#1
9.3Top Tier
“D.C.’s first Detroit-style pizzeria” on 14th St in our nation’s capital’s former red light district. Red Light is the best pizza I’ve had in DC and really a top tier place nationally for me. The crust has a bu…
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Washington, DC Pizza Reviews
A ranked guide to Washington, DC pizza entries in The Slice Index.
Score keyTop Tier · 9.0+Great · 8.0–8.9Worth the Calories · 6.5–7.9All Pizza’s Good, Right? · Below 6.5
#2
8.6Great
A pizzeria with top notch New York style slices. The slices here are thin with a crisp exterior and chewy interior. The crust is lightly charred and foldable (a characteristic that I was sure to utilize). Reall…
#3
8.0Great
A Neapolitan pizza, with Argentine influences. Pictured here is the “Pretty in Pepperoni” with and added. I tried @timberpizzaco based on the high rating given it by one of my favorite accounts: @dcpizzareviews…
#4
7.7Worth the Calories
A Detroit style throwback pizzeria in DC near @howard1867. @sonnyspizzadc offers an interesting take on Detroit style, veering in a Sicilian-American direction. The crust here is on the thinner side for Detroit…
#5
7.7Worth the Calories
A Detroit style pizzeria off the U Street Corridor in DC. Slices & Pie does NY style, Detroit style, and also a Sicilian upside down slice. I had a slice of their Detroit-style with pepperoni cups(!) and hot ho…
#6
7.1Worth the Calories
A DC dive bar with Chicago Style Italian Beef (thus “Ivy”) and Detroit style pizza & coneys (thus “Coney”). Due to my strong Midwest-dar, I naturally gravitated towards this spot that happens to feature some of…
#7
6.3All Pizza’s Good, Right?