Washington, DC
For Pizza in Washington, the local food press points to Andy's Pizza Foggy Bottom, Martha Dear, and Timber Pizza Co. Petworth. Picks from Washingtonian, updated July 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Washingtonian. Updated July 2026.
Andy's Pizza Foggy Bottom · McPherson Square
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #1 pizza. The multi-location by-the-slice favorite DC readers crowned best in the city.
Martha Dear · Mount Pleasant
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #2 pizza. The Mount Pleasant basement pizzeria reshaping DC's neo-Neapolitan scene.
Timber Pizza Co. Petworth
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #3 pizza. Petworth's wood-fired anchor with outposts in McLean and Ballston.
2 Amys · Cleveland Park
One of the first Verace Pizza Napoletana-certified pizzerias in the country, running wood-fired Neapolitan pies alongside small-plate specials and a deep collection of salt-cured anchovies. Two decades in, it remains a reference point for the city's Neapolitan style, packed with families and off-duty chefs alike on a busy night.
Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont Circle
Ruth Gresser's wood-fired, from-scratch pizzeria has run since 1991, pairing a strong beer list with pies like the Paesana of spicy pesto, house-made chicken sausage, peppers, roasted escarole, broccoli rabe, ricotta, and mozzarella. One of the city's original from-scratch pizza operations, still expanding to new neighborhoods.
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