This is an example of typical conversation when I take a friend to Pitfire Pizza for the first time:
Friend: “What’s good here?”
Me: “The Burrata Pie.”
Friend: “What else is good?”
Me: “No idea. That’s the only thing I’ve ever had.”
Friend: “Well, do you want to split something?”
Me: “ Err…no. I want my burrata pie. And I want all of it.”
So, although I wish that I could take you through the entire menu of Pitfire and tell you how wonderful it all is, as you can see, I can really only tell you about the burrata pie. However, I can say with absolute conviction that it is worth going to to Pitfire for. Even if you’re not in California, you should find a way to get here. You’ll thank me later on this one, trust me.
Here’s the breakdown of this delicious pizza. It has crust of course, crust that is thin in the center but has big, puffy edges so it satisfies both thin-crust & thick-crust lovers. On the crust is a layer of their tomato sauce that is then topped with caramelized onions. I considered asking them to hold these off but am infinitely glad that I decided to be brave, because these onions are sweet and sugary without even a hint of the typical harsh onion flavor. Then of course, there’s the burrata cheese. In case you’re wondering, burrata cheese is mozzarella cheese that has cream in the center of it, which makes it extra creamy when melted. Why more people don’t put it on pizzas will forever be a wonder to me. I could honestly be fine with this pizza as it is now, but then the guys at Pitfire go and cover the whole thing with fresh arugula and drizzle it with a hazelnut pesto. Hazelnut pesto!
Chase tried a roasted pumpkin pizza that he swore was delicious, but I was too busy attending to my meal to take any time out for his. I get a little self-centered when it comes to good pizza, to the detriment of this review, but that’s how it goes sometimes.
Oh, and if you’re still debating giving this place a try let me just say this: they have fresh watermelon lemonade. Yeah, that’s right, you heard me.
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I gotta say the mushroom pie owns my heart! Honestly, you can’t go wrong at Pitfire
This pizza looks phenom! Yum, hazelnut pesto.
Aggghhh, wish I was in LA.
Lovely photos!
I am REALLY starting to regret the fact that the one time I was in LA waiting for a flight, I was too jetlagged to do anything but spend the twelve hours sleeping in my hotel room.
I LOVE pitfires burrata pie! They are opening up more locations too, a new one in Venice is close enough to deliver, yay!
I have the exact same conversation with people when I take them here. And by “exactly the same,” I mean “replace ‘Burrata Pie’ with ‘Steak Panini.’” Oh. My. God.