Reader Primetime tells me that LA-based pizzeria L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele is coming 1032 State Street, the former home of Embermill, Aldo’s, and the Copper Coffee Pot. The restaurant serves authentic Neapolitan style Margherita & Marinara Pizza. From LA Eater:
The incoming arrival of L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele — the famous 150-year-old name from Eat, Pray, Love — is great news for pizza-loving Santa Barbara locals and weekend travelers alike, though the city two counties north of Los Angeles is already well-fed thanks to celebrated Italian restaurant Bettina and its wood-fired pies. This new outlet from U.S. owner Francesco Zimone takes over the former Spanish home of the Copper Coffee Pot at 1031 State Street, right on Santa Barbara’s main drag. As with the Hollywood location that opened in May 2019, expect a large tree-wrapped patio as well as indoor dining and a bar. In the summer months, there will even be room for a gelato cart, operated by LA’s own Gelato Festival crew.
This latest L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele is slated to arrive by the end of spring, giving head pizzaiolo Michele Rubini and executive chef Pablo Castillo just enough time to get up and running before the full summer swing.
I was just thinking, what we really need is another pizza joint on that block. The one directly across the street and the one around the corner aren’t enough. My prayers are answered.
Oh goodie, something different. I’m sure they’ll be successful because they do ONE thing different with their pizza that nobody else in the world does, and they have a chef that trained under a guy that knows a guy who knows a guy that met Gordon Ramsay once.
Should we start taking bets on how long this will last? Over/under at 8 months?
When they close they’ll blame high rents and evil landlords.
Bummer that they will compete with Oppi’z across the street. Mizza can’t go away quickly enough IMO.
You guys might be right, but you’re also joyless. Da Michele is legendary and historic in Naples. And delicious. Let’s also be grateful we’re getting something besides a third Chick-fil-A or a tenth Rusty!s.