September 18, 2007
The Fab Forno Smackdown: Firing up the Pizza Debate
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| Clockwise from top left: Comet Ping Pong, Red Rocks, 2 Amys, Bebo |
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My friend and popular food board moderator, Don Rockwell, suggested that we visit these four spots in one evening to get a snapshot view of the pizzas, and try to bring some clarity to the debate. To level the playing field we ordered plain cheese and tomato pizzas at each, eating immediately so each had its opportunity to shine. We took into consideration the quality and flavor of the crust, the tomato sauce, and the cheese.
2 Amys
Our evening started off at 2 Amys. Earlier in the week Tim Carman had written an article about Red Rocks' Edan MacQuaid's tenure at 2 Amys. There were arguments about the temperature of the pizza ovens, and that 2 Amys' was not hot enough to meet Denominazione di Origine Controllata (D.O.C.) rules. Based on our visit that night, I found this to be the case. The pizza ($9) was doughy and undercooked on the edges, despite the nice char on the bottom. It is possible, however, to ask for a well done crust with better results, but should not be necessary. The soft blotches of mozzarella did a lot to save the pizza, imparting a buttery flavor to the crust, while the tomato sauce was light and cheery. Being the first pizza of the evening we did manage to finish the entire thing.
Bebo Trattoria
Next up was Bebo Trattoria. It took Roberto Donna nearly nine months to get the pizza oven at Bebo up to Arlington County code. Was all the work worth it? Walking in, we observed that Roberto Donna was not there to man the pizza oven. As the server put down our pizza ($13), we both knew immediately that we were in for disappointment. There was only one word to describe the pizza at Bebo: flat. Not only did the pizza crust look and taste as if an elephant had stepped on the dough before it was baked, but the cheese and the tomato sauce were bland. The entire thing was forgettable. At $13, it was the most expensive of the pizzas and our least favorite. We ended up taking home more than half of the pizza.
Red Rocks
By the time we arrived at Red Rocks, I was definitely burned out on pizza. The idea of another tomato and cheese was stomach-turning. But as I sat on the patio and looked at the beautiful, charred crusts surrounding us, I started to revive. The pizza ($8.50) arrived, a little less charred than those of other customers, but beautifully browned nonetheless. Crisp on the outside with dots of char, soft and fully cooked on the inside, it was a textbook pizza crust. However, there were little errant strands of cheddar cheese sprinkled around the edges that did not fit with the delicate flavors of the tomato sauce and mozzarella. Nonetheless, this was a solid little pizza, even without Edan MacQuaid manning the oven. I suspect that with him around, it would be an even better pizza. Despite our renewed spirits, we were looking ahead and walked out with half the pizza in a box.
Comet Ping Pong
We closed out the evening at Comet Ping Pong. The general word on the street is that Comet can be hit or miss - some nights you get the best pizza you've ever had, especially when Carole Greenwood is there, or you can end up with a dusty pile of burnt, crackery crusts. A cursory glance toward the kitchen told us that Carole wasn't there; we were preparing for the worst. I was surprised that after trying to pack in the three pizzas, Comet was a revelatory moment. The instant the pizza ($7.50) made contact with my mouth I knew I had a winner. The rich tomato sauce made from Toigo organic tomatoes had an amazingly deep flavor without excessive stringency that is so frequently found in tomato sauce. The mozzarella was cut in small cubes and strewn all over the pizza rather than the slices off a log that we saw at the other joints. This allowed for a heavy layer of cheese on top of the pizza. The crust, made of Italian pizza flour cut with organic whole wheat flour, yields a naturally brown crust and denser flavor. After a long night of cheese and tomato, we finished the whole thing.
As Don and I sat back to discuss, we bandied back and forth about the best crust (him - Comet, me - Red Rocks), best sauce (Comet), best cheese (him - Comet and then 2 Amys, me - 2 Amys). If we ranked based on the rating of components, we might have come out with a different order. But we realized that regardless of how amazing the individual components might be, what matters is how those pieces work together. The pizzas that provided the best overall taste experience were:
1. Comet Ping Pong
2. Red Rocks
3. 2 Amys
4. Bebo Trattoria
In the end, this was a snapshot of one evening. Many of the key players were not manning often temperamental pizza ovens, so our findings should not be considered conclusive. But one thing is clear: the pizza scene in D.C. is definitely heating up.
