Best thing I ate: Whole new attitude, same great pizza at 2145 in Costa Mesa

Right off the bat, something seems different when I arrive at 2145 Pizza in Costa Mesa. I’ve been here a dozen times before, as this has been one of my go-to pizzerias since it opened in 2017.
But this time I’m greeted at the door by a hostess. 
“We’ll have a table for you in just a minute,” she says. 
“That’s odd,” I think. Normally, they just ignore me when I arrive. But this time I’m greeted the very instant I reach the front doo