2 Hollywood Pizza Places Ranked Among Best In The Nation

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Who says there's no good pizza in Los Angeles?

In fact, Hollywood may as well be an epicenter of good pizza in California, according to a new national ranking published by Food & Wine. Two of the eight Golden State pizzerias that made the cut are in Hollywood.

One usual suspect, Pizzeria Mozza, came in at No. 15. But Nancy Silverton's famous spot was actually beat out by another Hollywood establishment, 800 Degrees, which Food & Wine ranks as the seventh-best pizza joint in the country.

The list is composed of the creations of top chefs and bakers who, according to Food & Wine, “are among the new breed of pizzaiolos who are just as fanatical about the temperature of their ovens as they are about the provenance of their ingredients.”

Check out other California restaurants that made the cut.

Food & Wine gives the top nod to Pizzeria Verti in Philadelphia. Rounding out the top five pizzerias are A16 Rockridge in Oakland, California; Milo & Olive in Santa Monica, California; Pig Ate My Pizza at Nouvelle Brewing in Robbinsdale, Minnesota; and Del Popolo in San Francisco.

The 28 pizzerias in the report are located in nine states. New York City has the most, with 12 pizzerias, followed by California with eight and Pennsylvania with two. Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Washington each had one pizzeria that made the cut.