2 Amys
3715 Macomb St. NW
202.885.5700
Metro: Cleveland Park
Bebo Trattoria
2250-B Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA
Metro: Crystal City
703.412.5077
Red Rocks
1036 Park Rd. NW
202.506.1402
Metro: Georgia Ave.-Petworth, Columbia Heights
Comet Ping Pong
5037 Connecticut Ave. NW
202.364.0404
Metro: Van Ness-UDC
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Is Comet Ping Pong still using salt instead of corn meal to slide their pies into the oven? Because if I wanted a salt lick for a pizza, I could add a cup of kosher to my Chef Boyardee.
I gotta say that 2 Amys is THE place to go to enjoy your pie in an authentic nursery atmosphere.
Matchbox can't come to 8th Street SE fast enough.
Until DC laws allow proper coal-fired ovens (read: never gonna happen), DC will never have proper apizza. While I admire the fact that there are chefs trying to create a good pie, DC will never rank amongst cities with a top-level pizza culture.
And can anybody do anything about the obscene pricing on these pies? Seriously: it's not that pricey to put together a pizza with high quality ingredients. And these places all move pies in decent enough volume that they can lower their prices. Over $12 for a middling-sized pie at 2 Amys? Highway robbery - DC pizza eaters are being had.
wait -- are Radius, Ella's, and Matchbox not brick-fired? what about Bertucci's?
As a New Yorker, I'm just going to disregard the debate and deliver the smack down:
DC
PIZZA
SUCKS
That is all.
NYC expats who want their coal-fired pizza fix now have an option outside Baltimore. The Phat Pug Coal Fired Pizzeria, 8814A Bel Air Road, Perry Hall, MD is about an hour's drive from downtown DC. If you're down on the burnt crust tip, this is your only option outside New York.
And yeah, coal fired pizza ain't coming to DC no way, no how. Imagine what that stuff does to your lungs.
Yeah, pretty much no good pizza in this region. Tony's in Fairfax is about as close as you can get. I say "meh" to all of these places.
I'm a fan of the Pizza Paradiso - just wish it wasn't always so crowded!
Valentinos in Alexandria is where it's at.
The pizza in DC is frozen pizza in your local grocery store.
Papa John's is the bomb.
umm, where the hell is Paradiso on this list? Not even a mention?
Laziness is not an excuse for 1/2 assed food journalism. Tom Sistema doesnt visit two Italian restaurants and declare one the best in the city - he visits all of the most prominent ones and gives a review.
If you are going to purport to do a full on "smackdown" of DC pizza the least you can do is respect a long-er standing and prominent restaurant in this city.
I have not made it to any of the other restaurants and do not care to rank, but Paradiso has always made a pretty respectable pizza IMHO.
Wow, my hometown of Perry Hall, MD getting some love! I haven't been home to check that place out yet, but I will certainly stop by next time I am in the area. Monkey, have you been?
About six weeks ago, a new brick oven pizza place called Moroni Brothers opened up in Petworth. I live equidistant between Red Rocks and Moronis and the Moroni product is much better. The guy who owns the place used to work at both Paradiso and 2 Amy's and had his brick oven custom made. They don't have their liquor license yet and the interior is a little boring, but their food is great (they also have a lot of traditional salvadoran dishes there -- the pupusas are awesome). Check it out.
Three more comments:
2 Amys -- I've never had a really good pizza there. It's always boring and I think it gets all its props from the familiies who can bring their screaming kids there.
Red Rocks -- I ordered a sausage pizza there. The crust was great, the sauce had a complexity that I really loved. The sausage was RAW. Uncooked. The smaller pieces were fine, but the bigger ones looked fresh-out-the-casing and nasty. NOT good times.
And finally, say all you will about brick oven pizza, but the best pizza in town is Manny & Olga's. If only they'd deliver to Petworth.
You want a real pizza site with some serious commentary here ya go:
http://slice.seriouseats.com/
You have to pick the District but this is the site I use when looking fo a good pie and especially when I am heading to NYC. I am partial to 2Amys but because I havent tried these other joints I will hold my opinion. Enjoy
I've never been to any of these places, but based on the pictures I'd say 2 Amys and Bebo look the best and Comet looks like the worst. Pizza should not have that much cheese on it.
