You asked for better than bad. The Charlotte version of Benny's exceeds that description.

gr wrote:I still haven't been to 3 Amy's, but having been trying to up my knowledge/understanding of the good stuff lately.

TP, you had anything down here (DC/VA) that's better than bad?

Here's my DC/VA rundown:

Wiseguy: Pretty authentic NY style. I got invited to the pre-open to give him feedback

7th Hill: Great pie under most radar

Ghibellina: Nice place, good Neapolitan that was a little too wet in the center

Comet Ping Pong: Good Neapolitan, can hardly taste the children

All Purpose: True Jersey style, better than 99% of Jersey pizza

2Amys: Exemplary Neapolitan

Pupatella (Arlington): Solid Neapolitan

Pete's New Haven: Remarkably authentic rendition. Nice stuff. Arlington.

No love for Jumbo Slice Pizza in Adam's Morgan? I lost a lot of shirts to that stuff.

Also, all the fast-casual joints are good (not great) in DC or anywhere: MOD, Blaze, &Pizza, Pieology, Your Pie, Pizza Rev, etc

Grotewold wrote:No love for Jumbo Slice Pizza in Adam's Morgan? I lost a lot of shirts to that stuff.

Haven't had that one. My DC pie experiences came from conference visit and visits w TP Jr in Arlington

TomatoPie wrote:Also, all the fast-casual joints are good (not great) in DC or anywhere: MOD, Blaze, &Pizza, Pieology, Your Pie, Pizza Rev, etc

So if you had to rank 'em? I always considered those to be the Chipotle of pizza.

azrider wrote:

TomatoPie wrote:Also, all the fast-casual joints are good (not great) in DC or anywhere: MOD, Blaze, &Pizza, Pieology, Your Pie, Pizza Rev, etc

So if you had to rank 'em? I always considered those to be the Chipotle of pizza.

I haven't had them all, but &Pizza > MOD

If 'Zza expands beyond STL and Austin, it becomes #1

Uncle Milty wrote:You asked for better than bad. The Charlotte version of Benny's exceeds that description.

I like it.

TomatoPie wrote:

gr wrote:I still haven't been to 3 Amy's, but having been trying to up my knowledge/understanding of the good stuff lately.

TP, you had anything down here (DC/VA) that's better than bad?

Here's my DC/VA rundown:

Wiseguy: Pretty authentic NY style. I got invited to the pre-open to give him feedback

7th Hill: Great pie under most radar

Ghibellina: Nice place, good Neapolitan that was a little too wet in the center

Comet Ping Pong: Good Neapolitan, can hardly taste the children

All Purpose: True Jersey style, better than 99% of Jersey pizza

2Amys: Exemplary Neapolitan

Pupatella (Arlington): Solid Neapolitan

Pete's New Haven: Remarkably authentic rendition. Nice stuff. Arlington.

Agree with most of this except didn't like 2 Amys any of the 3 times I've been there. Thought Pupatella was better.

lethal wrote:

TomatoPie wrote:

gr wrote:I still haven't been to 3 Amy's, but having been trying to up my knowledge/understanding of the good stuff lately.

TP, you had anything down here (DC/VA) that's better than bad?

Here's my DC/VA rundown:

Wiseguy: Pretty authentic NY style. I got invited to the pre-open to give him feedback

7th Hill: Great pie under most radar

Ghibellina: Nice place, good Neapolitan that was a little too wet in the center

Comet Ping Pong: Good Neapolitan, can hardly taste the children

All Purpose: True Jersey style, better than 99% of Jersey pizza

2Amys: Exemplary Neapolitan

Pupatella (Arlington): Solid Neapolitan

Pete's New Haven: Remarkably authentic rendition. Nice stuff. Arlington.

Agree with most of this except didn't like 2 Amys any of the 3 times I've been there. Thought Pupatella was better.

Well it's admittedly a small sample size for me. 2Amy's was spot-on, even great apps. Only complaint was the volume, variety, and velocity of the unsupervised toddlers whirling dervishly throughout. One one visit to Pupatella, it had the feel of a once-great place where 3rd generation cooks use the same ingredients but don't quite get the magic, like a Steven Starr restaurant 3 years after its opening.

Uncle Milty wrote:You asked for better than bad. The Charlotte version of Benny's exceeds that description.

Fair point, taken.

Thanks, TP, Been to a bunch of those.

