Pitfire Pizza Echo Park

pizza is delicious and wings are fantastic

Friendly staff with a good selection of pizzas. I had the pesto pasta pizza. Drinks are strong and tasty too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love the food, my favorite is the girl mushroom pizza, their vegan pizzas are not bad either, I love the atmosphere, very relax and laid back and I love the service, the employees are super cool and attentive to what I need

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pizza Vegan Option

I fell for this restaurant because it has a similar name to a local pizzeria, PITFIRE ARTISAN PIZZA, which has one more word than this one. The latter is one of my favorites.

This pizzeria has a half-open kitchen where you can watch them make the pizzas. The oven is typically pitfire-shaped but gas-driven, which makes for less flavor than a wood-burning pitfire.

We went there around 4 p.m. after a trip from La Brea and happened to catch the happy hour: $10 for one of most of their pizzas and $6 for a draft beer. The price was cheap, and the beer was very good. We had THREE PHILOSOPHERS and Figueroa Mountain Light Lager; both beers were good.

Regarding the food:

Boneless Wings
I had never had boneless wings before—interesting? The boneless wings were really tender and juicy, with a mild garlic ginger dipping sauce that balanced very well. I was curious about the texture of the boneless wings and guessed they weren’t real wings, but my friend Danny didn’t agree. We asked the waiter, and he told us they were chicken wings with the bones removed. Later on, I did some research and found that the culinary term "boneless wings" actually refers to chicken breasts. Anyway, the boneless wings were hot, crispy, and tender. I give them 9/10.

Margherita Pizza
Sadly, the most anticipated item was the worst. It was plain and boring—you couldn’t taste the tomato or the wheat, and it didn’t even have a sour flavor. We were all surprised that they could make a Margherita pizza so tasteless. A Margherita pizza is so easy to make with good cheese, good tomatoes, and good flour, but it seemed this pizza had none of those. Sorry, 0/10.

Honey Bear Pizza
This pizza was better than the Margherita one, but still not a good pizza. I'd rate it 5/10.

Little Gem Caesar Salad
Acceptable, but nothing special. The lettuce was fresh, but the cheese cubes were rubbery. I'd give it a 6/10.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Boneless Buffalo Wings

Amazing pizza! One of the best vegan pizzas I’ve ever had. The vegan cheese is awesome. The gluten-free cauliflower crust is amazing. I loved the pumpkin pizza was very impressed. Highly recommend.

Food: 5

5 stars all around! Our daughter had her birthday party at the Echo Park location with great pizza, great service and the space is fantastic. We had great service all the way through our process. The managers and staff were very polite and efficient. Our request for a table of 20 was not a problem on a Saturday afternoon and they gave us an extra table for the adults to gather aside from the kids. The pizzas came out at the perfect time. Fountain drinks were easy for the kids and the adults had a full selection of beer, wine and/or cocktails. Super easy, super delicious and we'll be back for a slice and drink another time for sure! Thanks to the crew at Echo Park!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Overpriced and average pizza the wings where awful.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Pepperoni pizza was A tier but they need waiters or more signage so people know how to order food. Rear seating area needs ventilation

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 1

I had a take out order, drove 15 minutes to get my food, it was packed nicely, but only at home I discovered that boneless buffalo wings were missing. Somehow they just forgot to put whole order item. So double check everything at restaurant, even if it is packed ask them to open and check each item, if you don’t want to drive 5 miles back to get your missing items. Food is delicious though?Hopefully I can improve my review after some time if I get good service.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

Really cool spot. I only had the Buffalo boneless wings and a watermelon lemonade but they were both tasty. There’s outdoor covered seating as well. Would definitely go back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Boneless Buffalo Wings

So good food and great service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Vegetarian options: Plenty of vegan stuff

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vegan Margherita EP

I had the heirloom margherita, with calabrian Chile aioli

My best summary is that this is what I imagine is ChatGPT's idea of an artisanal pizza place

heirloom tomatoes were yellow beefsteak, sliced carpaccio thin and overflowing with water that sogged the surface

ricotta was rolled out in industrial hexagonal fashion which when combined with the excess tomato water created a flavor and texture profile matching an under-done and left-out freezer pizza

calabrian Chile aioli was essentially orange mayonnaise with a la Croix-level whisper of Chile flavor

The crust lacked any substance beyond the outermost crust, which was itself dusty and thin. the inner crust had the consistency of suspiciously consistent industrial sourdough sandwich slices

basil oil was canola and some shriveled basil stubs

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

First time here and I really enjoyed it. Atmosphere was very relaxed and nice having variety of places to sit at. Good place to hangout with friends to eat pizza and catch up!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 3

Cute space and branding.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2