Licorice Pizza was a Los Angeles record store chain that inspired the title of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 film of the same name.
[1] The term is a colloquial expression for vinyl records, comparing them to the color of licorice and the shape of a pizza.
[2] James Greenwood opened the first Licorice Pizza record store in July 1969 in downtown Long Beach.
They became known for highly knowledgeable staff, all-request sound systems, getting new releases first, and giving away free licorice.
"[citation needed] Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, worked at one on Sunset Boulevard in the early 1980s, where he first printed and sold his comic strip Life in Hell.