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In article <jmcging.778559675@access3>, jmcging@access.digex.com writes...
>rlooney@csc.com (Richard Looney) writes:
> 
>>Maryland pizza is an accurate description of the Ledo's product. Baltimorons
>>may disagree, no doubt they've always had access to better stuff in their
>>Italian neighborhoods - but Michael R. Leavitt is correct. Ledo's pizza is 
>>popular merely because for many years, it was the only pizza available in
>>the DC suburbs of Maryland. Many afficianados are too young to remember,
>>but pizza was one of middle America's youth/pop culture discoveries of the 
>>1960's, and throughout that decade, the only pizza options in this town were 
>>Ledo's in Maryland, Mario's in Virginia, and the few authentic Italian 
>>restaurants (like AV's on New York Ave) that would serve it. 

Just to back up this statement... My family moved to the area back in 
1970 from Queens (the 'burbs of New York).  Upon settling in the 
Kensington/Aspen Hill/Bel Pre area (the middle of nowhere, then!) the
only two pizzerias we found (at least that we could eat!) were Fat
Man's on Georgia Avenue near Wheaton, and Nick's (I think) in the 
White Oak shopping center.  That wuz it.  :-(

I like the pizza scene here now MUCH better!  (I also recommend the 
pizza from Sole d'Italia on Layhill Road, right by the intersection
with Bel Pre Road).

-- Brian