Food

100 Very Best Restaurants: The Best Pizza in the DC Area

Our annual list of Washington’s 100 Very Best Restaurants features many delicious cuisines. Here are the pizza restaurants on that list; for more recommendations, try “Where to Find the Best Pizzas Around DC.”

Vin 909

Photo by Scott Suchman
Photograph by Scott Suchman

“If you came only for the pizzas, you’d leave happy.”

909 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403

2Amys

Photo by Scott Suchman
Photograph by Scott Suchman

“[D]on’t ignore the beautifully charred pizzas, best ordered with a side of tangy tomato sauce for dunking.”

3715 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016

Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana

Photograph by Scott Suchman.
Photograph by Scott Suchman

“What’s a three-star chef doing running a pizza joint in a Gaithersburg shopping plaza? Having a blast.”

12207 Darnestown Rd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Etto

Photograph by Scott Suchman.
Photograph by Scott Suchman

“The hearty crusts are made with house-milled flour, lightly charred, and sparingly topped.”
1541 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005

Ghibellina

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At happy hour, “You can dig into the kitchen’s terrific thin-crust pies at a deep discount.”
1610 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009

Graffiato

Graffiato Washington DC

“No one would ever confuse Graffiato with a pizzeria, even a boutique one, but the pies are among the finest in the area.”

707 Sixth St., NW, Washington, DC 20001