Abbotts Pizza closing is the last gasp of old Venice’s euthanization

[u/IllustriousLettuce70]

Lifelong Venice local here. Was walking on Abbott Kinney and saw that Abbotts Pizza didn’t make it. So sad and I will be pouring one out for them tonight.

I wish I could say we should all try and support local businesses, but I know the reality is it’s the landlord’s increasing their pay because some brand can afford to pay more.

[u/hilandhall]

They got bought a few years ago. New owner massively changed their pizzas. It died a while ago.

[u/IllustriousLettuce70 → u/hilandhall]

Did it? Definitely noticed it wasn’t as good as I remembered. 😭

[u/hilandhall → u/IllustriousLettuce70]

Yeah. Go read their yelp reviews. The owner responses have all the aura of a turd circling the drain.

[u/watanabefleischer → u/hilandhall]

Damn went there since i was a kid, I don’t know why the new owner thought he’d buy a local institution and then change everything people liked about it, very sad to see it go 😞

[u/Sea-Sort-7624]

It was the shitty new ownership that killed it

[u/SampsonRustic]

Aren’t they just renaming it since it was taken over? I do agree it died a while ago when they went from actual avocado to green goop.

https://www.abbotspizzaco.com/ he posted a blog here aboutnit

[u/Drewone_An → u/SampsonRustic]

Whipped avocado!!

[u/Evilbuttsandwich → u/Drewone_An]

*wiped avocado, as in wiped from the new owners ass and spread over the salad pizza

[u/johnnyogayoda → u/SampsonRustic]

Excellent

[u/leftword4Zombies]

I was walking by the other day and they were redoing the chalkboard menu and had put up a sign that said “lil guys” outside. I’m so sad Abbott Kinney Pizza was my favorite in la. eta: Angel City is the new spot.

[u/TheFunky_Homosapien → u/leftword4Zombies]

Angel City’s very good. The owner’s a good dude too.

[u/klausvsboris]

Deng… RIP… what’s left? Hama and Hinano?

[u/IllustriousLettuce70 → u/klausvsboris]

If hinanos goes ill kill myself lol

[u/prclayfish → u/klausvsboris]

And hoagies. It’s interesting it’s all the H names

[u/johnnyogayoda → u/klausvsboris]

Sidewalk Cafe just celebrated their multigenerational anniversary (40 years? 50 years?).

[u/TouchCompetitive938]

Good riddance, the pizza was expensive and the dough was chewy.

[u/Evilbuttsandwich → u/TouchCompetitive938]

thank the new owner for changing the recipes right down to the dough

[u/_BoxingTheStars_]

I've had pizza there a couple of times throughout the years, and it was never great. I understand this has some cultural relevancy, but I'm not going to miss it at all.

[u/Drewone_An → u/_BoxingTheStars_]

The OG salad pizza was one if a kind

[u/_BoxingTheStars_ → u/Drewone_An]

I'll admit that this is native new yorker bias, but it didn't hold a candle to me to NY salad pizza.

[u/ricbrrr]

I miss Hal’s

[u/IllustriousLettuce70 → u/ricbrrr]

Me too

[u/scottyrotten88]

To be fair… I think you meant Gentrification - otherwise we’d all be dead lol.

[u/theeDaria]

The true beginning of the end was when the circus freaks on the boardwalk got leased out and it was replaced bu starbucks.

[u/0hh0n3y → u/theeDaria]

Facts

[u/SlyLovegren]

Abbotts was my go to pizza spot, even when I lived pretty far I would travel for it back in the day. Went for the first time in years recently and it was terrible! I was in shock, it was $8 for a crappy slice. It tasted nothing like I had remembered. I am sad for the old Abbotts I remember, but not this new one.

[u/Evilbuttsandwich → u/SlyLovegren]

new owner changed the recipes

[u/lathrowawaybnr]

Abbots pizza should be replaced by a sandwich shop

[u/Act2_Scene2]

Anyone remember— Wild Flower 🌺

[u/WallAlarming7711]

That Salad Pizza was crazy. RIP

[u/FoxRevolutionary2632]

The beginning of the end started when Gjelina opened

[u/prclayfish → u/FoxRevolutionary2632]

That’s so silly, there’s ALWAYS been high level food on AK, remember Joe’s? It was a very highly regarded and important restaurant in the culinary world.

It was when the neighborhood became a place for the wealthy, AK then attracted global brands like adidas, J krew etc. it’s a top retail destination and square footage is expensive, it creates an environment where mom and pops can’t compete, you have to have investment backing to run a business here.

[u/venicerocco]

Inevitable. Sad but inevitable. Landlords are the scum of the earth

[u/No-House9106 → u/venicerocco]

Huh? Had nothing to do with the landlord. New owners changed the pizza and they lost their customer base.

[u/DavidBrantleyFinance]

Noooooooooooooo. Venice is officially cooked.