Hot Plate
The Dish: pizza slice
The Location: House of Philly, 2311 Calvert St. NW, (202) 265-3500.
The Price: $3.50
The Skinny: Those looking for a respite from the famed monstrosities of Adams Morgan’s 18th Street nightlife corridor have one just over the Duke Ellington Bridge. It’s not much to look at, it’s a tad heavy on the cheese, and sometimes there’s a bit of a wait. But House of Philly’s slice is ample without being ginormous, and the chief merit isn’t its size: Full and comfort-foody, the slice’s crust almost takes on the taste and chewiness of actual bread, not cardboard, after a while. It succeeds by inverting the normal pizza formula—the toppings seem to be the excuse for the crust, not vice versa.
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September 22nd, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Looks great. Do they do home deliveries?
September 25th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
That pizza looks like that gross school cafeteria pizza. Not tempting-looking at all.
September 26th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Dolden Silence but you have to try a slice and then your opinion might change.
September 26th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
If Rees recommends it, that’s good enough for me. I’m boycotting the place!
June 18th, 2007 at 11:07 am
The pizza looks only slightly better than the crappy “steak and cheese sub” (as opposed to a real philly CHEESESTEAK) I got from HoP last night. How can you slap “Philly” to your name and not have Cheez Whiz?
More like HoA - House of Awful.