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Subject:     Re(5): Great Pizza Quest
From:        RFGS (R Gould-Saltman)
Posted:      October 14, 2001 at 12:01:36
 
In Reply To: Re(4): Great Pizza Quest
             Posted by Rafi on October 13, 2001 at 11:56:17

Message:
"NY" pizza, to me, at least,means thin-crust baked at very high temp.; Lombardi's in N.Y. actually had a coal-fired pizza oven.
Turning back to the Silverlake/Loz Feliz 'hood:
I suspect one of the charms of Hard Times is that it is a neighborhood "pizza place" of a sort that doesn't exist much in the LA metro area; the sort of place where a six-year old can ask for "my usual" and get it; the wall of windows and doors facing a main drag intersection with lots of foot traffic means that if you sit there for a while, someone you know will probably go by (and you can have your kid yell out the door to get their attention)&that; pedestrians tend to peer in just to see who's hangin'.
This is a status that comes, at least in part out of sheer longevity, and which a newcomer, particularly a chain, just won't be able to get for a while...
 

RFGS
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