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2amys
This neighborhood pizzeria is a little out of the way, but worth the trek if you're in the mood for some of the best gourmet pizza in the city. The margarita pizza is truly an orgasm for the senses, made with freshly ripped basil, sweet tomatoes, smoky mozzarella and high-quality sea-salt and olive oil. Not in the mood for pizza? 2Amys offers delicious small plates and creamy desserts.
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A La Lucia
Dishing up a winning concoction of uncomplicated Italian at affordable prices inside a vibrant dining hall, this newbie restaurant has already made a name for itself. Plates are of the generous grandma's kitchen variety - heaping portions of spaghetti bolognaise, rich lasagna, and veal masala. The ambiance is refined in the back, all white table clothes and low lighting and a stunning wine bar. In the front room it's all about color; walls are bright and decked with original pieces.
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Café Milano
DC's most famous people-watching spot, it draws everyone from high-class call girls to diplomats and white house insiders for Italian food like you find in Italy, but more importantly the opportunity to see and be seen. Followers of mode and mafia fight for prime tables and service can be snotty. If you want to be treated like royalty you'd better dress the part.
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Coppi's Organic
This old-school U Street restaurant fires up the wood-burning oven nightly to serve perfectly crusted, crispy pizzas along with other seasonal, generally tasty Italian delicacies. The owner is crazy about bicycles; the cozy restaurant is jammed with bikes and cycling memorabilia. It gets packed on weekends when locals flock in to partake in Italian dishes and good cheap wines. The only downer is that non-pizza mains may seem a bit overpriced.
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Pasta Mia
People line up on the sidewalk for generous servings of 20-some kinds of pasta made the way your mother does (if she is an Italian gourmand). The heaps of delicious pasta are worth the long waits and brusque treatment, which are all part of the experience.
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Pizzeria Paradiso
This casual restaurant serves wood-oven Neapolitan-style pizzas with scrumptious toppings to crowds of starving patrons with rave results. The pizza crust is perfect - light, crisp and a little flaky. Great people-watching from the big plate glass windows, popular happy hours and a hand picked beer and ale selection heighten the appeal. Still thirsty? Check out the cool basement beer bar. There's a second location in Dupont Circle.
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Sesto Senso
Early in the evening, this restaurant is ideal for a business lunch or romantic dinner. The Northern Italian menu is authentic and affordable, featuring delicious, lightly fried calamari, fresh vegetarian pastas and thin, crispy pizzas. After hours, the Euros show up in all their finery to dance the night away.
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