Town Pizza
5101 York Blvd
Los Angeles
323-344-8696
Town Pizza is a very popular pizza restaurant in Highland Park, that has been open for about a year now. It's mainly a take-out location, though there are a few tables outside and a counter inside. Soon, they will open their dining area. When they first opened they only served slices. Recently, they added whole pies, medium and large sizes, to their menu. They do not have air conditioning, so during the summer it is hot in there!
As you can see from the above photo, it used to be Italiano's Pizza, a long time Highland Park pizza restaurant, they still have their other restaurant on Figueroa. Town took over and painted the building red, but left the Italiano sign! Maybe when the dining area opens, they will change the sign?
I ordered two cheese slices, $2.75 each. The crust is usually very good, light and flaky, but anytime you order slices, you're at the mercy of how they the pie has been sitting on the counter. The slices pictured above, I can tell that pie had been there for a long time. The crust was too crispy. But, the sauce is very good-light and balanced; no flavor overpowers one another, and there is a good amount of cheese. Now, I've only had cheese slices here, but I noticed they used canned tomatoes and corn. You can see their stockroom and they have their cans stored on a special rack. That may bother some people. Overall, these two slices weren't as good as other slices I've had before. But, I like Town Pizza and now that they serve whole pies, I'll order a fresh baked pie and give an updated review.
Service is good. I was greeted when I walked in, they were nice and friendly, and I got my slices quickly.
I'm a Town Pizza fan and I think it's much better than Maximiliano and Folliero Pizza & Italian Food, the other two Highland Park pizza restaurants I've reviewed.
Update July 11, 2016
Large fresh jalapeno and fresh mushroom, $17 plus $2 per topping.
So finally, Town Pizza has started serving whole pies! They also opened their dining area. I was looking forward to getting a whole pie, so on a very hot and humid summer night, I went back to Town Pizza.
If you noticed I put fresh jalapeno and fresh mushrooms. Town Pizza has pickled jalapeno and a garlic sauteed mushroom. The pizza is very good- good crust, good cheese, fresh topping-though they could put a bit more on the pizza. But, something was missing. It wasn't as great as their slices. Maybe I've had such good pizza in the past few months because of the five places I tried on LA Eater's 16 places to get a killer slice of pizza in Los Angele, Pie Life Pizza in Pasadena, Pizzanista, Pellicola, Joe's Pizza and Prime Pizza, that I'm judging pizza differently.
Service was good.
I will give Town Pizza another chance. But, I was disappointed with their pizza, the first time I ordered a whole pie.
