This is great, because California certainly needs it. I hope they're considering South Carolina next!

Posted by ayersian on Friday, Jan 18, 2013 9:19 AM

Ate at Grimaldi's last week in West Palm Beach.
Salad was good....Pizza Not that great!

Posted by mhill95 on Friday, Jan 18, 2013 6:36 PM

Yesterday I walked by the soon-to-be-Grimaldi's location in El Segundo and saw the banner announcing that Grimaldi's would open this summer. It can't be soon enough for this SoCal gal; it's a pizza desert here. My skeptical soul wonders, though, how they can create an East-coast pie without the coal oven or their Eastern water supply.

Posted by catosaurus on Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 10:11 AM

El Segundo will have a coal oven - actually, two coal ovens. Grimaldi's claims to have a chemist on staff who alters the local water supply to match that of Brooklyn, NY. That said, although many aficionados claim water details are critical to the success of pizza crust, I am very skeptical. Grimaldi's, the chain, is also known to tailor the pie to the local tastes. One of the results is that the pies receive less time in the oven in non-Northeast locations. People in most of the country don't like their pizza as well done.

Posted by Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle on Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 2:01 PM

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