Masa of Echo Park Bakery & Cafe

It's fun, it's good, and definitely worth a visit. It's close to Chicago pizza but not quite if you're used to the true thing. But make no mistake I'm not giving that a negative. It's just there's something special about true Chicago deep dish. But since we're not in Chicago this is it baby you'll enjoy it

Good luck finding a parking spot... I've had to bail out of getting Masa on two occasions because there was exactly zero parking. If you do manage to get in, you're about to have some insane deep dish pizza. It's something like $30 for a big fat cake of a pizza, baked fresh in about half an hour. Add tax and tip and it's more like $40 if you sit down. One medium deep dish pizza fully feeds four people. I repeat: that's FOUR PEOPLE FOR $40 at a restaurant. Only a classic deep dish pizza is capable of such witchcraft. Personally I don't like the Italian sausage - for some reason it cools really quickly while the rest of the pizza stays warm. I'd recommend a classic pepperoni because I'm boring and unimaginative, but they have tons of toppings and you can even have them do half the pizza one way and half another. Also, try their (reasonably priced) cappuccino! It's delicious.

I enjoyed deep fried mozzarella sticks dipped and delicious marinara sauce. Fettuccine Alfredo and shrimp was scrumptious.

Wi had the vegan Douglas thin crust with vegan mozzarella sticks. My husband had the blackened chicken panini. It was good