Located in an unassuming Darnestown strip mall, Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana (circa 2015) is the DMV’s most acclaimed Neapolitan pizzeria. Darnestown is an unlikely spot for pizza royalty, but pedigreed chef-owner Tony Conte1 lives just a…
The New York-style pizza landscape was vastly different from what it is today when CSNY Pizza opened in 2017 on the Rockville Pike. CSNY owners, Brooklyn-born Ankur Rajpara and Jonathan Allen, filled an immense hole,…
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…
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.…
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…
Manifest Bread opened in the historic center of Riverdale Park, Maryland in 2018. Husband and wife team, Rick and Tyes Cook, own and run this full-service organic bakery where they also mill their grain into…
Aden Pizzeria & Mediterranean occupies a small storefront along a busy stretch of Old Georgetown Road in downtown Bethesda. Despite the garish LED lighting in the window, this small carryout spot is easy to miss…
Terra Mare Restaurant & Bar in downtown Wheaton bills itself as an Italian restaurant. A Marra Forni commercial brick pizza oven sits front and center, establishing Terra Mare’s Neapolitan bona fides. Its menu contains Italian…