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The Pizza Pool: Pete’s New Haven Apizza vs. Cafe Pizzaiolo
Who makes the best pizza in Washington? We're asking you to decide. Today, we kick off the second round of voting in our Pizza Pool.
Published Monday, August 24, 2009
UPDATE: This contest is now closed. Pete's New Haven Style Apizza won!
Who makes the best pizza in Washington? You tell us! We're asking you to vote in the first Washingtonian.com Pizza Pool, a brackets-style contest that will narrow 32 pizzas to one winner. For a refresher on how the brackets will work, head here. To see today's match up, check below.
Pete’s New Haven Apizza: Co-owner Alicia Mehr hails from New Haven, a pizza Mecca. Although the coal-fired slabs at New Haven landmarks such as Sally’s and Pepe’s don’t quite jump to mind here—they’re thinner, smokier, more brittle—one pie in particular does its forebears justice. The New Haven, an homage to Pepe’s most famous pizza, is a sauceless 18-inch crust laden with chopped clams and pecorino cheese. It’s salty, briny, garlicky—and it stays beautifully crisp. Perhaps Pete’s greatest appeal is pizza by the slice—a rarity in Washington, apart from the after-hours grease bombs slung along Adams Morgans’ 18th Street. The ingredients are well chosen; seldom do you find such good sausage on a $2.75 slice.
Cafe Pizzaiolo: Yes, there’s a stone-hearth oven, and the crisp, well-salted crusts are minimally sauced, but these pizzas aspire less to the boutique ideal than to the flat, zesty pies owner Larry Ponzi grew up eating during Brooklyn summers. Did you know? If you click the links of each of those restaurants' names, you can leave your own review of their pizza at that page!
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Bummer, I missed the deadline to vote on these two, and I even went to both in the last two days! Oh well, I was going to vote in favor of Pete’s Apizza. Both were good, but apizza had a better crust. It sounds like a lot of people are voting without trying both places. Probably DC/MD/VA factionalism at work, and a good dose of laziness too I’ll bet.
Posted by: George, Aug 25, 2009 02:24:11 PM
pizza is good
Posted by: tylersmith, Aug 25, 2009 09:02:43 AM
It keeps saying my vote has been counted, but no one has voted from this house computer...
Posted by: confused, Aug 25, 2009 08:52:43 AM
Pete’s ofcourse - There is nothing like that delicious crust! I’m hungry and heading to Pete’s for lunch.
Posted by: Apizza Fan, Aug 25, 2009 08:49:47 AM
Cafe Pizz is the best
Posted by: Liz, Aug 25, 2009 08:32:26 AM
cafe pizzaiolo...ultimate pizza heaven...creative toppings...tasty dough...we love it every time!!!
Posted by: susan, Aug 25, 2009 08:20:35 AM
i love pizzaiolo because my dad owns it and i love the pizza
Posted by: liese ponzi, Aug 25, 2009 07:48:28 AM
Pete’s Apizza bests anything inside the beltway. Organic even!
Posted by: THL, Aug 25, 2009 06:45:26 AM
I grew up with the smell of Grand Apizza wafting in the windows of my house in New Haven and let me tell you, Pete’s has nailed it!!!! They’ve bettered it!!! Forget DC, they’ve got the tastiest pie in the country.
Posted by: drumflight, Aug 25, 2009 05:44:20 AM
Cafe Pizzaiolo has the best pizza in VA! So many delicious options. My favs Neapolitan and Diovalo!
Posted by: Mary, Aug 25, 2009 04:57:06 AM
i m big fan of Bellacino’s Pizza and Grinder, here you buy one get one pizza free.
Also you can visit at http://www.clickmycoupon.com/business/Bellacinos-Pizza-and-Grinders/37500036 for more offers from Bellacino’s Pizza.
Posted by: printable coupon, Aug 25, 2009 12:56:47 AM
Go Pizzaiolo!
Posted by: Kat, Aug 24, 2009 09:55:59 PM
Thanks for the links. I’m still a-not gonna a-vote for it.
Posted by: huh?, Aug 24, 2009 08:41:18 PM
The Sausage and Onion pizza is delicious. We quit going to other local pizza places since Petes came to town.
Posted by: David, Aug 24, 2009 06:47:11 PM
Love, love, love Pizzaiolo!
Posted by: Beth, Aug 24, 2009 06:21:41 PM
Pizzaiolo has the best NY Pizza in area, hands down
Posted by: Brian, Aug 24, 2009 03:22:46 PM
Apizza is what they call it in New Haven.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apizza
Most famous: Pepe’s http://www.pepespizzeria.com/
Posted by: NewHavenite, Aug 24, 2009 02:06:50 PM
what the hells an "apizza"?
Posted by: huh?, Aug 24, 2009 01:46:28 PM
Was Red Rocks vs. Piola supposed to start at 3 today? Two Columbia Heights local businesses on the same day! Pete’s is the best pizza in DC and RedRocks has great pizza (salsiccia, mmmmm) and a great atmosphere. Thanks Washingtonian, this contest is a lot of fun.
Posted by: Columbia Heights resident, Aug 24, 2009 12:58:00 PM
The spicy cheese on the Diavolo makes it sooo good.
Posted by: Eric S., Aug 24, 2009 11:58:00 AM
Looooove the pizzas at Cafe Pizziolo. Whenever my family visits they insist on a pilgrimage as well. My fav is the Diovalo, but a friend is a pesto pizza devotee.
Posted by: Obsessed, Aug 24, 2009 11:27:03 AM
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