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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
According to Ledo Pizza lore, round pizza pans were expensive and rare in 1955, when Bob Beall opened his Adelphi, Maryland restaurant, but rectangular pans were a dime a dozen. Hence, Ledo Pizza baked its…
Tucked on 31st St, just off M Street, Il Canale has occupied prime Georgetown real estate since it opened in 2010. In a hood where explosive rents regularly blast restaurants into oblivion, Il Canale’s longevity…
Perhaps it’s Sonny’s sly understatement that won over DishingPizza. Sonny’s correctly bills itself as a neighborhood pizza joint that slings square slices. However, this circa 2019 Park View, DC pizzeria doesn’t advertise these design elements:…