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lucifer’s pizza: now offering vegan pies with teese cheese!
11June 2nd, 2009LA restaurants, lucifer's pizzaif you read this blog, you probably know that we’ve given lucifer’s pizza in los feliz a hard time in the past for advertising a vegan cheese option that wasn’t really vegan at all because it contained casein, a milk protein. well forget all about that now, because lucifer’s is now offers a 100% vegan cheese alternative. that’s right, the pizzeria has changed its ways and now offers one of our favorite vegan cheeses, teese from chicago soy dairy.
i picked up a pie from lucifer’s last night, and was pretty impressed. i got a large pizza with teese cheese, topped with mushrooms, tomatoes and garlic, which came to around $21…not bad for a huge vegan pie. lucifer’s also lets you choose your chili rating on a scale from ‘zero’ to ‘blazing’. i went with ‘medium’ and it was just perfect for me.
lucifer’s did a great job at distributing and melting the teese. it was evenly spread all over the pizza, and there wasn’t too much. i was a little skeptical at first after having previous cheese drama at lucifer’s, but after one bite of this thing, i could tell it was the soy cheese that i know and love.
the sauce on lucifer’s pizza was really damn good, and i love that you can customize it depending on how spicy you want it to be. the crust was super thin and ny-style and while i thought it was great, my husband wasn’t a fan. he thought it was a tad doughy and undercooked. oh well, can’t agree on everything! another great thing about lucifer’s, is they also offer a gluten-free crust option. that doesn’t mean anything to me, but it means a lot to vegans with allergies who have been craving a decent pizza.
so let’s all go show lucifer’s some support, they should be rewarded for changing their ways. they took a bad situation and turned it around, resulting in some damn tasty vegan pizza. after all, another vegan pizza option in los angeles is never a bad thing.
lucifer’s pizza
Tags: los feliz, pizza, teese
1958 Hillhurst Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 906-8603
9 responses to “lucifer’s pizza: now offering vegan pies with teese cheese!”
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hooray! i will try this place now, because i am curious about the sauce and it’s cool that they fixed their mistake.
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Good job, Lucifer’s! I think I need to try Cruzer’s first, though, right?
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Michelle June 2nd, 2009 at 09:18
Great job QG! And great job Lucifer’s for changing your ways for the greater good! 🙂
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seeing all your reviews on great vegan restaurants in LA makes me wish i still lived there sooo bad! 🙁
that pizza looks really good!
although im not a fan of the name..loli cant ever get my teese to melt that way!
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I had no idea that Lucifer’s ALSO duped me with their not-really-vegan vegan cheese. I actually have yet to try Teese, and this seems like a perfect opportunity for me. As a Los Feliz resident, knowing that I have more than one option for vegan pizza, I am a happy camper. I just have to do my taste tests 🙂
My brother actually runs a NYC Pizza Tour company (Scott’s Pizza Tours) and when I told him I was vegan, he was absolutely crushed. He says that he’s tried vegan pizzas and has not been impressed. I’m thinking that on his next visit, I owe him a vegan pizza tour. Knowing that so many options are so close to where I live, it makes the idea seem a lot more likely!
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Jaydawg June 3rd, 2009 at 12:51
Went to Lucifer’s last night with some omni buddies and it was great…really cool spot with a unique theme. It would be better if they offered some vegan protein substitutes, but the veggie pizza with Teese cheese, minus the nasty bell peppers was quite good. I really like that they keep it simple and just offer 2 sizes – personal (for 1 person) and large (for 2 people).
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xscottx June 3rd, 2009 at 14:04
so if i could only go to one is it Lucifers, Cruzers or Purgatory? i just love there are choices nowadays.
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Jason Platt June 4th, 2009 at 14:12
Is Cruzers heaven? Although I’m agnostic, I sure hope so, as it beats the names of the other choices, I think, lol!
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Jason Platt June 4th, 2009 at 14:16
As far as the pictures of the vegan pizza at Lucifer’s goes, though, it looks delicious. Just add more mushrooms and truffle oil (I hope that truffle oil is vegan as I absolutely adore it!) and I’ll be all fired up–pun intended!
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