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… Roscoe’s Neapolitan 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… Stellina Pizzeria
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… Terra Mare Restaurant & Bar
Alatri Bros. opened in 2017, inhabiting the sacred space once occupied by Mia’s Pizza, established in 2006, Bethesda’s first wood-fired pizzeria. Alatri Bros. is owned by the Pietrobono family, who also own Olazzo, around the… Alatri Bros.
With sky-high rents and fierce competition, downtown Bethesda has a real-time Darwinian restaurant scene.1 Even good restaurants unable to adapt are regularly forced to close when outclassed by better ones. Pizzeria Da Marco has been… Pizzeria Da Marco
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… Pizzeria Paradiso
If ChatGPT were asked to conjure a successful Italian restaurant, its criteria would probably describe Bethesda’s Piccoli Piatti Pizzeria. This upscale-casual eatery checks all the boxes: At Piccoli, customers order at the counter, are issued… Piccoli Piatti Pizzeria
Housed in a former post office from the late 19th century, this Pacci’s Trattoria is located in Silver Spring’s Capital View Historic District.1 Ironically, the President can blithely demolish the White House, but would have… Pacci’s Trattoria
South Lansing, New York, is a small hamlet just north of Ithaca. Sadly, this region of New York isn’t pizza country, so DishingPizza entered Salt Point Brewing Co. with low expectations. Even the allure of… Salt Point Brewing Co., South Lansing, New York
