DC Pizza and Some Hot Coal-Oven News

Posted by Adam Kuban, September 18, 2007 at 3:20 PM

On the blog DCist today, a comparison of Washington pizzerias 2 Amys, Bebo Trattoria, Comet Pizza, and Red Rocks.

What gets my attention, however, is one of the commenters:

NYC expats who want their coal-fired pizza fix now have an option outside Baltimore. The Phat Pug Coal Fired Pizzeria, 8814A Bel Air Road, Perry Hall, MD is about an hour's drive from downtown DC. If you're down on the burnt crust tip, this is your only option outside New York. And yeah, coal fired pizza ain't coming to DC no way, no how. Imagine what that stuff does to your lungs.

For the uninitiated, coal-fired pizza ovens are the holy grail of pizza ovens, since they're able to crank to mega-high temps and properly cook a pie.

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Tags: 2 Amys, Bebo Trattoria, Coal-Oven, Comet Ping Pong, Red Rocks, Washington D.C.

3 Comments:

New Haven's Frank Pepe's and Sally's offer New York expats a coal-fired option outside the City's five boroughs as well. And as far as I can tell, their ovens aren't belching forth toxic fumes into bucolic Wooster Square. This pollution issue seems like a non-starter.

Fat and Happy Food Slut at 5:00PM on 09/18/07

Thanks for pointing out the coal-ovens in New Haven, FAHFS. And I agree that the coal thing is a non-starter. Anyone driving a car probably has a far more deleterious effect on air quality than a coal oven.

Adam Kuban at 5:52PM on 09/18/07

Hmm. Phat Pug is only an hour from me and i'll be traveling near it on Friday for a concert.

Prairie at 1:22PM on 09/19/07

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