Slices

Slices is a pretty cool place on Ventura Blvd. down in Sherman Oaks.  I was told it was great NY style pizza, so I went to check it out.  It was pouring rain, one of the few times it does this around here.  So I stuck around and ate the pizza there.  This place just opened not too long ago and they have a legitimate NY pie to contend with.  

 

As you can see I ordered a medium cheese pizza, which is 16 inches and the large is a generous 20 inches.  Even more generous is the price, a 20 inch pizza is only 17 dollars.  The price fits, because this is pizza at its most basic.  A very simple pie.  The sauce was good, the cheese was good, and the crust was good, none of it was wow ! thats the best thing I've ever eaten.  It wasn't overly spiced up, it didn't have a crazy crust or weird cheese.  Just your basic pizza, but basic at its best.  The crust as you can see is very thin, from the center to the edge, the same consistency throughout.  It tasted like good fresh dough.  It wasn't as crispy as it could have been but it had a crunch.  The sauce and cheese are used sparingly to match the thin crust.  They don't over do it.  

I can see maybe, people not liking this, because it's almost too simple and it takes more slices to fill you up because of the thin crust and light sauce and cheese.  

But I have to say, the ingredients were fresh and tasted good and  it was cooked very well.  Maybe not what I expected, but I was satisfied at the end.  I recommend it. 

I thought how can something so simple, something I feel like I could cook at home in my own oven, be so good.  But thats pizza.  It doesn't need to be extravagant.  It is just cheese, sauce and bread after all.  If this pizza was a few dollars more I wouldn't bother, but its not.  

I don't know how this pizza would hold up when delivered or after some time passed and it cooled down.  But when eaten fresh and hot, it tastes good and it satisfies.  

They have lots of other pie options there, any topping you could want.  Also a pretty good meatball and chicken wing.  (not to be eaten together of course) 

Slices -15136 Ventura Blvd.   Sherman Oaks

Price: $

Overall:

The Best of the Rest

So here are a few other pizzas that I think are good but not quite up to the standards of the Best Pizza's in LA

Stefano's (2 Guys from Italy) - Hollywood

Rocco's - Wilshire Miracle Mile

Patsy's - The Grove

Z Pizza - Larchmont and other locations

Panini Pizza and Pasta - Hollywood, West

Ravanelli's Pizza - Northridge

The Coop Pizza - L.A. (Culver City?)

Frankie and Johnnie's - Hollywood, West

Abbot's Pizza Company - Santa Monica

Two Boots - Echo Park

Terroni - W. Hollywood

Pitfire Pizza - Downtown/North Hollywood

and believe it or not, Big Mama's and Papa's Pizzeria ain't to bad either.

Top Pizzerias in LA

This is of course is an impossible task. To pick 10 of the best places is tough and you always will leave some good places out, even in a below average pizza town like LA. Even harder is to rank one good pizza higher than another good pizza. However, it is necessary to at least have a list, in order or not, of the best pizza places in town.

So as of 2/13/10 here are the best pizzas in LA that I have visited, in no particular order. This will forever change as I discover better places. Click link for further info.

Michael's Pizzeria - Long Beach

Grimaldi's Pizzeria - El Segundo

Vito's Pizza - West Hollywood

Mother Dough - Los Feliz

Joe's Pizza - Santa Monica/Sunset Strip

Village Pizzeria - Larchmont Blvd

LaRocco's Pizzeria - Culver City

Antica Pizzeria - Marina Del Ray

Folliero's - Highland Park

Il Capriccio Pizzeria - Los Feliz/Silverlake

Pagliacci's - Studio City

Al Gelato - Beverly Hills

Mulberry St Pizzeria - Beverly Dr and Canon Dr and Venture Blvd - Beverly Hills/Encino

Nicky D's - Silverlake

Cristoni Pizzeria - Hollywood

Ciao Cristina - Burbank

Garage Pizza - Silverlake

LA Pizza Company - Downtown

I'm sure you all know one that should be on the list, and for every one that should be, I'm sure you know one that should be cut. Save it for your own blog. Right now theses are some good pizza joints in my opinion.

If there are ones you thought should be here try looking here: Best of the rest

Take care now, and enjoy your pizza.