Masa of Echo Park

Finally, after months of wanting to go, my boyfriend and I went to Masa of Echo Park. Masa is notorious for their Chicago deep dish pizza, a style of pizza that I have become more interested in over time. It was the perfect time: free metered parking Sunday. We arrived around 3pm, missing the lunch rush, but beating the dinner crowd.

As I alluded to in the first paragraph, the place was not very crowded. I had always heard that it was best to call ahead and order the deep dish pizza because it takes approximately 40 minutes to bake, but I figured it would not be a big deal on our lazy Sunday adventure. We sat down and immediately ordered the Pepperoni Deep Dish. And to eat while we waited, I ordered the wild green salad and the Masa Honey Blonde Ale Beer.

I loved the beer, specially made for Masa by the Firestone Brewery, and thought it worked well with the salad. I was very tempted to order another pint to go with my pizza, but knew that having two beers was probably not the best idea in the afternoon. The salad was big and healthy and came with a big “puff ball” of bread which was good and tided us over until the pizza came.

The pizza seemed larger than life in comparison to the thin crust I am used to. And I loved it. Even though 1 slice was more than filling, I was able to eat my way through two. We took the leftover pizza home and ate it for the rest of the week. In the end, the service was friendly and the food was delicious. Win, win. I would love to go back again sometime, but next time I will call ahead to order my pizza.

Masa of Echo Park
1800 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 989-1558