Stained Glass Pub
It’s unnecessary to mess with plutonium, a flux capacitor, and a Delorean1 to travel back to the 70s. Simply visit the circa 1973 Stained Glass Pub2 (SGP), and avoid disrupting the space-time continuum. In a…
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…
Ledo Pizza
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…
M & N’s Pizza
A man radiating kindness sits serenely behind an uncluttered counter, working on a laptop and iPad, waiting for DishingPizza to arrive. Aside from the signage and a drink case, there are no pizza-related items—no boxes,…
Il Canale
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…
Pizza Movers
In nouveau-foodie Takoma Park, Pizza Movers gets the respect of a red-headed stepchild from tie-dyed-in-the-wool Takoma Parkers, and that’s a shame. Established in 19851, poor Pizza Movers is among the oldest Mom & Pop businesses…
Piccoli Piatti Pizzeria
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…
Pacci’s Trattoria
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…
Sonny’s Pizza
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:…
Little Beast Cafe & Bistro
Opened in 2018 and named after the owners’ toddler daughters, Little Beast is tucked into one of the upperest of the upper-crust neighborhoods in Northwest DC – Chevy Chase. Even though the daughters are now…