Post #3 – Vito’s Pizza

Vito’s Pizza
November 30, 2007

So I hear all this hype about New York pizza……. about how it’s so much better than the garbage they have here…. well, i’ve been on a quest to find the best pizza in Los Angeles, and i think i found the spot…

It’s a tiny place on La Cienega called Vito’s Pizza.. These guys are originally from Italy, and used to own a pizza place on Vermont a couple years back. When you walk into this place, there’s a counter where you order your pizza, and next to it there’s a little dine-in area with a maximum capacity of around six people…. next to the counter is a window displaying the restaurant’s most popular pizzas…

they sell by either the slice or the whole pie. I decided to order three (rather large) slices this time… I got one slice of the Terra Ferma, which is almost like a vegetarian pizza with added pepperoni and sausage… really tasty…. but, the best pizza at Vito’s is the simplest pizza… there is no barbecue sauce on this, no chicken, no pinapple, no pesto….. NO……. it doesn’t get much simpler than the classic margarita pizza.

ingredients:
Dough, Sauce, Mozzerella, Fresh Tomatoes (and maybe some Basil in there somewhere)

if you go to europe and ask for pizza, this is probably what you’ll get….. at vito’s the pizza isn’t as thin as its european counterparts, but it does qualify as a “thin crust” pizza.
at the suggestion of Paul, the guy on the Vito’s Pizza menu, i usually ask for a bit of fresh garlic to be sprinkled over the pizza…. (remember, it’s garlic, so don’t schedule your long-overdue dental work to be done on the day you order this)….

anyone that bites into this pizza will notice how phenomenal it is.
the crispiness of the crust, taste of the tomato sauce, and quality cheese make this pizza nearly perfect. one thing i’ve noticed about Vito’s pizzas is that they distribute the ingredients of the pizza equally throughout the pizza… what i mean is that there is exactly the same amount of each ingredient (sauce/cheese/pepperoni/olives…) in each bite
every bite is equally excellent.

the setting is pretty cool too…. since these guys are from italy, i occasionally overhear telling stories about “when i was i kid back in rome…” just to keep it authentic, i tend to order a Peroni with my pizza, or if i don’t feel like having beer, i’ll get a bottle of Acqua Panna.

Since the first time i came here about a year ago, i’ve returned about a dozen times… i originally heard about this place on the forums of chowhound.com where the consensus is that it’s the best place to have pizza in los angeles.
after eating here, i’d rather be starved than to be forced to eat delivery pizza….
checkout their menu at vitopizza.com

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… i’m gonna be in new york in about two weeks, and i’m looking forward to trying DiFara’s Pizza in Brooklyn, which supposedly has the best pizza in the entire world…