Brookland, DC dive bar, Dew Drop Inn (circa 2015), and outdoor wood-fired pizza pop-up, Lazy Bones Pizza, have coexisted through a symbiotic, permanent vendor partnership since the Spring of 2025. Lazy Bones operates a physical…
Rosetta the Italian Bakery is a Florida-based chain of fast-casual bakeries with approximately 15 locations along the East Coast. Four friends from Milan1 founded Rosetta in 2015. Best Buddies is a non-profit juggernaut, with a…
DC’s Little Coco’s has a royal restaurant lineage. In 2016, restaurateurs Jackie Greenbaum and Gordon Banks opened Little Coco’s on the Petworth-Columbia Heights border, adding it to their portfolio, which already included El Chucho, Bar…
The Palestinian-Jordanian Dubbaneh brothers, owners of Z&Z Manoushe Bakery in Rockville, tell a sweet story. Their parents and grandparents immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s, opening sub and fried chicken joints in Montgomery County.…
Juneberry Garage, a 2024 addition to Northwest DC’s Shepherd Park, is a cool spot with a casual, retro-Americana vibe. The brains and bucks behind Juneberry are a group of restaurateurs who met at the University…
According to Wiseguy Pizza lore, Turkish immigrant Nuri Erol visited 200 pizzerias and consulted with 100 New York pizza critics1, tweaking his pizza recipe before opening Wiseguy in 2012. When Erol opened the first Wiseguy…
To understand Roscoe’s Neapolitan Pizzeria, a Takoma Park stalwart since 2009, one must first understand its namesake, Roscoe the Rooster. Roscoe was a free-range cock-about-town in the 1990s who insouciantly eluded capture and crowed about…
Edith’s Pizza in Bethesda has a lovely backstory. Salvadoran immigrant, Jose Molina, was a nineteen-year employee at forty-five-year-old Breads Unlimited before purchasing it in 2020. A year later, Molina took over a former Pilates studio…
Giuseppi’s Pizza Plus is an anachronism in the sleek, shiny Rockville Town Center. The late Sue Feldman, a Pittsburgh native, opened Giuseppi’s Pizza Plus with her sons Scott and Eric in 1990. According to this…
Slice & Pie showcases the personality of flamboyant Italian-born pizza impresario, Giulio Adriani. The Slice & Pie logo even features a drawing of Adriani wearing his trademark John Lennon specs. Giulio’s pics are plastered all…