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Jennifer Reall-Hedges says:

  I would like to recommend Pizza Paradiso on 19th St. NW at Dupont
  Circle. It is very small and you may have to wait but IMO it is worth the
  wait. They are also very reasonably priced.

Well, I was going to stay out of the best-pizza-in-dc fray, but I have to
offer some minor corrections here.  I agree that Pizza Paradiso is about as
good as it gets in DC -- real coal-fired brick oven, good crusts, sauce, and
reasonable selection of ingredients.  However, I have three nits to pick
with Jennifer's post.  First, Paradiso is on P St, between 20th and 21st.
Second, you will almost certainly wait -- often as much as 45 minutes or
more.  If you are willing to sit at the counter (good option for 2 or 3
people) then tell them when you check in -- it'll save you a lot of time.
Third, with small (one person) pies running $7-10 and larges (2 people) for
$12-17, I would call this pretty *expensive* pizza.

However, since the nearest *real* pizza (IMNSHO) is Sally's in Wooster
Square (New Haven, CT), I've willing to pay the highway robbery prices and
wait in the ridiculous lines now and then for a reasonable facsimile at
Pizza Paradiso.

Larry

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