Luciano's in Tysons is up there with the Mama Luccias for slices and pies

Red Rocks in Columbia Heights is a great alternative to 2 Amys

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Mama Luccia's and Best Pizza have analogs of real pizza, but there's something missing.

We're still searching for decent NYC-style pizza.

I agree with this. I've concluded that there isn't good NYC-style pizza to be had in the DC area, so I settle for Mamma Lucia's.

Ledo's is awful.

Dominoe's, Pizza Hut and Papa Johnn's are fake pizza.

Pumpernickel's would be good if they didn't have so much mouse poop in their ovens.

Vace is good, but it's not real pizza.

Mama Luccia's and Best Pizza have analogs of real pizza, but there's something missing.

We're still searching for decent NYC-style pizza.

Mamma Lucias. We don't like Ledos either and it is the only pizza that my kids have ever refused to eat.

Mamma Lucia's in Silver Spring and on Rockville Pike.

I moved here from NYC ten years ago and that's the only local pizza, IMO, that remotely resembles good, thin-crust NYC pizza.

Valentino's in Alexandria! the owner is from Queens and uses his mom's recipe for the sauce. They use bottled water so the dough is close to what you'd get in NY or NJ. We just ordered from them today!

Pumpernickels on Connecticut Ave.

Ruffinos in Arlington. Not NY style, but GREAT pizza.

Besta Pizza.

FWIW, and I didn't read all the posts so this might be a repeat, but Pizzaiolo in Arlington is the only pizza I'll eat. I admit, I hate pizza. Totally un-American, I know, and most people think I'm a freak for it, but I just don't like pizza. Pizzaiolo's NewYork style pizza, though, I actually crave. Go figure. I think they changed the quality of the cheese, so it's a little more greasy than it used to be, but it's still great...

Church street pizza in Vienna VA is the real deal.

Flippin' Pizza in Falls Church.

We used to swear by Vace but then we ordered carry-out pizza from one of our favorite Italian restaurants, Pines of Rome in Bethesda)...one white and one red...makes Vace taste like Domino's. They don't deliver but the pizza is soooooo good. So are dinners at Pines of Rome for that matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Another vote for Vace. I also make my own pizza, but I have to admit that Vace's is better - I think you need a brick oven to make a truly great pizza.

The Vace in Bethesda is on Miller Rd - it's a small street that intersects Wisconsin near downtown Bethesda.

Behind the Chevy Chase Bank lot?

Yes. Miller Rd. is very near Bethesda Ave. Vace is next to a beer and wine store, near the Eastham gas station. I also think Vace has the best pizza in the area and wish there was one in the Rockville area, where I now live.

Anonymous wrote:Domino's

Really?