What to Know
- Shins Pizza opened earlier in August
- The Cypress Park shop is located at 1215 1/2 Cypress Avenue in Cypress Park
- A spin on the standing-room-only shops of the East Coast, Shins Pizza serves classic pies and sides like Celery Salad
Grabbing a gooey, saucy, and mouthwatering slice before a Dodgers Game is a time-honored tradition.
For sure, you'll be doing a Dodger Dog around the 7th Inning Stretch, and maybe some caramel corn, too, but those gorgeous golden hours just ahead of game time are made for a quick and filling meal with your baseball buds.
Finding a flavorful experience that is on the quicker side just got simpler thanks to a fresh Cypress Park pizzeria, one that is embracing a certain standing-room-only flair, the kind of nostalgic eat-space that still exists in countless East Coast shops.
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It's Shins Pizza, an SRO spot devoted to slices, whole pies, and an assortment of salad-y sides that add some sprightly zing to your cheesy, dough-centered main.
Founder Shin Irvin worked with Executive Chef and partner Melissa López on the menu, which features a Pepperoni Pizza, a White Pie, and other savory selections.
On the sides menu? Celery Salad is one tempting choice (the blue cheese hails from Point Reyes) as well as Charred Sprouting Broccoli.
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Taking this all away is a-ok, but finding a stretch of countertop to chow down ahead of a game, or wherever you've got to be next, is part of the pizzeria's SRO style. Taiwanese-American artist James Jean is behind Shins Pizza's eye-catching "punk rock aesthetic."
"Shins is inspired by my late mother Donna Jean Irvin and the Shin family from Korea who took me in when I was abandoned," shared Shin Irvin. "Growing up in Philly, every Friday was pizza night with my mom — a family ritual I cherish to this day."
"I guess I associate pizza with family, nothing better than sharing a pie with family."
Last Word Hospitality and design firm partner Folklor are partners in the flavorful enterprise.
Check out snapshots from the new Cypress Park restaurant on Instagram.
