Steve Dolinsky talks Pizza City Fest LA plus The 2023 Draft of Best Birthday Spots in LA

We're joined by James Beard Award-winning broadcaster, author and podcaster Steve Dolinsky to talk all things pizza, including the first-ever Pizza City Fest LA, coming to L.A. Live on April 29-30. Cousin Sal and I then celebrate my birthday by holding the 2023 Draft of the Top 10 restaurants and bars for LA-based birthday celebrations. Sponsored by TUMS. Not really.  Helpful links from this episode: Pizza City Fest LA Steve Dolinsky's website Steve Dolinsky's pizza book Pizza City Tours Pizza City Podcast The World's 50 Best Restaurants Restaurants mentioned (in Los Angeles unless otherwise specified): Oriole (Chicago, IL) My Pi Pizza (Chicago, IL) Pudgy's Pizza (Chicago, IL) Barnaby's Pizza (Chicago, IL) Pizzeria Uno (Chicago, IL) Apollonia's Pizzeria Pizzana Bettina (Santa Barbara, CA) Tribute Pizza (San Diego, CA) LaSorted's Long Bridge Pizza Co. (San Francisco, CA) Pi LA Slice House (coming to Thousand Oaks, CA) The Slice & Pint Truly Pizza (Dana Point, CA) Ronan Bulgarini Gelato Gra Double Zero Masa of Echo Park Labriola (Chicago, IL) Lou Malnati's (Chicago, IL) People mentioned: Emeril Lagasse Kevin Brauch Alton Brown Michael Symon Masaharu Morimoto Dana Cowin Alex Guarnaschelli Karen Palmer Chris Bianco Brian McGinn Nancy Silverton Fred Eric Matthew Kenney