Yes on Wiseguy's, glad to know I'm not off. Bronx in Clarendon is similar.
7th Hill is def underappreciated.
I think Comet has slipped a notch, remembered it being great the first time like 10-15 yrs ago.
We used to go to All Purpose when we were downtown. Good, a little too much $$.
Pete's is gone, sadly. Loved their sausage/mushroom.
I love the maverick pie at &pizza, almost inexplicably.

Also:
I forgot about We The Pizza on the Hill. Spike Mendelson joint. It's fine.
Timber up in Petworth in my old neighborhood has gotten high marks. I appreciate the mobile brick oven.
Fuck Mario's.

Ghibellina was my wife and i's first date.

gr wrote:Pete's is gone, sadly. Loved their sausage/mushroom.

Also:
I forgot about We The Pizza on the Hill. Spike Mendelson joint. It's fine.
Timber up in Petworth in my old neighborhood has gotten high marks. I appreciate the mobile brick oven.
#$!&@ Mario's.

Pete's was missing something - not in the pie, but in the service and/or vibe. Too bad. Still one location left: https://dc.eater.com/2019/8/12/20802405 ... -clarendon

I will keep these other joints on my short list next time I visit TP Jr. No longer in driving distance!

Went to Annapolis last night. Got a pie and beer at Fox's Den.

Really liked it. The "Sausage Party" (terrible name, felt bad for the female runner who bright it out and had to say that) had a nice soft crust of sourdogh and some strand of yeast that the owner researched and has been growing at home for 6 years.

Basil pesto sauce, calabrian chili oil, BIG crumbles of italian sausage, mozzarella, caramelized onions, spots of of parmesan.

Solid beer selection too, about a dozen taps including Jailbreak and Aslin.

Recommend.

TomatoPie wrote:

gr wrote:I still haven't been to 3 Amy's, but having been trying to up my knowledge/understanding of the good stuff lately.

TP, you had anything down here (DC/VA) that's better than bad?

Here's my DC/VA rundown:

Wiseguy: Pretty authentic NY style. I got invited to the pre-open to give him feedback

7th Hill: Great pie under most radar

Ghibellina: Nice place, good Neapolitan that was a little too wet in the center

Comet Ping Pong: Good Neapolitan, can hardly taste the children

All Purpose: True Jersey style, better than 99% of Jersey pizza

2Amys: Exemplary Neapolitan

Pupatella (Arlington): Solid Neapolitan

Pete's New Haven: Remarkably authentic rendition. Nice stuff. Arlington.

Well this is timely: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... -pizza-dc/

Yeah, wife sent that to me today. Curious if Stellina is that good, since it's part of the new trendy development in Union Market.

We just gt back from 7th Hill. Decent, but a little too oily for me. Ambiance of a school cafeteria too. If you go, don't get their shit red wine, go across the street to The Eastern for a real selection.

I came on to post that exact article.

I think I just visited the twilight zone, or at least candid camera....

went to the pizza stand at the plymouth meeting mall. a place we've been going to for YEARS. My kid always gets the same thing. This time he wasn't there, but I was picking up his dinner.

"2 slices with extra cheese, please". I get a puzzled look from the guy behind the counter. "You mean you want a personal pizza with extra cheese? Because all we have in sliced is plain cheese". "No", I continue. "You just take two slices, put some more cheese on the top, then pop it in the oven for a minute or two until it melts". "OH!" he says. "You mean this??", as he picks up the shaker of parmesan from the counter. "No", I say again. "The same mozzarella you use when you make the pizza". Counter guy turns to look at baker guy, who apparently doesn't speak any english. He shrugs the "I have no idea " shrug, then picks up two slices and puts them in the oven. The guy tells me how much it is, I pay and wait. Baker guy takes the slices out, puts them in a box, and hands it to me. Uber eats guy- who had arrived in the middle of all this- then hands me the parmesan and says "I didn't see him put any extra cheese on them". "No thanks, I wanted mozzarella".


Now I'm not kidding when I say we have gone to this place for years and years on and off. Usually the owner is working, but not this time. I wonder if it changed hands again. I mean, who doesn't know how to prepare slices to order???

swishnicholson wrote:I was never going to Papa John's anyway, but this Fritos Chili Pizza Pizza might be a reason to bring criminal charges.

I ate DoriLocos and now this thing makes sense

I'll be eating pizza in DC next week, and this pizza may top my list:



https://brightestyoungthings.com/articl ... food-in-dc