#6, I went to Tony's in Fairfax on a recommendation, and I was apalled by how greasy the pizza was. My friend, who had recomended the place, countered, "Isn't pizza always greasy?" Obviously, she grew up around here. The sauce was pretty good but they need to start using decent quality cheese so it doesn't form shiny puddles all over the pizza's surface. Nevertheless, I'm from NJ so I'm impossible to please when it comes to pizza.
Laziness is not an excuse for 1/2 assed food journalism. Tom Sistema doesnt visit two Italian restaurants and declare one the best in the city - he visits all of the most prominent ones and gives a review.
Tom Sietsema writes for The Washington Freaking Post. Why would you hold a blog to the same standards?
This is a nice, quick-read snapshot of four pizza joints on one night - and doesn't purport to be anything else.
Nothing undermines your opinion like a favorable reference to Manny and Olgas. That's like saying your prefer S&W to Ruth's Chris, but in the end nothing beats Ponderosa.
To all the schmucks saying DC pizza sucks, DON'T FREAKING EAT IT? Smack down? How stupid are you? All the poster did was go to a few DC PIZZA PLACES to say which was the best of the four. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NY!!! Fine, you're pizza is better...good god, we know. But don't be so useless. It wasn't comparing your pizza to ours. Ugh. Surrounded by idiots!
Now that I think about it #11 is right, you cant have an honest opinion of all the places in one night, and it just so happeneed that the last place visited was your favorite. Sumptin specious if you ask me. Why not space it out over four nights with clean palates..then you also dont have to cram your stomach with gut busting pizza unless you had some green to keep you hungry...hmmmm
It has to be said:
#1 - The Italian Inn
(Bar & Restaurant entrances, stereotypical Italian chef *winking* from the roof)
6221 Annapolis Rd.
Landover Hills, MD 20784
(301) 772-2100
Metro: Orange line to New Carrollton, T18 bus to Rhode Island Ave.
#2 - Tommy Marcos Original Ledo Restaurant
(the REAL Ledo's)
2420 University Blvd
Adelphi, MD 20783
(301) 422-8122
Metro: Green line to PG Plaza, R3 bus to Ft. Totten
#3 -- As much as I love Radius, I think their pizza is cooked in regular pizza ovens. Their thing is to be as New York-style as possible, which is a little different from these joints.
Maybe they didn't review Paradiso because it SUCKS? At least the one in Dupont does; never tried the one in Georgetown because then I'd be in...Georgetown.
How can you go for pizza in Arlington and not try The Italian Store on Lee Hwy? Excellent, and closest to NYC pizza in DC!
As a New Yorker, I'm just going to disregard the debate and deliver the smack down
As a Chicagoan, the idea of a New Yorker talking smack about pizza makes me laugh until I'm hoarse.
Doesn't the Manny and Olga's on 14th deliver to Petworth? Or are they too busy farting on the calzones and cleaning up after vomiting drunks?
Ledo's is one of those y'either-love-it-or-hate-it things, like lutefisk or anal. I remember the Adelphi Ledos, but the franchises are just...ugh. Anybody want a Ritz Cracker covered in catsup and cheese that tastes like it came from a Hickory Farms Sampler Pack from 1972? Didn't think so.
This is a great post, now I have to go eat lunch. Also, enough with all the pizza snobbery. Seriously.
Guest #15 again. I'll second the Italian Store recomendation. It's the best pizza I've had around here, and they make decent hoagies too. You can also get a lot of Italian groceries there that the supermarkets don't carry.
I wish they'd open a second location in DC; the place is always crowded so I know they'd get plenty of business here.
Anybody want a Ritz Cracker covered in catsup and cheese that tastes like it came from a Hickory Farms Sampler Pack from 1972?
Hmm. That would be a no.
But, I do like Ledos.
I favor Pizzeria Paradiso despite the horrid waits at peak meal times. The two places are conveniently located and the pizza itself is relatively consistent if not spectacular.
2Amy's also makes decent pizza but I don't think it's worth going out of your way to get it. Monkeyrotica's nursery atmosphere is right on target, and the place is as loud as the service is horrid.
Will have to check out Comet sometime.
Monkey -- the Manny & Olga's on 14th only delivers up to Georgia/New Hampshire. I'm a little beyond that so I have to carry out if I want it.
As for Ledo's -- it absolutely is love it or hate it type of food. I think it's fantastic, but I'm a DC native so I've been eating it forever.
At least Trio's Pizza is no longer around, that stuff made even manny and olga's seem edible.
