We, The Pizza, a Local Franchise in Several Area Locations - Run by Sunnyside Restaurant Group

[plunk]

Thanks for the objective review, GennaroE.

[csirwillis]

Do they charge that ridiculous "environmental fee" like they do at the burger place?

Pizza Mart in Adams Morgan has a slice for 5 bucks and its like 3 slices into one..and its foldable..but if he wants NY Stye pizza then he needs to get tap water from the NY city to make the dough.

[lion]

Had a slice of regular cheese pizza last night. Crust and cheese were thick and had no flavor. The few pieces of basil leaves seemed to be added afterward it was warmed up. I'd say it left no impression on me other than reminding me of pizza in high school. I did enjoy the cream soda, lightly sweet and tasty.

The place is pretty inside and it kind of has a retro charm to it evoking memories of black and white photographs of NY style diners and pizza places from the 1940s and 50s. However with the loud music and talking going on inside, it was hard to place an order.

In the area, I would go Seventh Hill, Matchbox, and then We, the Pizza.

[Ferhat Yalcin]

I wonder if Spike reads this board!! It would help him correct his many issues.

[Ericandblueboy]

Sure, the burgers aren't, and the pizzas aren't likely to be either, but you're just going to assume it's not worth eating before it even opens? You're not only going to not give the place a fair chance, but chastise people who DO give it a fair chance? How can you offer anything resembling a worthwhile opinion if you're going to negatively assess places you won't even try once?

Ever heard of fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me? You're suggesting that I keep throwing money at Spike in the hopes he can actually turn out something decent. Yes, I'm telling people, don't throw your money away feeding the troll.

[DonRocks]

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Anyone know how Pupatella is doing these days? I mean, I suppose I could tell you because I went today for about the fifth or sixth time, but ... nah, I'll leave it to the experts.

(I haven't yet been to We, The Pizza, so unfortunately I have nothing of substance to add to this conversation.)

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ETA: My mistake. Here ya go!

Edited August 7, 2010 by DonRocks

[lion]

I wonder if Spike reads this board!! It would help him correct his many issues.

Most likely he doesn't feel there are many issues, the place was packed. I don't think his aim is to be the best 'pizza' restaurant in a certain style, rather the plan is to fill a certain kind of image of a food and promote a life style brand as they say. For example, I feel the same way about Kushi Izakaya, though the quality there is much better. Both places are aiming towards an image of a particular kind of food and the overall experience of eating there. Frankly, so far they both are very successful in their intention. It's not my thing, but that's ok.

[mdt]

Most likely he doesn't feel there are many issues, the place was packed. I don't think his aim is to be the best 'pizza' restaurant in a certain style, rather the plan is to fill a certain kind of image of a food and promote a life style brand as they say. For example, I feel the same way about Kushi Izakaya, though the quality there is much better. Both places are aiming towards an image of a particular kind of food and the overall experience of eating there. Frankly, so far they both are very successful in their intention. It's not my thing, but that's ok.

Exactly. As long as he is making coin why would he change anything?

[Hannah]

A month or so on from the last post, sounds like they may have addressed some of their consistency issues. The crust on both the slices I got was appropriately chewy, the white pizza had plenty of roasted garlic flavor, and the sauce/crust/cheese ratio on the roasted tomato and mozzarella pizza seemed right on. I've been to Good Stuff once and haven't bothered returning despite the fact that I work a block and a half away, but We the Pizza is worth a return trip.

[fuzzy510]

I've been to Good Stuff once and haven't bothered returning despite the fact that I work a block and a half away, but We the Pizza is worth a return trip.

This basically sums up my thoughts. We, The Pizza does NY-style street pizza better than Good Stuff does burgers, and while it's not as good of a product as a place like Orso, 2Amys or even Paradiso, there are some times when I just want a simple slice of cheese NY-style pizza, and I'd be lying if I said that I didn't think We, The Pizza did a pretty good job of it.

The sodas, however, haven't knocked my socks off the couple times I've been there. For my money, the best pairing of entree and non-fountain-soda beverage of Spike's two joints is almost certainly a slice from We, The Pizza and a Good Stuff milkshake.

