Pizza has come a long, long way since I've been living in the nation's capital. There was a time when the few local chains in D.C. weren't making pizza that was much better than Domino's Pizza. Today? There are a lot of places where you can enjoy excellent pizza.Here is my list of the top 5 places to eat pizza in Washington with the neighborhoods cited in parentheses:
1. Pizzeria Paradiso, two locations (Georgetown & Dupont Circle)
2. Two Amys, 3715 Macomb St. & Wisconsin Ave., NW (Tenleytown)
3. Sette Osteria, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW @ R St. (Dupont Circle)
4. Matchbox, two locations* (Capitol Hill & Gallery Place/Chinatown)
5. Pete's Apizza, 1400 Irving Street, NW (Columbia Heights)
Each of these places serves a NYC-New Haven style of pizza. This was a tough choice. There isn't much separating my top three choices as far as quality goes. Two Amys would probably be my #1 choice if they made a better crust.
I'm sure there are some Washingtonians who read this list and wondered: "Why isn't Coppi's on this list?" I have had pizza at Coppi's twice and enjoyed it, but it doesn't belong in the top 5. However, it deserves an honorable mention.
* - I recommend going to the Capitol Hill location on 8th Street SE, between E and F Streets. The waits there tend to be shorter at peak times than at Matchbox's other location.
2 comments:
This is a very thoughtful post with lots of useful information. Your photos are excellent, keep up the good work. If you ever get to Panama, look me up, we have a couple very good pizza restaurants here.
Boquete Gourmet,
Thanks for your compliments. if life takes me to Panama, I will try to look you up. Vace (pronounced Voch-ay), the Italian deli in D.C.'s Cleveland park neighborhood would be #6 if I went beyond a "top 5" list. The tomato sauce that vace uses on its pizzas (carryout-only) is fantastic.
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