Echo Park · Italian · Pizza · Red Sauce
Echo Park's neighborhood pizza destination — grilled pies, Sunday gravy, and a red-sauce Italian room that doesn't need a trend cycle
Zack Hall opened Cosa Buona as a love letter to the red-sauce Italian-American cooking that neither pretends to be authentic nor apologizes for the adaptations. The grilled pizza — cooked over wood fire rather than baked in an oven — has a char and chew that most pizza restaurants can't replicate, and the Sunday gravy program gives the kitchen a reason to come in early on weekends. The room on Sunset is comfortable and casual in a way that high-end restaurants spend money trying to achieve, and the prices reflect that this is a neighborhood restaurant that wants its neighborhood to be able to afford it.
Cosa Buona is echo Park's neighborhood pizza destination — grilled pies, Sunday gravy, and a red-sauce Italian room that doesn't need a trend cycle. Regulars order grilled mushroom pizza and sunday braised pork sandwich.
Cosa Buona is priced at $$ — approx. $20–$40 per person.
Cosa Buona takes reservations by phone — call (213) 908-5225 to book.
Cosa Buona is at 2100 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, in Echo Park. Street parking on Sunset Blvd
Cosa Buona is open Mon–Thu 4–10 PM · Fri 4–11 PM · Sat 12–11 PM · Sun 12–10 PM. Hours can change on holidays — confirm on Google Maps before a long drive.