#16 - Blog or WaPo, I will hold anyone to the same standards when they make such broad statements, especially when it comes to food.
And no, this is not just a "quick read" of the pizza joints - the article's first title and opening paragraph set it up as a "smackdown" of the "best brick-oven pizza in town." Pretty pointed words if you ask me.
I think Big L #19 captured my point best -
the writer/reviewers should have visited the joints on different nights with clean palates.
And they certainly should have included Paradiso (amongst the many other joints that seem to have multiple fans here). What else is the point of reading food reviews on DCist if not to try find the better food in the crowd. There are plenty of personal blogs with limited 1-2 restaurant comparisons that I can read for this kind of a review.
Nothing like moronic wannabe NYC hipsters going on about pizza. Argh!! Nonetheless, for those seeking an authentic NY pie there are options in DC -- try Washington Deli at 20th and I -- the place is owned by a guy from LI who know how to make a good pie (not to mention fairly authentic NYC bagels)-- or Pumpernickels on upper Conn Ave by the Avalon Theatre -- it is similar and, happens to be owned by a New Yorker from the Bronx and, like Washington Deli they also make very good bagels on site. Finally try Palisades Pizzeria and Clam Bar on MacArthur Blvd by the Safeway -- the owner makes a damn tasty Brooklyn style pie -- the owner happens to be from Coney Island. Have a nice lunch!
The problem with Ledo's is that the original family-owned Langley location has no affiliation with the 80+ Ledo's franchise stores. The company bought the name and the square pans and that's it.
Try the one near Tysons. Your tastebuds will swear they've gone to hell.
To be against the grain here, I have to comment to Guest 18 - Not only am I a native NYer, but my family has run a pizza parlor in Bklyn since my father arrived here from Napoli 30 years ago. And I have to say, Guest 18, I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. NY pizza wouldn't be NY pizza if you could get it anywhere else. That's part of what makes it so great! So to all of you "NY pizza experts" - cut the snobbery. DC pizza is DC pizza. It's not NY pizza; I for one am glad it isn't. It makes NY pizza that much more special. If you want NY pizza, go to f-ing NY!
only one place worth getting pizza at in dc -- VACE.
however, if you are downtown and need a slice, its Washington Deli.
Two amys is ok, if you like eating with screaming kids.
comet is overpriced and affiliated with carol greenwood, which is enough reason not to enter.
Anonymous Idiot 35 is right on the money. I remember when people in my office were having a serious debate about who had better pizza Domino's or Papa John's; I wanted to cry. Eventually I just had to accept that a gigantic triangle of yeasty bread smeared with garlicky ketchup and some sort of unidentifiable white cheese was what passed for pizza in this town. After living in Jersey for seven years I basically stopped eating pizza when I moved back to DC 'cause it will never measure up.
Even though there are now places like 2Amys and whatever serving up pretty decent pie in DC, it's always got to be an event to get pizza. I miss just ducking into whatever pizza shop you happen to be near and know that you're going to get a tasty and filling snack for $1.25. I dunno, the slices just don't taste the same if Tony, Joey, and Ricky aren't out front leaned up on their IROCs smoking Newports and collecting parlay cards.
Hah, hillrat, you're absolutely right, as is #35. I enjoy complaining about the lack of good pizza as much as anyone else, but I also like the fact that good pizza is concentrated to just a few pockets of the country, and I'm proud to hail from one of them. Also, I don't consider eating medicore or even lousy pizza a horrible experience. To me, pizza is still good even if it's bad.
Anyone have any thoughts on Faccia Luna in Clarendon? In my book its right up there with Matchbox and Pizzeria Paradiso.
On the other end of the scale is Ella's by the portrait gallery. Not only are the pies bland, herbless, and overpriced, but the whole place smells like a bathroom.
Monkey -- Ledo's is like anal? You're not very funny, but you do seem to have a lot of time on your hands.
Hey, I like original Ledo's, lutefisk, and anal! Just not all on the same plate, unless it's Yom Kippur.
It's a shame dcist can't do more pointless culinary pissing contests like New York vs. Chicago hotdogs, seeing as DC has neither.
Face it, any pizza around 2am on Friday with a stong buzz is the best pizza in the world.
The problem with Ledo's is that the original family-owned Langley location has no affiliation with the 80+ Ledo's franchise stores. The company bought the name and the square pans and that's it.
Monkey, welcome to Nodoytown.
