Alexandria, VA: Valentino's New York Style Pizzeria

A solid four stars on Yelp, eighty-six percent like it on Urbanspoon, and many rave that it's the best New York-style pizza in the DC area. Thinking that a great pizzeria had miraculously flown below my radar for all these years, I headed straight to Valentino's in Alexandria, ready to be impressed.

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8 Comments | Posted by Dave Konstantin, September 13, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Tagged: Alexandria, reviews, Slice reviews, Valentino's New York Style Pizzeria, Virginia, Washington DC

Arlington, Virginia: Respectable Pizza at Liberty Tavern

The street-level bar at The Liberty Tavern in Clarendon is one of the hottest nightspots for young professionals in the DC suburbs. The burgers and bar menu are well-regarded, and its reputation as a serious restaurant is firmly established. What many people don't realize is that there's a gas-fired Earthstone oven upstairs turning out some decent pizza.

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1 Comment | Posted by Dave Konstantin, April 19, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: Arlington VA, reviews, Slice reviews, The Liberty Tavern, Virginia

DC: Edan MacQuaid Out at Pizzeria Orso

Edan MacQuaid, we hardly knew ye. Seems the celebrated DC-area pizzaman is out at the well-received Pizzeria Orso in the DC suburb of Falls Church, Virginia. Per a bit in the Washington Post.

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11 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 8, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: Edan MacQuaid, Falls Church VA, Pizzeria Orso, Virginia

Dear Slice: Northern VA/DC Notes

Reaching in to the Slice mailbag, we've got some tips from the D.C. area ... Adam,Just a few items I thought worth noting.1. Aside from Pizzeria Orso, in other Northern Virginia/D.C. pizza news, the couple behind Pupatella, a Neapolitan pizza cart you mentioned a couple years ago, finally opened their full restaurant a couple weeks ago. It is also called Pupatella, and I've been twice now, and while they are still getting the operation in order, the pizza I had most recently was fantastic. Probably better than 2 Amys, which is their only real D.C.-area competition (the others are mediocre...

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5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 9, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Tagged: Arlington, Colony Grill, Dear Slice, Neapolitan, pizza carts, Pupatella, Top Chef Masters, Virginia, Washington D.C.

Openings: Pizzeria Orso, Falls Church VA

[Photographs: Pizzeria Orso] Pizzeria Orso, the long-awaited D.C.-area wood-fired-oven joint helmed by former 2 Amys pizzaman Edan MacQuaid along with wife Thea MacQuaid, has finally opened. Seriouspizza has been chiming in here and there with updates. We'll save him the trouble of commenting by mentioning it right here, right now. It opened just a few minutes ago at 11 a.m....

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 8, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Tagged: Edan MacQuaid, Falls Church VA, Neapolitan-style, openings, Pizzeria Orso, Virginia, Washington DC, wood-oven

Gunman Surrenders After Taking Hostages, Demanding Pizza at Virigina Post Office

Thank God no one was hurt when alleged hostage-taker Warren "Gator" Taylor wheeled himself into a post office in Wytheville, Virginia, shot off a gun and then initiated a stand-off when it was reported he carried a "device" with him. According to CNN: He asked for a pizza but made no other demands, Dunagan said. He seemed neither angry nor disgruntled but did utter complaints about government and taxes, Dunagan said.When the supreme pizza that police ordered was more than half an hour late, Taylor joked that Pizza Hut promises delivery in less than half an hour or the...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 24, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Tagged: crime, Virginia

Naples-Style Pizza Cart in Arlington, Virginia

Photograph courtesy of the Pupatella pizza cart. Melissa McCart (Counter Intelligence) writes about a type of street cart you don't often see, a Neapolitan pizza cart. It's in Arlington, Virginia's Ballston neighborhood: Enzo Algarme and Anastasiya Laufenberg weren't kidding when they said they know pizza. The name of Ballston's new Pupatella Food Cart—pupatella is slang for doll in Naples—is a reference to Algarme's grandmother who inspired his love of cooking. Although they've only been open a week and are making do with a standard oven as opposed to the wood-burning one that's becoming the standard in the area's top...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 4, 2007 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: Arlington, Neapolitan, pizza carts, Virginia, Washington D.C.

Virginia Reader Tip: Pomodoro

Dear Slice, You forgot to include northern Virginia in your lists. And the best of the best is Pomodoro (Tony, the owner, is from Naples, by way of Brooklyn). —Larrie F.; Fairfax Station, Virginia Thanks, Larrie. We're always looking for good recommendations for pizza made by New York City expatriates. —The Management POMODORO PIZZA AND PASTA Address: 12152 Fairfax Towne Center, Fairfax VA 22033 [map] Phone: 703-273-7405...

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 20, 2006 at 8:46 PM
Tagged: Dear Slice, U.S., Virginia