Restaurants & Bars
2 South Bay Pizzerias Ranked Among Best In Nation
The South Bay is home to two of the country's top-rated pizza joints, offering Sicilian and Roman-style slices.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Two South Bay pizzerias are among the best in the country, according to a new national directory of regional pizza styles created by The Washington Post using Yelp data.
“We set out to find the country’s best pizzas, from slice shops in New York City to fancy California-inspired pizzas, gathering favorites from experts, historians and pros around the country,” The Post reported Thursday. “For a more populist view, Washington Post data columnist Andrew Van Dam analyzed 7.5 million Yelp reviews of pizzerias to see which regional-style restaurants attract the most and highest ratings.”
The newspaper only considered pizzerias that had at least 100 Yelp reviews and where a substantial share mentioned the pizza style in question — Chicago, New York, Detroit, Neapolitan and Sicilian.
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“We ranked them with a simple formula that accounted for rating (most important), number of reviews (important) and how often reviews mentioned that particular pizza style (less important). For most types, we limited our search to the metro area of the pizza’s birth,” the newspaper said.
In the South Bay, Redondo Beach's Fatto a Mano, The Pasta Shop earned top honors among Roman-style joints, while Prime Pizza in El Segundo is beloved for its Sicilian style slices.
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Here are the other top-rated pizzerias receiving at least a 3.5 Yelp rating in Los Angeles County:
Chicago style
Masa of Echo Park
Echo Park
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Yelp listing
Chicago Stuffed Pizza
Fairfax District
Yelp listing
Apollonia's Pizzeria
Miracle Mile
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Yelp listing
Fuji & Vi's
Pasadena
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Yelp listing
Neapolitan style
DeSano Pizza Bakery
East Hollywood
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Yelp listing
L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele
Hollywood
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Yelp listing
New Haven style
Ozzy’s Apizza
Glendale
Yelp listing
Roman style
Fatto a Mano, The Pasta Shop
Redondo Beach
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Yelp listing
Triple Beam Pizza
Highland Park
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Yelp listing
Sicilian style
Prime Pizza
Little Tokyo
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Yelp listing
Prime Pizza
El Segundo
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Yelp listing
Check out the complete list of rankings for every state here.
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