Anonymous wrote:Or you could just move back to NY/Nj...

That is what I did. After 17 years of complaining I can't get a large pie, baked ziti Sicilian and a chicken parm sub on Friday nights, I moved back. Gennerro's on South Ave in Scotch Plains was still in my phone contacts.

OP, just accept your fate. It's a tragedy and you will only be disappointed if you try.

Anonymous wrote:Pete’s New Haven pizza

I feel like you have misunderstood the assignment.

Jersey girl here living in Centreville VA. Ciro’s is my favorite. I like it better than Tony’s.

I have found that the Italian Store comes close, as does the Whole Foods in Clarendon, surprisingly. I have been to Pepe’s in Alexandria, which is good, but it’s not a slice.

Anonymous wrote:Grew up in NJ, been in MD for a while now. You just need to accept the fact that you won’t find anything close to NY/NJ pizza here and you’re good.
Another “pretty good” one is CSNY pizza on rockville pike.

This. I have to simply accept that there never will be anything as good as Buona Pizza in Bernardsville, NJ. It is heavenly. To pursue something close to it is a fool’s errand.

Anonymous wrote:Jersey girl here - Valentinos.

+1 - Philly girl here

Or you could just move back to NY/Nj...

Pete’s New Haven pizza

Anonymous wrote:Corner slice in Bethesda is the closest we’ve found and we’ve been looking for 10 years.

Corner Slice is New York style pizza. The crust is like cardboard.

Can’t even find “NY/NJ” pizza in “NY/NJ” anymore. But the DMV is a food wasteland.