U Street

Pizzeria Vetri’s website says:

“Keeping in line with the Vetri Family’s signature style of only utilizing the finest and freshest ingredients from the farm, sea and market, and making just about everything in-house from scratch—including the salumi, sauces and dough—Pizzeria Vetri features a feast of seasonal pizza pies ranging from the classic Margherita with basil, mozzarella and tomato sauce to the Salsiccia with fennel sausage, roasted fennel, tomato and mozzarella. In addition to the thin-crust selection, Pizzeria Vetri also serves up a thicker, rectangle “pizza of the day.”

While Pizzeria Vetri’s custom-made, wood-fired Renato oven cranks out pizzas to order that’s certainly not the only thing it can do. A true workhorse, the oven also produces roasted salads, calzones and the dish Philadelphia Inquirer restaurant critic Craig Laban proclaimed was his “single greatest morsel” of 2013, the Rotolo, a crispy pinwheel of pizza dough filled with ricotta and house-made mortadella topped with pistachio pesto.

Save room for dessert as a decadent oven-baked Nutella Pizza topped with marshmallow, and a selection of seasonal cookies and soft-serve ice cream are available to order. For beverages, Pizzeria Vetri offers a selection of wines on tap, hand-bottled cocktails and craft beers.”

You can see their menu here.

Before:

2204 14th Street, NW

Thanks to a reader for sending. Sakerum is the new “two-story, 3,300-square-foot resto-lounge is based on the Japanese concept of the izakaya, a warm, welcoming gastropub, tinged with the flair of a Latin lounge.” Updates when an exact opening date is announced.

looking north to Florida Ave

11th and U Street, NW

Thanks to all who emailed about the new signage/mural:

“Looks like Solly’s and Sloppy Mama’s might be extending their partnership, as you hinted in your earlier post.”

1506 U Street, NW

The conversion from Cake Love is complete:

1330 U Street, NW

From a press release:

“Fainting Goat to Host Intimate Swiss-Inspired Raclette Party, A Tableside Melted Cheese Fest + Dipping Accoutrements and Ice Cold Brews

Diners can cozy up around a sizzling cheese-filled skillet with a cold beer and good company as Chef Nathan Beauchamp introduces Raclette Parties

WHAT: Deep in the valley of the Swiss Alps, the Raclette tradition was born,
where local herdsmen would set up camp in the colder months and melt cheese on rocks near an open fire to fill their bellies and keep warm. When The Fainting Goat’s Executive Chef Nathan Beauchamp visited a dear friend and cheesemaker in Switzerland several years back, he too was introduced to this delicious, family-celebrated and age-old tradition, which he has decided to bring to the District for one night only in true Swiss fashion. On Friday, March 11th at 8:00 PM, The Fainting Goat will open its doors for their very first Swiss-inspired Raclette Party, an evening chock full of copious amounts of gooey melted cheese, dippable accoutrements, Butterscotch budino, ice cold beer and the finest DC company for $65 a person. (more…)