"Not a lot of places can pull off as many pizza types as Pedroso’s does, and the fact that they do it all so well out of a tiny takeout counter is an achievement that should be celebrated. You can get a New York pizza with a perfectly thin and chewy crust, or get it American-style for a bit more sauce and heft. And if you’re a fan of rectangles on circular plates, you can even get a square-cut grandma-style. The best part of it all is that Pedroso’s flagship location shares a wall with the year-round Christmas bar Lala's Little Nugget, so you can grab a table under a reindeer-drawn sleigh and forget you're really just on a quiet street in Brentwood." - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion