Los Angeles Pizza At Its Best (PHOTOS)

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By Mar Yvette

The best pizza in LA? Ask someone where to find the best pizza in LA and the answers are so passionate, so philosophical, so varied you'd think you were asking about the very meaning of life. Pizza purists might say the best pizza can only be found at a pie-only joint that devotes its entire kitchen to the creation of the doughy cheesy stuff. In which case, purist I am not. That's because it is my strong opinion that some of the best pizza, at least in Los Angeles is found at restaurants that just so happen to do great 'za. I've had pizza from Santa Monica to Echo Park, Downtown LA to the Valley, but by no means have I tried 'em all. So before you get your mozzarella all rolled up in a ball, keep in mind these are just 5 places where I have found my own version of the best pizza in Los Angeles.

Any places you think should definitely make the list? Leave your suggestions with a comment below!

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Comments

[falsy]

08:12 PM on 12/07/2011

If I wanted a list of the best salad pizzas, this would be it, but the best pizza in LA, not so much.

Best traditional pizza I'd say is Palermo's.

[triplettam]

11:32 AM on 12/06/2011

I'm sorry. I'm really old fashioned when it comes to pizza. I'm sure that those pizzas pictured are very good, but I would never choose any of them if I saw them first. I'm trying to remember the place we used to get our pizza when i lived in the Valley. On Ventura Blvd. Sicilian pizza. Otherwise we used to order about 10 pizzas from Venice Pizza in San Diego when we'd drive down here and then go up and freeze them. Listen: Pizzas have more strong opinions about them than just about any other food: New York style, Chicago, Sicilian . . . the new age stuff. You like what you like and nobody can make you think otherwise. But I gotta tell you: That pizza with all of the white stuff on top? The one pictured on the main page? It would never make it into my house. I would shoot it.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

09:49 AM on 12/05/2011

The best PIZZA I've ever had was almost any pizza they serve in Rio de Janeiro.

[falsy]

08:13 PM on 12/07/2011

So true!

[donbrown]

02:41 AM on 12/05/2011

Looks like an excuse to charge a fortune for some scorched dough with a few veggies, weeds, and fancy cheese on it.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

09:52 AM on 12/05/2011

BINGO.....donbrown....what scabs...pizza is the most useless unhealthy thing one can eat.

[Feesister]

10:42 PM on 12/04/2011

Avanti on Lake in Pasadena. Yes, there are good places to eat that are not on the west side.

[Tara Szejner McQuade]

10:27 PM on 12/04/2011

I'd like to suggest you try Union City Pizza in Manhattan Beach. They serve both NY & Chicago style pizzas!

[claster]

04:47 PM on 12/04/2011

All that is well and good if you want a pizza with squash blossoms or truffles or brussels sprouts or god knows what else on it. But if you want a great traditional pizza in Los Angeles, there is only Vito's on LaCienega near Willoughby.

[mimidec67]

03:21 PM on 12/04/2011

None of those look very appetizing. I don't want pizza that looks like it has weeds and fungus thrown on top.

[Concerned Citizen in CA]

02:52 AM on 12/04/2011

Why is it that the "Best of LA" food articles always assume that LA only goes as far to the east as Hollywood?

[Kenny Green]

12:43 AM on 12/04/2011

As a guy who grew up in NY I can confidently say that these might be good but they are not Pizza.

[mickeyfrombuffalo]

12:51 PM on 12/04/2011

You said it! I'm a Buffalo girl - where pizza is a topic of serious discussion.

[bersonality]

10:08 PM on 12/03/2011

Tomato Pie in Silverlake. Hands down! I'm in Ventura now (where we have yet to find a really good one) and when we go down the LA, we pick up a large thin crust from Tomato Pie just to take back with us.

[Clare53]

09:22 PM on 12/03/2011

The fingerling potato and Gorgonzola pizza at Mozza is dreamy.

[StopThePlanet]

08:42 PM on 12/03/2011

Wow, everyone of those sound great. And I am a pizza purist.

[Tumunzahar]

07:46 PM on 12/03/2011

I'm a little appalled that a food writer would suggest that it doesn't matter whether it's a black truffle or a white truffle. They have different flavors. That statement makes it sound like you're eating it because it's expensive and glamorous rather than because you like the taste and the smell.

This is why we can't have nice things.

[SteveSFM]

06:41 PM on 12/03/2011

What is this, Pizza for the 1%?

Tony's Pizza in San Marino. Despite the ritzy area, this is prole pizza. Hole in the wall (but clean), paper plates, slices available, great prices. The closest thing to New York style I've had on this coast. Try the Italian Flag (pesto), or the classics.

You're welcome.