Chef Mike Isabella is shopping around for space to open a new pizza joint. The owner of the popular three-month-old Italian-inspired Chinatown eatery Graffiato, home of the fried calamari-topped "Jersey Shore" pie (pictured), has a slightly different concept in mind for his next venture and mentioned Northeast D.C.'s bustling H Street corridor as a possible [...]
Pizzeria Paradiso in Old Town is taste-testing a new gluten-free dough tonight and asking area eaters to participate. The pizza is free. Results my vary. "All we ask is your opinion," according to the restaurant's Twitter feed. Email info@eatyourpizza.com for more, um, info. Photo by PDPhoto.org
Finally! Real Chicago-style pizza in D.C. We're talking about the "true deep-dish sauce-on-top" style of pie—not the buttery, thick-crusted stuff you find at Armand's Chicago Pizzeria and Uno's Chicago Grill. That's according to Eli Lehrer, vice president of the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based think tank. Writing in the Huffington Post, Lehrer visits the new District [...]
Eater DC has the scoop today that pizzaiolo Dino Santonicola is bailing on Bethesda's Pizzeria Da Marco next month. It's a pretty big scoop. It turns out, the pizzeria's owner "had no knowledge of Santonicola's impending departure" until Eater broke the news to him. You might remember Santonicola from his video interview with The Feast [...]
For those of you still unfamiliar with the somewhat un-American attributes of the prevailing artisanal pizza craze, the pie-centric blog Slice tries to demystify the whole experience for you. Tip: You might need a fork and knife. Photo by Chris Shott
CNN's Eatocracy blog checks in with Ron Neumeyer, co-owner of Armand's Pizza on Capitol Hill, which saw an uptick in sales over many recent late nights of debt-ceiling debate in Congress. "Pizza seems to be the food of choice when they are arguing," says Neumeyer. "It's nice to be kind of in the buzz and [...]
Aspiring prosecco mecca Graffiato isn't the only D.C. pizzeria with wine on tap. 2Amys proprietor Peter Pastan recently debuted his own house wine: a “carbonic” sangiovese made in California at a vineyard co-owned by his wife and a former employee. Y&H alum Tim Carman takes a sip for WaPo, describing the wine as "incredibly drinkable, [...]
Urbana in Dupont Circle is having a birthday party. First, it needs friends. As part of its fifth anniversary celebration, beginning Tuesday night and lasting into next week, the restaurant and wine bar is offering a slew of promotional deals, including a free Margherita pizza with any purchase at the bar, provided you can first [...]
Washingtonian taste-tests the low-sugar, hormone-free, and all-natural pies at the recently opened Naked Pizza in Crystal City and is pleasantly surprised: "The crust, which gets a digestive boost from agave fiber and probiotics, was a new experience all together....Made with a blend of buckwheat, quinoa, spelt, brown rice, oats, and other grains and seeds, the [...]
"Hawaii Five-O" burger at Ted's Bulletin, glazed with teriyaki sauce, served atop grilled pineapple and topped with thinly sliced Spam, $12.29; 505 8th St. SE, (202) 544-8337 "Jersey Shore" pizza at Graffiato, topped with fried calamari and spicy pepper aioli, $15; 707 6th St. NW, (202) 289-3600 Bombolini ricotta doughnuts at Fiola (pictured), served with crème [...]
