On Wednesday night, dozens of pizzaiolos crammed into the kitchen of La Sorted’s in Chinatown to make hundreds of meals for a newly formed food-relief coalition: the LA Pizza Alliance.
More than 25 independent restaurants and over 90 volunteer drivers teamed up to send 245 pizzas to anyone affected by the multiple deadly fires that destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 structures and burned more than 40,000 acres.
Thin-crust bar pies, gargantuan wheels of New York-style pizzas, cheese-crusted Detroit-style rectangles, fluffy Sicilian slices: All styles and shapes and sizes passed from oven to cardboard boxes to delivery drivers to the hands of evacuees, first responders and anyone else in need who called in or placed an order online.
“Pizza is for the people,” said La Sorted’s owner and co-organizer Tommy Brockert. “I think it’s the most accessible, affordable food for the general public: small family, large family. It’s something easy, and it’s been a part of everybody’s family life for a …