This week's Young & Hungry column explores D.C.'s burgeoning gluten-free pizza scene and how even many of the city's upper-crust (ahem!) pizzerias are now offering non-traditional wheatless pies. Perhaps the latest joiner is the venerable Pizzeria Paradiso, which has been experimenting for months with a new homemade crust made from brown rice, sorghum, and buckwheat [...]

In the interest of fairness, most critics prefer to order only plain margherita pies when evaluating a pizzeria. Sticking to the basic elements helps ensure a level playing field when judging the overall goodness of one pizza versus another. At least in most cases. On a recent night at Ella’s Wood Fired Pizza in Penn [...]

How does North Carolina's take on New York-style pizza compare to the standard Big Apple slice? That question alone was enough to lure Y&H to the new Fuel Pizza on K Street NW, the first D.C. outpost of the Charlotte-based pizzeria chain. Then I got distracted by a more burning question (literally): just how "#!^%@< [...]

Fuel Pizza, North Carolina's take on New York-style pies, is launching its first D.C. location inside the former Burger King space at 1606 K St. NW. Doors officially open on Jan. 18. Eater DC has the scoop. A second location is also in the works at the former bank building across from Verizon Center at [...]

Nomadic pizzaiolo Edan MacQuaid (ex-2Amy's, ex-Red Rocks, ex-Pizzeria Orso, currently consulting at Local 16) is reportedly at work on a new "casual, dive kind of place with a wood-fired oven" on 14th Street NW. Don Rockwell has the scoop, noting that the concept will be "all about the pizza." The place apparently has no name [...]

Oh, what trying times are these for the once-free perks of dining out: We've seen complimentary bread baskets removed from the dinner table. We've seen bread service come at a fee. We've even seen a few cents demanded for tap water. And now your traditional pizza sprinklings are arriving at an additional cost, too: Radius [...]

The family behind Cleveland Park's homey Italian eatery Sorriso is expanding its tasty offerings to nearby Woodley Park with a new project: Cafe Sorriso on Calvert Street NW. Isabella Polles, daughter of Sorriso patriarch Pietro Polles, will manage the new restaurant alongside her brother, Stefano Polles. After years of taking their cues from Papa Polles—occasional [...]

Fuel Pizza, North Carolina's take on New York-style pies, is opening two locations in the District: one in the former bank building across from Verizon Center at 600 F St. NW and another inside the former Burger King space at 1606 K St. NW. Washington Business Journal has more details. For some early intel on [...]

The city's formal denial of Shaw's Tavern operator Abbas Fathi's application to serve booze would seem the fatal blow to this greatly anticipated but badly managed concept. Now, what will become of the shuttered restaurant space? Presumably, another restaurateur (preferably, one with a better track record with the liquor agency) could come in, take over [...]

The new Adams Morgan pizzeria, Mellow Mushroom, offers 14 different kinds of pies and a whole plethora of items to customize every order. Earlier this week, I had tried the house special (essentially, a tricked-out answer to the Pizza Hut Supreme with the added panache of Applewood smoked bacon) and I also tried the steak [...]