American Flatbread

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A Vermont-based pizzeria that celebrates local ingredients.

American Flatbread

43170 Southern Walk Plaza
Ashburn, VA 20148
Phone: 703-723-7003

Cuisines:
Pizza, Italian, American

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
None nearby

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Kid Friendly

Website:
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Best Dishes
Flatbreads, with toppings such as maple-fennel sausage, country ham and apples, smoked mozzarella, olives, peppers, and onions; pizza with pesto, Swiss chard, goat cheese, and shrimp; New Virginia Sausage pie; strawberry pie.

Price Details:
Pizzas, $11 to $19.

Reader's Rating:

3 out of 5

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Heirloom tomatoes, housemade mozzarella, and pesto made from local basil top this terrific, hillocked crust. Photograph by Stacy Zarin-Goldberg.

From the dining room, decorated with posters for olive oil, organic vegetables, and a map of nearby farms, you can look out on a mall parking lot and see the sign for McDonald’s. Coincidence? Or by design? Because if ever there was an anti-McDonald’s, this Vermont-based pizzeria franchise is it. Virtually all of the produce and most of the meat come from nearby farms, and the place almost descends into preachy earnestness in touting its message. The pies are worth the fuss. The marvelously hillocked crusts—cooked in an earthenware oven in the center of the room—have the right amount of chew and crispness, plus a welcome bit of char on the underside. Toppings are thoughtfully deployed, melding into a unified whole.

Signature pie: New Virginia Sausage (with nitrate-free maple fennel sausage from Wood Trail farms).

Share | Print | October 16, 2007 | Reviewed by Todd Kliman

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good food, poor service

my3grlz — July 30, 2009 4:21 PM

We have gone to this restaurant multiple times. The sauage and mushroom flatbread is excellent! We really like the crisp thin crust. The salad is fresh and tasty. The decor is clean, modern, casual. Our enjoyment of the food is ruined each time, More ...

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