Discover the best pizza in Washington

Washington runs a stronger pizza scene than its buttoned-up reputation suggests. The capital was an early East Coast adopter of strict wood-fired Neapolitan, and some of its rooms have held Naples-style certification for close to two decades, well before the style saturated New York.

Neapolitan is the most common style on our map, alongside a growing slice and pan contingent. The rooms spread across the neighborhoods from Capitol Hill out to the northwest quadrant. The city groups under the United States hub.

The most popular pizzeria in the city by review volume is Il Canale, one of 10 we list. DC's early move on certified Neapolitan pizza put it ahead of a lot of larger American cities.

Prices read mid-range. A wood-fired margherita usually lands between 15 and 21 dollars. The spots ranked here are ranked by what people who came for the pizza actually thought, not by which room booked the biggest expense-account crowd.