10 great new pizza restaurants in L.A., ranked by our critic

“Your order will be ready in 15 minutes!” read the automated text from Secret Pizza LA. “FYI, if you’re not there and I can’t hand it to you, you’re going to have to wait 5-15 min until the next pickup.” All respect to a pizza pop-up that expects...

Midway through a recent dinner at L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele in Hollywood, the server swings by to check in and chat a little. “So how did you hear about the restaurant?” he asks. I mumble a polite answer and then flip his inquiry around: “What...

Does the notion of a calzone crossed with a French dip sandwich sound like sheer gimmickry? Daniel Cutler runs with the idea and manages to transcend hokum at his Fairfax restaurant Ronan. He appears so confident in the deliciousness of his...

The love of pizza may be universal–but that doesn’t mean that all pies are created equal. While we’re certainly living in a golden age of pizza-making in L.A., there are still entirely too many disappointing versions out there. We can’t say we’ve...

Cosa Buona    Hail Mary    Dough Box    Prime Pizza    Roberta's    La Morra Pizzeria    DeSano Pizza Bakery    Lupetti    Pizzana    Apollonia's Pizzeria    Gracie's Pizza    Pizzeria Mozza    Elio's Wood Fire Pizza   

In one form or another, Pizza Buona has been holding down the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado Street since the early 1960s, a holdover from when the neighborhood still had a substantial Italian presence. There used to be a deli next door...