"Good pie at Jerry 's. I was tooling around the San Fernando Valley the other day, looking for sustenance, when I spotted Jerry 's Pizzeria on Sherman Way. I found a parking place in the pack, and noted it was right next to a deli proclaiming they had 'L.A. 's #1 sandwich. ' Hmm, dilemma.<br/ <br/ As I had a scheduled lunch date at a place the next day who also purported to have L.A. 's favorite sandwich, Jerry 's won out.<br/ <br/ I used to live fairly close to this neighborhood, but had never been in Jerry 's before, even tho they have apparently been around since the dawning of time.<br/ <br/ Walking in through the back door, I was in a fairly large room with a lot of tables and chairs, a few video games, and amidst of local hangers-on who didn 't really seem to be customers or workers. Maybe neighborhood guys who stop by to have a beer and watch TV.<br/ <br/ I went to the counter and ordered a 12 ' pepperoni, sausage, with extra cheese, and was told it would be ready in the standard 15 minutes. I walked down the street in search of a mini mart to pick up a few things, and gaze into the window of 'LA 's #1 sandwich. ' There was a line of people waiting for sandwich orders.<br/ <br/ Picked up the pie and headed back to the air conditioned deliciousness of my motel room. Opened the box and found a fairly nice looking pie crowding the box 's confines. A 'New York style ' thin crust, and I immediately noted they prepare the sausage in the same manner of most NY pie shops, thin sliced link Italian sliced on bias. The pepperoni gave off a little oily appearance, which indicates a higher fat content, and fat usually equals flavor. <br/ <br/ Cheese was more than ample, and the pie appeared baked to my idea of perfection. A little char on a crispy crust, with chewiness sure to appear as you worked your way inward.<br/ <br/ Picked up a slice, it had nice 'hang ', but to my delight, the toppings stayed in place.<br/ <br/ The crust was as I imagined, the sauce unobtrusive, and the cheese was real, not 'pizza topping. '<br/ <br/ This is a good pie. Funny I missed it the times I lived in L.A. I shall return."