This is totally irrelevant, but #41: Actually hot dogs are about the only thing DC has original DC has half smoke. Chicago nor NY don't. Of course who could argue the merits of that?
What about jumbo slice pizza? isn't that the only real contribution DC has made to Pizza? What's up with all the culinary snobbery directed at Pizza? It's pizza!! for gods sake, Italians eat it like we eat Doritos.
There can never be a discussion about the BEST pizza, because everyone has a completely different idea of what good pizza is. And it is the one food everyone eats! Whether it be from Dominos like the 6 million people in the suburbs, or from a backyard grill with all organic ingredients and crust flown in frozen from Florence. It's a democratic food - Each to his own.
For those people who say they stopped eating it when they left the NYC area (Jersey?) get a grip, it's pizza. Did you stop drinking beer when you left Brussels? Stop breathing when you left the Alps? Stop eating seafood when you left Barcelona? What drama-queens.
#35 said it best. Brilliant
Manny and Olga's is possibly the worst pizza I've ever had. I really hope the original commenter just has an incredibly dry sense of humor.
For the most part, I think pizza's like sex - it can be great, it can be average, but it's always better than nothing. Manny and Olgas proves that analogy wrong. It's so bad, that when my office has "free pizza day" (always Manny and Olgas), I'm buying my own lunch. It's like eating cardboard soaked in grease, and the toppings are strictly from a can.
Three words: New Haven pizza.
"It's like eating cardboard soaked in grease, and the toppings are strictly from a can."
I couldn't agree more.
For those people who say they stopped eating it when they left the NYC area (Jersey?) get a grip, it's pizza.
Anonymous idiot 44, why don't you get a grip . . . on deez nuttz.
I'm not some dogmatic pizza snob who refuses to partake when there's an office pizza party or whatever. I've soiled my palate with this region's pizza offerings (that's a joke) and on occasion even enjoyed it, but I generally choose to reserve my pizza eating for when I can get the taste/style of pizza that I like. There's nothing wrong with that is there? Even WifeRat who, being from North Dakota, thought that there was room for cream of mushroom soup on pizza recognizes that NYC is the gold standard for pizza.
As far as the drama queen crack goes, I know you are but what am I?
Pizza snobbery is hilarious, but especially when it's about "gourmet" pizza. Pizza is friggin' college student food. Attempts to gussy it up in some bourgie way are pitiful. You can't polish a turd, even if it's a tasty one.
Hillrat, the comment about your wife made me laugh. I'm a NJ native but spent a summer in North Dakota with no kitchen or equipment to make my own meals, or even a car to get to the grocery store, so I was at the mercy of the local cusine.
All I'll say is, I lost a lot of weight that summer.
"For the most part, I think pizza's like sex - it can be great, it can be average, but it's always better than nothing."
SO true. Unless I'm concerned about calories/cholesterol/etc and the pizza is truly horrid, like the one you described.
applebees has good pizza, try it next time dcist. especially the fried mac n'cheese version, buenissimo!
-guest from arlington
Holy schnikeys, 53 comments about pizza, I have seen more serious DC issues get like 18 but this hit everyones buttons! We should stick to the review and how better it could have been if the author bothered to include more pizza joints over different nights. Whatever, I am just a lonely boy from Detroit who thinks NYC has it on lockdown.
I would still vote for Coppi's on U Street as the best brick oven pizza in town.
Anonymous Idiot 51 - What, you didn't enjoy the fine cuisine of NoDak? C'mon that delicious green bean casserole they're always serving out there is awesome . . . not! But I will say I love that fried Walleye that can be found just about anywhere out there and don't forget Culver's!
Best food, gun control, and bridge-and-tunnel bashing are guaranteed 50+ comments on dcist. God help the poor Manny & Olgas driver who uses a gun on his delivery across the city border.
"Being the first pizza of the evening we did manage to finish the entire thing."
Wow, you and Don Rockwell are collectively a pizza? Is that like some culinary superfriends thing? Or do you just lack a command of grammatical English?
Also, "astringency." Not stringency.
Is it time to take up the collection for the DCist staff dictionary, or should I just mark it down as a lost cause?
naples has the lockdown.
Did Comet change something so their pizza doesn't taste like soap? It was hard to stomach.
Comment 58 - Feck off, you pedantic twat.
Anonymous Idiot #61 - If all the pedantic twats left there would no one commenting on DCist except for Monkeyrotica.
