That said, we have enough pizza already. How about something a it more creative? I like Pete’s in Columbia Hts just fine, but I can get pizza at 7th Hill.

I’m a big Pete’s fan, and would appreciate it as much for delivery as for a good casual sit down option. It’s well run, very family friendly, and good quality pizza. Nice draft beer options too. As much as I like 7th Hill it doesn’t travel particularly well and is usually best eaten hot and on site (yet does surprisingly ok cold the next day). With Petes’ in the neighborhood I’d probably never step foot in We the Pizza again.

Make no mistake though — it will draw large crowds, tour buses or not, but probably no larger than some of the other spots on the 300 block of Mass.

1. As they have expanded, the consistency and quality of their apizza has gone down. When they were a single location in Columbia Heights, they had a consistently good product that was worthy of the “New Haven style” apizza label. Since expanding to AU Park and Clarendon, they are far less consistent (though still better than almost all the other pizza joints in the greater DC area). I’d hate to see them spread too thin, especially given that Capitol Hill is fairly saturated in artisan pizza places, of late.

2. Having Pete’s in NW has allowed me to force the hand of my Cap Hill friends to leave their cliquey enclave to have apizza with me in Columbia Heights. Give them a Pete’s on The Hill, and they’ll never go back to the original location. That’s not cool.

I don’t take that at face value — maybe they just haven’t told their employees yet — but I really hope it’s true. Our family really loves this place. And we all agree that there is nothing like their Murg Makhani (chicken in red sauce), which is fantastic.

Meanwhile, the LAST thing we need is another pizza place. Bistro Italiano is excellent, and there are plenty of other pizza places nearby.