This Hot LA Restaurant Now Makes Indian-Italian Pizza

Indian sports bar Buzzy Silver Lake Pijja Palace – already known for its Indo-Italian pizza and pasta combos – will launch delivery and takeout via Caviar and Toast on August 19. Along with the launch, a whole new style of thicker square pizza that can only be ordered for takeout and delivery.

Chef Avish Naran describes the new skillet pie as a “boi thicc”: denser than a traditional Sicilian, with those desirable burnt edges and enough heft to pile on some fillings. The new pizzas will be available in a build-your-own format, with a choice of sauce (northern makhini, peri peri vindaloo or white korma) and toppings ranging from tandoori onions to hot peppers and spicy pepperoni.

The delivery menu also includes homemade chocolate chip cookies, Indian beers, Indian soft drinks like Limca and Thums Up, and bottles of natural wine from Lo-Fi, Lúuma, and more. Check out the full menu below.

Momofuku noodle bar is coming to town

David Chang’s iconic Momofuku Noodle Bar is coming to Majordomo in faraway Chinatown on October 18-19 as part of a five-city tour sponsored by Resy and American Express Gold. Expect a four-course meal prepared in collaboration with Executive Chef Jude Parra-Sickels, who worked at the Noodle Bar years ago, featuring classic dishes like pork buns and mushroom ramen. Reservations ($75 per person) are available on Resy.

A critical conversation

Book review in Los Angeles writer Jacquelyn Ardam recently met the former Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Patricia Escárcega, the newspaper’s first color critic. Escárcega, who left the organization after a public dispute over the pay gap, tells Ardam of his time at the LAT“What was not covered were the places where my family ate. No one has written about these restaurants…and I wanted to write about these more everyday restaurants and what they can mean to a family and a community. Read the profile.

A night of kebabs and wine

Virgil Village wine bar Voodoo Vin will host chef Armen Martirosyan of Glendale’s beloved Mini Kabob for one night only on Monday, August 22. wines from their cellar. Smoky fun starts at 6 p.m. and lasts until 10 p.m.

A GoFundMe for Detroit Vesey’s

Detroit Vesey’s, a versatile all-day restaurant in the Arts District, has launched a GoFundMe to help founder Erin Detroit Vesey find a new location for the queer, understated, bike-friendly venue, currently located at 2028 E. 7th Street.

The GoFundMe page states that despite positive press and community support, “the city’s endless delays drained us of tens of thousands of dollars that we were going to spend on getting our liquor license, which which would greatly help our bottom line, so that we can stay open.The funds raised will be used to move to a new location, probably smaller and cheaper, with the license it needs.

David Arenes