we drove 30 miles each way for their pizza, would happily drive twice that.. we are getting tired of pi & wanted some real pizza. after some digging we saw that stl mag gave la pizza the best pizza in stl. it was a 30 mile drive from imperial but was well worth it. the only "new york style pizza" we've had is domino's delivery, usually after we've opened the second bottle of wine & we're not driving or cooking.
this was some of the best pizza we've had of any style. we ordered the roberto which is packed with like 5-6 different kinds of meat & it was just so good. my wife & i ordered an 18" & we will get 2 full meals out of it. if you eat more than 2 slices of the 18", you need to get checked for a tapeworm.
the ingredients are so fresh, the sauce is the best i've had anywhere & the home made hand tossed crust is incredible. somehow with 5-6 meats on a pizza it was not greasy at all, any other pizza i've had with that much meat would be greasy, some i've dabbed it off the top with a napkin. i asked who i assume is the owner how they did this and he told me all their meats arrived uncooked, they are coked in house & the grease is extracted. the service wasgreat& the food was even better.
don't let the outside fool you, it honestly looks a little dumpy but i felt the neighborhood was completely safe. it's just an older building. once inside the place is very clean & basic. they don't seem to have a liquor license, but have a good selection of soft drinks. it seemed like most of the other customers were regulars, with the quality of the food & thegreatattitude of the employees i'm sure they have many regulars.
it was well worth our 30 mile one way drive, i would drive further for pizza this good. they also have sandwiches & other food, but i don't know if could order anything else but the pizza. even if you have to drive 50 miles each way to get here, if you love good pizza you owe it to yourself to give it a try. we will be back.