{"id":77661,"date":"2023-09-17T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T15:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=77661"},"modified":"2023-09-17T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T15:44:58","slug":"best-pizza-by-the-slice-4th-street-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/best-pizza-by-the-slice-4th-street-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Pizza by the slice: 5 joints to hit on 4th Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the best ways to enjoy pizza is by grabbing a quick slice, especially after a night out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s where the late-night New York tradition meets the noncommittal simplicity of grabbing a piece (or two) of your favorite pie without having to lug home leftovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as it turns out, not every pizza joint in Long Beach offers this easy option. Luckily, I\u2019ve found five places that I\u2019m particularly fond of that offer by-the-slice orders\u2014and it just so happens that they\u2019re all on Fourth Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milana\u2019s New York Pizzeria <\/b>– 165 E Fourth Street<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucked in a corner in the City Place shopping center on Fourth and Promenade, Milana\u2019s is true to its name. It\u2019s a New York-style pizzeria complete with subway platform signs and iconic photographs of New York City celebrities and Americana memorabilia. And they\u2019ve got more than just pepperoni or cheese up for grabs. Try any one of their pizza window slices, or mix and match two for just $12. I\u2019d recommend the Margherita and Spicy Italian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See this video<\/a> on Instagram of when I visited recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A slice of Margherita and Spicy Italian from Milana’s New York Pizzeria. Photo by Jake Gotta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4th Horseman <\/b>– 121 W Fourth Street<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in on the gothic horror theme, 4th Horseman quickly became a local favorite since it opened in 2018 in the historic Walker Building between Pine and Pacific in Downtown. It\u2019s as much a bar as it is a pizza joint, serving tons of local brews and plenty from around Southern California. And the $6 pepperoni slice doesn\u2019t disappoint. Just an FYI, this place is 21 and up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A slice of pepperoni from 4th Horseman. Photo by Jake Gotta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Canadian Pizza<\/b> – 1241 E Fourth Street<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian Pizza on Fourth and Almond is a Long Beach staple, but not everybody knows you can get it by the slice, and that\u2019s probably because their slice deal isn\u2019t actually on the menu. But if you walk (or call) in and ask for a slice, it\u2019s $3.75 for a pepperoni, or you can get two and a can of soda for $7.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The two-slice combo at Canadian Pizza. Photo by Jake Gotta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Little Coyote <\/b>– 2118 E Fourth Street<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fan favorite on Retro Row, this pizza place does by the slice until 2 p.m. and \u2018grandma squares\u2019 all day. Open since 2018, Little Coyote says their New York-style pizza is \u201cmade the old school way,\u201d and offers $5 slices of cheese, pepperoni and white pies. Below is one of their \u2018grandma\u2019s squares\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of ‘grandma’s squares’ at Little Coyote. Photo by Jake Gotta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Speak Cheezy<\/b> – 3950 E Fourth Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently named one of WaPo\u2019s Best Pizza\u2019s in America<\/a>, Speak Cheezy became one of the newest pizza hangouts in the LBC after they traded their van for a brick-and-mortar<\/a> about a year and a half ago. One of the few sourdough pizza makers in L.A. County, they also have a unique ingredient-forward style featuring lots of interesting combinations like the mushroom and truffle (\u201cTruffle Shuffle\u201d), the rosemary and pistachio (Pizzeria Bianco\u2019s Rosa pizza), or the Tye Dye, topped with a vodka pesto swirl and burrata cheese.  They also have a two-for-$12 deal for slices from their pizza window. Below you can see a slice of the Truffle Shuffle and the LBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A slice of the Truffle Shuffle and the LBC pies at Speak Cheesy on Fourth Street. Photo by Jake Gotta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s harder to find pizza by the slice than you\u2019d think, but here’s five places we’d recommend\u2014all on Fourth Street, Long Beach\u2019s pizza corridor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":295,"featured_media":77668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153,32238,170,432],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[31983],"class_list":["post-77661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-food","tag-fourth-street","tag-pizza","tag-retro-row","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77661"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77694,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77661\/revisions\/77694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77661"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=77661"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=77661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}