Hot Tongue Pizza

Hot Tongue serves two pizza styles under one pink neon sign in Silver Lake: a thin Neapolitan and a thick Detroit-style square with dough that goes springy and slightly sour, baked hot enough to char the edges. The kitchen makes its own vegan cheeses in house, swapping almond ricotta and cashew mozzarella onto pies like a garlic-and-pesto square finished with an herb drizzle, and gluten-free crusts are available on request. Ordering happens at the counter, with no calling in an order, and the dining room doubles as a place to sit and eat garlic knots while the pizza bakes.