His Neo-Margherita is as much of a philosophy as it is delicious sustenance
: As in its noodle form, the cacio e pepe is hard to resist. Brentwood houses the first Pizzana; a new location recently opened in West Hollywood and matches the original’s awesomeness. 11712 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 481-7108, also at 60 N
, (213) 626-8888, nightshadela.com Szechuan hot quail on Japanese milk bread, served with house pickles from Nightshade. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times) Pizzana (67) Daniele Uditi is one of the city’s most accomplished pizza maestros. His neo-Margherita
., West Hollywood, (310) 657-4662; pizzana.com Pizzana’s Amatriciana pie. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Playa Amor (59) At Playa Amor, Thomas Ortega’s beachy, marina-adjacent restaurant in Long Beach, Ortega goes full-bore into his brand of Chicano
e pepe pizza at Pizzana in Brentwood. Uditi grew up eating his grandmother’s cacio e pepe in Frosinone, a province about an hour’s drive south of Rome. As an adult, he found cacio e pepe pizza in Rome, but the texture never quite hit the mark of his
this craze. We created a monster out of cacio e pepe. Daniel Uditi, chef-owner of Pizzana Advertisement In researching the origins of the dish, I came across a narrative that has been widely circulated online: Shepherds from the pastoral communities of
the soundest possible recipe. And a reminder from Arab grandmas to stay close to traditions while I’m studying a region’s cuisines. Advertisement Mansaf Time 2 hours Yields Serves 6 Dinner with Pizzana and Eric Wareheim The next L.A. Times Dinner
, including Daniele Uditi of Pizzana in Los Angeles. On the day of the event, participants pick up Pizzana’s signature cacio e pepe pizza, along with a bottle of Las Jaras Glou Glou red blend, and join the talk at 5 p.m. Tickets are $95 per person, with a
The internet has a lot of strong feelings about putting pineapple on pizza (surely you’ve seen the memes), but we think the pies these local pizza maestros are slinging could convert even the most vocal haters. Sacrilegio at Pizzana Pizzana nods to
of the first half of 2021. She’ll be taking over NewsFeed (and much more). If you have leads on restaurant openings, closings or other dining-related news, email her at stephanie.breijo@latimes.com. Advertisement Cacio e pepe pizza from Pizzana
pizza cooked in a wood oven by chef Daniele Uditi at Pizzana restauraunt. Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times The Wolfgang Puck effect on American pizza is well known, redefining it into a vehicle for whatever ingredients happen to be delicious and fresh in
the market. But pizza is changing in its Neapolitan motherland too — a pizza at La Notizia or Pepe in Grano is a pizza transformed. In Los Angeles, the place to experience the new pizza revolution is Pizzana, run by Daniele Uditi, who has worked at