Pizzeria

Quarter Sheets

Chef-owners Aaron Lindell and Hannah Ziskin, per the business's own site, opened this Echo Park storefront in January 2022 as their first restaurant, growing out of a pandemic-era pop-up. The house style is Detroit pizza in its own defining terms — a pan richly oiled and cheesed to the edge for a crisp, cheesy bottom crust — dressed with Los Angeles-specific toppings (Santa Barbara pistachio pesto, Fresno chili, "yum yum" peppers) rather than a straight regional copy. The pastry programme has been a James Beard semifinalist.

1305 Portia St, Los Angeles, CA 90026 · Los Angeles · Detroit · est. 2022

A table spread with round pepperoni pizzas, a square pizza, salads and other dishes, with a bottle of wine. — From Quarter Sheets

Why it is here

Chef-owners Aaron Lindell and Hannah Ziskin, per the business's own site, opened this Echo Park storefront in January 2022 as their first restaurant, growing out of a pandemic-era pop-up. The house style is Detroit pizza in its own defining terms — a pan richly oiled and cheesed to the edge for a crisp, cheesy bottom crust — dressed with Los Angeles-specific toppings (Santa Barbara pistachio pesto, Fresno chili, "yum yum" peppers) rather than a straight regional copy. The pastry programme has been a James Beard semifinalist.

What to order

Detroit-style pan pizza with Santa Barbara pistachio pesto, "yum yum" peppers and garlic cream

What we looked at

Detroit-style pan pizza: oiled pan, cheese to the crisped edgeOpened from a pandemic-era social-media pop-up to a dedicated storefront, January 2022Los Angeles-specific toppings rather than a straight regional reproductionJames Beard semifinalist (pastry)