If you ever get a chance to have lunch with President-elect Obama, take him to this restaurant.

The moment you walk into the foyer of Casa Bianca pizzeria in the Eagle Rock district of Los Angeles, you feel like you've come home. The wildly popular neighborhood haunt has all the trappings of typical Italian restaurant -- right down to the checkered table clothes. But the decor isn't the reason Casa Bianca, established in 1955, has been voted the best pizza in Los Angeles. Over the years the pizzeria has had plenty of fans -- but none quite as famous as President-elect Barack Obama. Reports say that this was Obama's favorite place for pizza when he was an undergraduate at nearby Occidental College back in the 80s.
The owner of the family-owned restaurant is Andrea Martorana, who took over the helm when her father passed away last year. Considering the fact that she's been working at the restaurant since her early teens, she's unfazed by the presidential endorsement. "I'm not that impressed," says Martorana, but she's quick to add she understands it is an honor.
To reports that Obama, who spent much of his childhood in Hawaii favored the Hawaiian pizza she shrugs, "I personally can't stand pineapple on my pizza."
She has no recollection of Obama visiting her establishment but says it would be unlikely she could recall a customer from decades ago. "I'm going to remember some random guy from the 80s?"

Considering how much nationwide traveling presidents do, it's conceivable Obama might make a visit to Casa Bianca in the future. "I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up," jokes Martorana, "the Secret Service would probably be staking us out for months beforehand."
If you're lucky enough to visit Casa Bianca don't look for Obama's headshot on the wall with the other famous visitors, like Jay Leno, Ed Asner, Mario Lopez and Teri Hatcher. "We don't want to get political. We want to stay neutral." It's not that she doesn't like Obama, she does, although she sheepishly admits she didn't vote in the November election.
Another thing that sets Casa Bianca apart from other pizza parlors? They don't deliver. So if Obama did have a craving for his pineapple pizza, would he have to pick it up himself? "Sure, we'd probably deliver to him," says the unflappable Martorana. "Why not?"
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