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Surely, the sign just reads “pizzeria” amid the strip mall’s collage of small businesses where Clark Avenue meets Spring Street, stuffed among an old-school Mexican joint, a cake-ry, a DTLA Chinatown transplant… But Pizza Parlor LB—the East Long Beach pizzeria that plays sibling to its neighboring Coffee Parlor, both owned and operated by Long Beach native Josh Knight—has grasped the Long Beach pizza zeitgeist by the crust to deliver the best pizza on the Eastside.

Knight is the first to admit a very hard truth, especially as someone born and raised in Long Beach: The Eastside tend to lean toward the corporate if not outright cheaper side of food and that his pizza is not for everyone, be it style or cost.

And while he recognizes he will not win over everyone, he does entrust his team and himself with the task of altering the way East Long Beach views food, beyond the food hub that is Long Beach Exchange. Yes, there are hidden gems like Vino e Cucina and, just across the way from that Italian gem, the Indian gem that is Cali Chilli—and Pizza Parlor LB joins those gems by bringing on a team that might be making the humble pizza but churn out some of the most quality pies in not just the Eastside but all of Long Beach.

Written and photos by Brian Addison.

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