pijja

And the logo is a slice of pijja — the Indian word for pizza — with its tongue out and sunglasses on, cheese dripping off its body.

The Indian Sports Bar Wonder That Is Pijja Palace, In Five Dishes — Resy | Right This Way 2025

Pijja is Hinglish for “pizza”; the restaurant’s chef de cuisine, Miles Shorey, trained at the Los Angeles outpost of Roberta’s, the generation-defining Brooklyn pizzeria.

The Quintessentially American Story of Indian Pizza Hannah Goldfield 2025

She approaches the counter with familiarity and purpose, ordering a chana masala frankie in roti, a vegetable samosa, a chicken tikka masala pijja and a mango lassi.

'Mean Girls' star Avantika on her favorite L.A. bites, including Indian street food Jenn Harris 2024