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Pizza at Gjelina Take Away – My first bite of LA

  • Last updated:December 16, 2019
Pizza at Gjelina, Los Angeles

After arriving in Los Angeles, my first stop was at Gjelina Take Away down on Abbot Kinney Blvd in Venice. I love that place, and I wanted one of their pizzas to be the first thing, I ate in LA.

No matter what time of the day you arrive, the restaurant is packed, so I didn’t even bother to ask for a table. Instead I proceeded directly to the take-out section, Gjelina Take Away, next door. Here you can order pizzas, sandwiches and salads to go, but there are even a few bar-style tables, where you can eat your purchased food.

The tomato sauce has this intense flavor of sun-ripened tomatoes, and the crust is just perfect. The pizzas aren’t very big and they’re rather expensive, but since it will most likely be among the best things you ate in LA, you don’t want to go to Venice without stopping by Gjelina.

> Read my blog post about breakfast at Gjelina

> Read my blog post about dinner at Gjelina

Gjelina Take Away, 1427 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, Los Angeles

  • Pizza at Gjelina, Los Angeles
  • Pizza at Gjelina, Los Angeles
  • Pizza at Gjelina, Los Angeles
  • Pizza at Gjelina, Los Angeles
  • Pizza at Gjelina, Los Angeles

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Los Angeles is a city you don’t quite figure out all at once. It unfolds slowly, neighborhood by neighborhood, mile by mile. Vast and sun washed, cinematic and oddly intimate, it’s a place of constant contrast. Morning hikes in the canyons. Long lunches that stretch into late afternoon. Evenings that end by the ocean with salt in your hair and traffic humming somewhere in the distance. What I love most about LA is that it feels less like a single city and more like a collection of distinct worlds stitched together by freeways and palm trees. A strip mall might hide one of the best meals you’ll have all year. A quiet residential street can lead to a view that stops you in your tracks. The glamour is there if you look for it, but so is a relaxed, everyday rhythm that makes the city surprisingly livable. On this page, I’ve gathered my Los Angeles favorites. The restaurants I return to. The neighborhoods I linger in. The places that capture the particular mix of ambition, creativity, and laid back energy that defines the city.

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