Pizzeria Mozza
A pizza place run by Mario Batali, Joseph Bastianich (Batali’s partner for Babbo and Del Posto), and Nancy Silverton (of Campanile and La Brea Bakery)? It sounds like a fantasy, but it’s not; since 2006, this dream team has been dishing up spectacular Neopolitan-style pies with puffy, charred crusts to throngs of fanatics. The toppings range from the semi-traditional (house-made fennel sausage with sweet red onions) to the creative (squash blossoms) to the outré (sweet Gorgonzola, radicchio, and fingerling potatoes). Be ready to wait for a table and to use your shouting voice: this place gets loud.
Tip: If you’d rather sample more upscale fare from this trio of chefs, their elegant Osteria Mozza (6602 Melrose Avenue; 323-297-0100) opened in summer 2007.
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From Food & Wine, Dec 2007
“That obligation came when Silverton (an F&W Best New Chef 1990) and star chef Mario Batali found a space for what would become their restaurant, Osteria Mozza, with a pizzeria attached—the future Pizzeria Mozza....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Apr 2007
“Pizzeria Mozza, jointly run by Mario Batali, Joseph Bastianich, and Campanile's Nancy Silverton, deserves all the hysterical hype that preceded its opening....” MORE>>
From Food & Wine, Mar 2007
“La Brea Bakery founder Nancy Silverton and star chef Mario Batali have opened the first of two restaurants here....” MORE>>
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