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Italian Pizza Kitchen, A Secret DC Find

Posted by Erin Zimmer, September 17, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Not much to look at, but the facade of Italian Pizza Kitchen in Washington D.C. Photograph from ANC 3F-04 on Flickr.

If you don't spend much time in the Van Ness neighborhood of Washington D.C. (where many embassies hide up and down Connecticut Avenue) you've probably never heard of Italian Pizza Kitchen. According to the blog DC Stories - What's Your Story? it's worth the mini trek. Pizza is sold by the slice ("just like back home," says the New York nostalgic blogger), and made by owner Mr. Cenkonair, who's Turkish, not Italian. "Living proof that you don't need to be Italian."

It might not be the city's favored 2 Amys or Pizzeria Paradiso, but it's definitely a notch up from delivery. Beware of the scary lady, though, says one Yelper. "Other than scary lady, the food here is pretty good."

Italian Pizza Kitchen

4483 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008 (map); 202-364-1010

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