[Pat]

I'm happy to have a place nearby to get pizza by the slice. It was actually busier than I expected when I stopped in today just before 3 for a slice of mushroom and one pepperoni. The mushroom seemed a bit on the dry side. It appeared moist but tasted dry, if that makes any sense. The pepperoni was more balanced and gave off a slight amount of grease (not in a bad way).

The space feels more comfortable to me than Good Stuff and I have to say I like the restaurant more. They do charge the enviro fee here too, but it bothered me less, since my eat-in order didn't come surrounded with disposable packaging.

Downstairs, the music was deafeningly loud, though it was fine upstairs.

[Tweaked]

A mostly successful trip to We The Pizza this past weekend. we hit it around 4:30 on a Saturday and there was no line.

we ordered three slices:

Artichoke - solid, but nothing wow about it

Pepperoni - good slice of pepperoni

White - excellent, by far the winner, good flavor, very rich when you get a bite of ricotta.

The bottom crust was nicely crisp and browned on the bottom. However, we were not happy with the big round of pillowy outer edge crust, kinda boring, alot to chew on, could have used some more cooking/char.

Beer: The We the Pizza beer is god awful...if they made a Bud Light Amber, it might taste like We the Pizza beer.

So all in all, considering all the hype, if the lines aren't too long, and you cut off the outer crust, and you don't order their beer...it's a pretty good slice!

[weinoo]

So all in all, considering all the hype, if the lines aren't too long, and you cut off the outer crust, and you don't order their beer...it's a pretty good slice!

Wow, makes me want to rush right over.

[wlohmann]

Got three pies from here for an office meeting - - they were ready on time and nice and hot even after being driven back to 15th and G. Got regular cheese, pepperoni and the roasted tomato and fresh mozz.

As NY Style street pizza goes, this was awfully good- -sauce tasted fresh, nice balance of sauce and high quality cheese, crust a tad sweet but not too - - a little "puffier" than I typically like or see in good NY (or better yet, NJ) slice. Not perfect but the bar is not very high in DC for this kind of pizza and these pies more than cleared it.

Best of this genre in DC for me, though, remains Valentino's in Alexandria.

Walt

[tobychun]

My latest pizza experiences are We, the Pizza and Pupatella. I prefer the quality of Pupatella's pizzas and the ability to customize your pizza (did not see this option on We, the Pizza's website, unless I was missing something). But the quality at We, the Pizza was pretty decent, and I like how you can get a bigger size pie there.

[Pat]

Of the three types of slices I have tried, pepperoni has been the clear winner. I stopped in this afternoon while very hungry and saw an employee pull a pizza from the oven and put it on one of the display rounds. I looked and it was cheese pizza, which I hadn't before tried. Since it had just been baked, I figured it was the fastest piece I could get, so that's what I ordered. There were no other customers around.

The vibrating pager I was given went off almost immediately, which I figured was because the pizza was already ready for me. A piece came out, which I thought was mine, until I realized it had white (goat?) cheese on it. An employee told me I'd have to wait until they could put my pizza in the oven for a few minutes before they could serve it. This made me a little nuts since I'd ordered what I did because it just came out of the oven.

Anyway, a few minutes later, I had a meh slice of cheese pizza with a flabby crust. I added some Parmesan and pepper flakes from the shakers and had a meh slice of pizza with Parmesan and pepper flakes.

Maybe someday I'll try getting a whole pizza, but there are other places nearby to get whole pizzas. The benefit of this place is--or should be--slices. (When I complained about the lack of these in the neighborhood, somebody told me i could get slices at Pizza Boli .)

I really want to like the slices of pizza here . The pepperoni was down to only a couple of slices on display. Given that I had to wait for heating anyway, I guess I should have just gone for that.

[cheezepowder]

A location opened yesterday at 2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA (via Spike's tweet).

[hopsing]

I walked by the new We the Pizza in Ballston.  Looks like they are open now... sort of.  There were lots of pizzas on display and a sign that said be gentle with the trainees.  Some people were seated and eating.