This article made me think of Keith & V.'s on-again off-again quest for terrific pizzas. Any "best of" list is subjective, of course, but I was dismayed that there was no New Jersey pizza, and hoping against hope that he might recommend some great DC/MD/VA pizza (an elusive beast that may or may not exist).
Keith, do you guys still go on the occasional hunt for good pies? And Joe, have you found any worthwhile pizza places in Maryland?
Pizza Quest
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Ooh, ooh!
What a shitty list, haha. But nah, it's cool, I have only had two of those pies (maybe three; I can't remember which much-lauded mediocre place I ate at in New Haven, Sally's or Frank Pepe's). Una Pizza Napoletana in NYC makes a great margherita pie, whereas A16 in San Francisco is nothing to really write home about.
As for New Jersey pizza. I think the thing about pizza in Jersey is that the really beloved places are unpretentious and homey, and the most famous are mostly that specialty known as the "bar pie." The bar pie is a pizza that is super thin crust and traditionally served in bars. Some great examples of this style are Star Tavern in Orange (Vicky thinks they put way too much greasy cheese on the pie), Pete and Elda's/Carmen's in Neptune (the unexpectedly long wait sabotaged our feelings about the pizza), and Kinchley's Tavern in Ramsey (awesome restaurant, awesome pizza). But what I'm saying is that there's not as much fancy-pants margherita pizza like Anthony Mangieri at UPN or Chris Bianco at his eponymous shop in Phoenix are putting out. Don't get me wrong, not trying to denigrate those guys; they are making amazing pizza. It's just not how Jersey does things. :)
If you want to look for places in your area, here's a great pizza site:
http://slice.seriouseats.com/
However, I did a quick search and nothing came up by you. Unfortunately D.C. and Baltimore are not really pizza towns.
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