Bacio Pizzeria
Bacio Pizzeria has been a quiet presence on a quiet street in the Bloomingdale, DC neighborhood since 2011. Founded by a Turkish couple and currently run by Turks, Bacio is another delightful example of the…
Dew Drop Inn – Lazy Bones Pizza
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…
Little Coco’s
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…
Juneberry Garage
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…
Wiseguy Pizza
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…
Slice & Pie
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…
Stellina Pizzeria
Native Italians Antonio Matarazzo and chef Matteo Venini teamed up to open their first Stellina Pizzeria in 2019 in DC’s NoMa Union Market neighborhood. Even today, the rough edges of this lively, vibrant ‘hood are…
Martha Dear
Martha Dear DC pizza, founded by husband-and-wife team Demetri Mechelis and Tara Smith, launched as a carryout-only business in December 2020 — the height of COVID-19. Word spread quickly about this 38-seat subterranean Mount Pleasant…
Boogy & Peel
The name, Boogy & Peel, doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Named after the owner’s beloved dog and a pizza peel, Boogy and Peel, opened in 2022. It occupies space in the prestigious 1 Dupont Circle address…
Pizzeria Paradiso
When Peter Pastan and Ruth Gressner opened the first Pizzeria Paradiso in Dupont Circle in 1991, they introduced the DMV to authentic wood-fired, Neapolitan-style pizza. Revolutionary change often has unexpected side effects. On the plus…