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My Friend Mike's
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Lacto
Pizza
Italian
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Offers clearly labeled vegan choices on the menu, plus almost every pie can be made vegan (not just removing non-vegan ingredients but subbing in vegan ingredients). All pizzas can be made with Follow Your Heart vegan cheese. Favorites are the "spinach ricotta", "shroomies", and "loaded veg". (Please note pizzas often sell out, so order ahead) NOTE: Reported November 2024 to have limited vegan options – please send updates to HappyCow. Open Thu 4:00pm-8:30pm, Fri-Sat 4:00pm-9:00pm, Sun 2:30pm-8:00pm. Closed Sun-Tue.
6 Reviews
First Review by NoahEatsPlants
surfergrrrl
Points +95
Great vegan pizza - if they bring back vegan cheese - Edit
The vegan cheese pizza reminds me of the thin-crust pizza sold by the slice on the boardwalk in Venice Beach - yummy! We'll be back to try the marina pizza which is naturally vegan (no substitutions needed). Staff is friendly and helpful.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-04-29
surfergrrrl
Sadly, the vegan cheese pizza is no longer available.
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moretofuplease
Points +509
Best Vegan Pizza - Edit
I keep coming back for the taste of the crust, the sauce, the farmers market fresh ingredients on the Loaded Vegan pizza. They don't have vegan cheese, and I don't miss it. The veggies this time included shaved fennel, fresh basil, zucchini, green olives, and red onions.
Read morePros: Flavor , Fresh veggies , Friendly service
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Catman916
Points +132
Probably the best vegan pizza I’ve had - Edit
Been here twice now and am super impressed. The standard issue vegan pizza is delicious, and the sauce is incredibly flavorful and the crust is good.
Read moreThe menu says you can make the veggie pizza vegan as well but I haven’t gotten over how tasty the vegan one is.
Customer service is also really great and good overall vibe.
Pros: Pizza flavor, Customer service, Big pizza
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D&M_Happy_Users
Points +72
Okay Overall - Edit
Flavors are there and customer service is excellent, plus, it's a nice location with a lot of wine selections, amazingly enough (not that we drink wine). The indoor seating was very nice while parking and accessing the parking lot was a limited.
Read moreOkay, our "ask" would be for the addition as a standard build, more vegetables! This is especially true for vegans like us. If we're only getting sauce and vegetables, then for gosh sake, put on more vegetables! They are less expensive than standard meats and cheeses, so being more generous with the vegetable only topping is not a lot to ask.
Updated from previous review on 2023-10-21
Pros: Great, friendly service., Very short wait for a walk-in order., Great flavors!
Cons: Access to the parking lot; limited parking spaces., More vegetables needed., No option for smaller size.
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Amymanchel
Points +67
Was out of food - Edit
We walked in at 5pm on a Saturday. The lady at the front asked us if we were picking up. We said no that we were just there to order dinner.
Read moreShe said she was sorry but they were out of dough. We thought she was kidding and laughed. Then she said that they only make a finite amount of dough each day and they are out.
Just wild that they didn't make enough food to accommodate enough people for dinner on a Saturday night.
Obviously, we left and found dinner elsewhere.
MikeRadakovich
Sorry about that Amy. Our pizza dough is not like the rest. It's a very long fermentation using a sourdough starter. We make as much pizza as we can (about 80 pizzas) on Friday and Saturday night. Many people order ahead of time on our website or over the phone and so all of the dough for the evening can be allocated out early in the night. It's best to call us or order ahead of time. We hope you get a chance to try it.
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NoahEatsPlants
Points +45
Amazing pizzas, meaningful vegan substitutions - Edit
Wildly good pizza. I'm always so impressed with Mike's creativity, not just in making the pizzas, but also in coming up with creative vegan substitutions that stay balanced. His crusts are amazing, just make sure you're the one picking it up so you can eat a slice in the car, these pizzas are insanely good right when they come out of the oven. If you're making vegan substitutions instead of ordering a vegan pie, it's best to call and talk to them directly.
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