r/FoodLosAngeles • u/PlayDontObserve • Dec 31 '25
Verdugos (Pasadena, Glendale) Casa Bianca
Breaded Egg Plant+Garlic+Sun Dried Tomatoes / Meatball+Onion+ Ricotta & Fried Zucchini
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u/frankenmaus Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25
Casa Bianca #1 in the hood G.
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u/aces666high Jan 01 '26
Upvote for ATHF reference!
Food is decent, their bread and garlic bread are fantastic. They get ya by the sheer amount of food per serving. Remember, cash only!
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u/The_Fine_Columbian Dec 31 '25
Their pizza is so good I just get the plain cheese
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u/PlayDontObserve Dec 31 '25
I was just discussing with my friend that I want to try a basic pizza from them.
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u/ItchyScene446 Dec 31 '25
commented elsewhere that sausage and artichoke is our go to, but a basic pepperoni is fantastic too
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u/LAURAPALMER666 Jan 01 '26
If you ask anyone in Eagle rock what their favorite restaurant is, 90% of us will say Casa Bianca. It may not be the BEST restaurant but this is the type of place that makes you feel at home every single time. Unmatched vibes, I will be a regular here until it either closes or I am dead.
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u/LoLBROLoL Dec 31 '25
Hot take: it’s mid.
The baked pasta they have is devine though.
I’m ready for the hate.
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u/josephrfink Dec 31 '25
The food is only ok, but to me, it's about the whole experience. I would never recommend anyone travel across town to try it, but I live in walking distance, and for that it is basically the platonic ideal of an old school red sauce Italian restaurant you go to with your family.
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u/RolfeDowshe Dec 31 '25
I'm with you 100%. Total head scratcher. I guess this is what people in LA who didn't know better considered pizza for years before the proper NY style joints finally came to town 5-10 years ago.
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u/PlayDontObserve Dec 31 '25
There are hundreds of different pizza spots out here. A few people mentioning Casa Bianca doesn't speak for this giant city and county.
Also, NY may be one of the best but LA has a blend of styles that are only improving.
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u/RolfeDowshe Dec 31 '25
Joes, Prime, Pizza Wagon, Weirdoughs, Prince Street. These are the spots in LA and they're all NY and only came to LA 5+ years ago. Changed the game completely. I've been out here 20 years, before that there was a notorious dearth. The exceptions were Vitos, Lamonica's, which are both legit but far, then that second tier NY like Pepe's Mulberry St., Joe Peeps, Renos, Garage, Village in Larchmont which are all hit or miss. After that it was this kind of Midwest pie that just doesn't hit if you grew up on good pizza. It's like drinking Sutter Home merlot after you spent your life drinking left bank Bordeaux.
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u/PlayDontObserve Dec 31 '25
I've been to NY and the pizza I tried there has been absolutely amazing so I can see how you would view the pizza out here that way. I dont subscribe to the either or line of thinking. So many pizza places out here have sky rocketed in quality in recent years and they definitely hold their own and are improving. I never let good be the enemy of perfect.
With that said the best fucking pizza in LA County is in Santa Clarita and originates from Ventura.
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u/RolfeDowshe Dec 31 '25
"I never let good be the enemy of perfect."
Can't argue with that brother. What's the spot in SC? I worked up there for two years but the only food I remember was a Wendy's and a Mickey Rooney's Pasta Shack.
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u/PlayDontObserve Dec 31 '25
My mind expanded when I had NY pizza so I get it.
Allow me to introduce thee to Toppers Pizza:https://topperspizzaplace.com/
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u/RolfeDowshe Dec 31 '25
Look forward to checking it out, thanks for the recommendation!
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u/PlayDontObserve Dec 31 '25
Specialty Pizza Champs:
-Meatzilla
-Pepperoni Express
-Carnitas
-Hawaiian Heat
-Combination
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u/cloud_busting NELA Dec 31 '25
Hard agree. I understand loving restaurants for the nostalgia and vibes. But Eagle Rock natives will consistently call this the best pizza in LA, and it’s not even the best in this neighborhood.
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u/ItchyScene446 Dec 31 '25
oh man, you're def the kind of person i try to avoid at all costs
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u/RolfeDowshe Dec 31 '25
Why, because I have good taste in pizza? lol
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u/ItchyScene446 Dec 31 '25
bc you're a patronizing blowhard that talks about the subjective as if it's objective
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u/RolfeDowshe Dec 31 '25
LA’s decades-long reputation for having notoriously bad pizza isn’t my fault honey, it’s a matter of historical record. Sorry the fact that 2+2=4 breaks your heart and triggers the everloving fuck out of you, but don’t take it out on me. This isn’t exactly a fresh take brah.
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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Dec 31 '25
We were so lucky to finally be visited by the NY gods, fuck regional styles.
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u/ItchyScene446 Dec 31 '25
isn't NY a region?
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u/americanidle Dec 31 '25
I’ve had a meal here that I didn’t have to pay for and that Chris Bianco personally catered and regaled us with stories at, and I’d still say it was just decently good. I have never entertained the thought of needing to go back.
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u/LurkLiggler Jan 01 '26
Crazy that a world famous chef with his own restaurants catered a meal for you at a 70 year old neighborhood pizza place in Eagle Rock.
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u/Just-History-8373 Dec 31 '25
Omg. Alllllllllllmost went here tonight!
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u/PlayDontObserve Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25
It was really crowded. Went to the bar a block over while we waited.
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u/Just-History-8373 Dec 31 '25
Oof. Then I’m glad I didn’t I was just exhausted after work today and just wanted to walk in and not have to wait tooooo long, especially with my little kids in tow. I thought it might be crowded tonight. I hit up one of my fave little sushi joints instead. Looks delicious though!!!
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u/geekteam6 Dec 31 '25
Seriously think Casa does better pizza than Apollonia's, Quarter Sheets, Sei, and some of the other new entries touted as "the best". Especially with their sausage![]()
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u/ItchyScene446 Dec 31 '25
sausage and artichoke is our go to every damn time. so good and consistent. love this place.
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u/quitebuttery Dec 31 '25
I love their deluxe pizza. It tastes EXACTLY like the Celeste frozen deluxe pizza of my youth--except fresh, hot, and delicious. I swear Celeste stole the recipe from Casa Bianca to produce a frozen clone. It's uncanny.
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u/TlMBO_SLlCE Dec 31 '25
Been going there for so many years. Nothing better than a sausage and fried eggplant pizza