Heh, sorry, I posted a pic of the menu b/f ordering b/c I was so excited to have stumbled upon it!
Was the hype that it’s the best pizza in the US? I never followed the discussion here very closely.
It’s really, REALLY good. Thankfully, pizza and Italian (we also had the housemade pappardelle today) in LA has improved so much in the last 10 yrs that I cannot say that Pizzeria Bianco blows the best of LA out of the water. But it’s def up there, IMHO. The pizza (Wiseguy) was really superb. You could smell the sausage when you brought the pizza up to your nose. A hint of smoke and salt in the cornicione by itself. Partner (who is not normally a cornicione fan) ate all of his. And the pappardelle had good chew and the bolognese was at least as good as, let’s say, Colapasta (Bianco’s is lighter w/ less meat). But Colapasta doesn’t offer pizza or bread.
I have not eaten at the high-end Italian places (eg., Mother Wolf), so I cannot make a comparison w/ those places. But the food at Bianco is also not as expensive as high-end Italian in LA.
If the LA branch can eventually taste as good as what I had today, it’ll be a great addition to the city and well worth seeking out.
I’ll post photos later (no undercarriage shots, was too busy eating b/f passing out from the heat). Cooling down in the hotel room now.