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2 Amys is still tops, not just for DC, but would be hard to beat anywhere.

I love ordering an onion and olive pie from Vace. Getting a reheated slice does not do any pizza justice. They put the cheese under the tomato sauce here. Carry-out only. Finding excellent pizza can be difficult anywhere, especially if it is not thin crust.

Washington Deli is ok for what it is, but really, not serious at all.

The Atomica at Pizzeria Paradiso is excellent.

All the rest are ok to very good. have not tried Primo Italiano in Reston (mentioned above but this is the first I've heard of it) or American Flatbreads which is the Vermont place now in the VA suburbs which gets high marks.

In public I have a reputation of being a health-conscious eater with sophisticated tastes. But in private, I'm actually a crap-eating junkie. Here's my list of sinful indulgences:

Chef Boyardee's Beefaroni with mozzarella
Kraft's powdered cheddar cheese
Ikea's Swedish Meatballs
Campbell's Condensed Mushroom Soup mixed with rice (I like to refer to it as a poor man's mushroom risotto, lol)
Hungry Man's Salisbury Steak dinner
McDonald's Sausage McGriddle, Big Mac, fries, and chocolate/vanilla soft serve ice cream
Burger King's deep fried apple pies
KFC's Original Fried Chicken, potato and macaroni salads, and honey roasted chicken (I first tasted it back in the 90s during a trip to Saratoga Springs. OMG, it was the best chicken from a fast food place ever. Are these still available in the U.S.???)
Jell-O Pudding
Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookies
any Pizza Hut pizza (love the greasy crust!)
Red Lobster (all the ones in Montreal closed over 20 years ago. I miss those garlic cheese biscuits!)
canned sardines with French's mustard
canned liver pate spread with Miracle Whip on white bread
Cherry Coke
and a Canadian product: McCain's Triple Chill desserts
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God, I feel like such a fraud...

You have to go outside DC to get the best pizza. Primo Italiano in Reston, VA just outside DC has the best pizza by far.

I also strongly recommend Crozet Pizza outside of Charlottesville if you are ever in that area. You need a reservation because they only cook one pizza at a time.

Moroni is pretty decen but in the middle of no where is right. Pretty sure that Dora (from paradisio at Dupont) and her husband own the place - both learned pizza at Paradisio. And yes, Vaca is fine good serviceable slice pizza served up in a fine italian deli. And Red Rocks is two blocks west of the same Metro (Columbia heights) as pete's.

Santoslhalper - yes, I've heard good things about Vace. Again, I wish there were more these places close into downtown where I work. I can only go to those other places in mid town or uptown on the weekends when I have some time.

has anyone been to the Washington Deli on 19th and K St? I keep hearing from other sites how they sell good slices.

O, and by the way, Spike is a stiff and the money comes from his family. In general, he got nothin'.

Awesome! The food & service at Good Stuff is better when he's not around, so if he has something new to distract him, maybe he won't show up over here on the Hill for a while. As for what kind of an oven to have, he likes to leave his deliveries out in the back alley (DC has cited him twice for it, & he responded with the "Back Alley Burger"), so perhaps he could assemble the pizzas & just toss them outside to bake in the sun for a while...

2 amy's is awesome, probably the best pizza in dc.

ugh....I dunno if DC needs someone to open up some fancy pizzeria who cleary hasn't educated himself enough. "Naploean" pizza? It's bad enough that Vapiano's opened up here in the Gallery Place area.

I wish DC had more places mom and pop places downtown where you can just get a good slice. Supposedly, Alberto's over in Dupont Circle has decent slices, but I can't get over there during lunch hour without coming back to the office late.

Crunchy Cheetos
Ritz crackers with real butter
Cookie dough
Extra crunchy peanut butter right out of the jar w/a spoon
Vanilla wafers and canned cake frosting
Cocktail peanuts
Krystal cheeseburgers
Taco Bell Nachos Bell Grande
Chocolate covered peanuts or raisins

I have a cheese-fried and sausage theme......just realized!
Kraft sharp E-Z cheese from the can. Eat from the can, but prefer to spell out family names as well as make shapes on triscut crackers.
Golden Flake(Southern staple) crunchy AND puff cheese curls
Biscuits and sausage gravy if I make it. Rare to find the good stuff!
Popeyes-everything!
Hot thin french fries loaded on top with sharp cheese
Homemade onion rings
Baked Garlic cheese grits-not instant
Ina Gartens Chicken Pot Pie. The best!!!!
Sausage cheeseballs made with hot sausage, bisquick, and cheese

Tater tots, Oreos, and Peeps. There, I've said it. But how did liverwurst get to be a guilty pleasure? Maybe it was all the years I spent in Milwaukee, but for me a decent liverwurst is just pate with a working class label.