I stand corrected #59, Naples, Italy does have it on lockdown, and 2Amys is also the only one in DC who has approval from a Naples pizza organization, I obvi dont remember the name off the top of my head.
Any pizza post will always bring the comments close to 100.
If I had a choice between better pizza and voting rights in DC, I'd go with pizza.
Red Rocks doesn't yet have the official DOC certification, but they are following the rules of pizza napolitana (in fact they're doing so more strictly than 2Amys if Edan MacQuaid's comments on them are correct.)
Both places make great pizza.
I like to urinate on dough and cook it in my toaster oven. Everybody that has sampled it has said that it is the best peeza in the DC Metropolitan area.
Hello- Why wasn't the pizza at "Matchbox" reviewed? (713 H St NW,Washington, D.C)
Some of these comments remind me of why I dislike New York so much.
I like the idea of this comparison, but it seems like it would have a good idea if the tasters hadn't eaten so much pizza initially, just enough to get a good feel. Although it didn't seem to bias their conclusions.
My favorite pizza joint in DC is the Pizzeria Paradiso in Dupont. It's cute, the service is good, and the Atomica and the Quattro Formaggi are the best pizza that I've tried in the city. Yum.
I think with pizza especially, to each his own.
According to Edan, RedRocks will not be applying for "D.O.C." status. Good pizza is good pizza.
Also, to the reviewer; The "pizzaiolo" is responsible for the dough. The "fornaio" responsible for the furnace.
I like Comets pizza, but, it isn't easily digested..(heartburn)
This review wasn't bad, although I agree with what's been said about it's lack of depth.
In any case, let me weigh in on where you can find the best pizza... and the answer is that you can't buy it. Lets start with the crust. If you want something other than the standard white or wheat crust, made with various mass-produced methods, you have to make it yourself. If you want the freshest possible cheese and toppings, go to a farmers market and buy it, and for the pizza sauce, you can find a good marinara sauce from any high end grocer, but make sure it's finely chopped and not too watery. Herbs are easy to grow and it doesn't get any fresher than fresh picked. Don't forget a little garlic, and a good olive oil. Yes it takes a little work and learning... but leads to a lifetime of good artesian pizza, and opens the doors way beyond whats commercially available...
Just add a pizza stone, standard oven and someone to share it with.
A comment about the comments ...
Jamie captured the spirit of the evening to the letter. It was an impromptu snapshot of four high-end pizzerias, often discussed as candidates for "Best Of," if you believe in such a thing. It was spur-of-the-moment, not intended as a compendium, and not intended as any sort of final judgment. It was essentially a five-hour-long surgical strike on a Sunday evening - the idea sounded fun at the time, especially since nobody had ever photographed the undersides of these crusts before, and presented them side-by-side (credit Jamie for this).
Why only four? Well, "Fab Forno" sounded funny enough, and also because there are limits of human consumption, we both had other things to do, we weren't being paid or reimbursed for any of this, etc.
"We need to try Cafe Pizzaiolo, Coppi's, and American Flatbread!" I said. Yeah, right - the taxing realities of gonzo-style eating don't match up to the conceptual enthusiasm, I promise you.
Matchbox has gone downhill since they expanded and opened the second pizza oven. http://www.donrockwell.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=114&view=findpost&p=54879
Ella's is nothing like it was when it first opened. http://www.weta.org/dcdining/?p=139
I've still never been to Tony's, but am looking forward to trying it.
Pizzeria Paradiso is no longer a top-ten pizza in the city. http://www.weta.org/dcdining/?p=511
The original Tommy Marcos' Ledo in Hyattsville is wonderful within its genre. http://www.donrockwell.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=114&view=findpost&p=86220
Coppi's blew me away a couple of weeks ago. http://www.weta.org/dcdining/?p=491
If we did Chicago pizza, we'd be Pete Cetera-ists.
Ouch!
Rocks.
oh don rockwell, i'm afraid most of the posters here are far too young to understand your pithy "If we did Chicago pizza, we'd be Pete Cetera-ists."
thanks for the chuckle!
where's the love for Pizzeria Paradiso? both M & P St locations have brick oven pizza.
Radius in Mt Pleasant has GREAT pizza...
Manny & Olga's is the BEST
I work near the Georgetown location and have gained 20lbs this past year. There pizza is to die for .There Passion for making pizza is unbeliveable.