Food & Wine magazine has ranked five California pizzerias among the top 27 in America. These include Pijja Palace in Los Angeles for its Chutney Pijja, Pizzeria Sei also in LA known for its Mala Garden with spiced lamb toppings, and Quarter Sheets in Echo Park for its Detroit-style pepperoni pizza. Additionally, June’s Pizza in Oakland was highlighted for its Red Pie featuring burrata and tomato sauce, and Jules in San Francisco for its Drunken Sailor pie topped with capers and anchovies.
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California's pizza scene is gaining national recognition, with five local pizzerias ranking among the top 27 in America according to a recent list published by Food & Wine magazine. Three of these are located in Los Angeles, one in San Francisco, and another in Oakland. Notable mentions include Pijja Palace, an Indian-inspired sports bar in Silver Lake that features a unique Chutney Pijja pie with green chile chutney, mozzarella, and a tangy fenugreek tomato sauce. Also recognized is Pizzeria Sei in Los Angeles, which specializes in Tokyo-style Neapolitan pizzas and was recently highlighted in the 50 Top Pizza global rankings. These establishments showcase California's culinary innovation by offering creative toppings such as lamb pizza and crispy Detroit-style squares.
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California is giving the Big Apple’s legendary pizza scene a run for its money, with five Golden State pizzerias earning a spot on a new list of the 27 best pizzas in America.
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Three Los Angeles hotspots, a San Francisco newcomer and an Oakland favorite made the mouthwatering cut in Food & Wine’s latest roundup published this week.
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And forget your average pepperoni slide — the California contenders are serving up everything from lamb pizza to Indian-inspired pies and crispy Detroit-style squares.
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Here’s where the Golden State is delivering the goods.
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At this buzzy Indian-inspired sports bar in Silver Lake, pizza gets a spicy makeover.
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The restaurant’s signature Chutney Pijja was highlighted for its unusual marriage of Indian and Italian flavors.
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The pie is loaded with green chile chutney, mozzarella, and a tangy fenugreek tomato sauce.
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This LA pizzeria is no stranger to bragging rights, and was just highlighted in this year’s 50 Top Pizza global rankings as some of the best in the world.
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Helmed by Chef Willian Joo, Pizzeria Sei specializes in Tokyo-style perfectly blistered Neapolitan-style pies.
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The pies combine traditional Neapolitan pizza-making techniques with Japanese precision, producing blistered, leopard-spotted crusts with a distinct sea salt crunch.
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Food & Wine singled out the Mala Garden, ad adventurous creation topped with spiced lamb, crème fraîche, lemon, herbs and cilantro flowers.
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Over in Echo Park, Quarter Sheets has turned the humble square slice into a cult-favorite.
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The tiny pizza and dessert operation, run by Aaron Lindell and pastry chef Hannah Ziskin, specializes in thick, Detroit-inspired pies with crispy, fried-cheese edges.
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Its pepperoni pizza earned a shoutout on the list.
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June’s Pizza – Oakland
Up North at June’s Pizza, chef Craig Murli is giving East Coast pizzaiolos some serious competition from an unlikely setting: a former warehouse.
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The restaurant keeps things refreshingly simple, offering just three 18-inch pies — the Red Pie, Pepperoni and a rotating weekday special.
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The Red Pie was called out by Food & Wine as a must, and the offering recently replaced the beloved Margherita on June’s menu.
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The pizza is topped with tomato, burrata, oregano, garlic oil, pecorino, salt.
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Jules – San Francisco
Getting a table at the 42-seat pizzeria in San Francisco is reportedly as difficult as deciding what to order.
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Fan flock to the eatery for chef Max Blachman-Gentile’s sourdough pies, that combine elements of New York and New Haven pizza.
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Among the restaurant’s seven pizzas, the Drunken Sailor, which is a red sauce pie loaded with capers and anchovies, earned recognition
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