Specialty Pizza in Northern Virginia

Take a break from the usual chicken supreme and veggie lovers and savor some of the best specialty pizzas served in Northern Virginia. Epicureans will be delighted with the menu featuring an array of traditional and innovative artisanal pizzas.

American Flatbread

American Flatbread is an acclaimed chain restaurant with six locations sprawled in Virginia, Oregon and Vermont. The Northern-Virginian branch located in Ashburn caters to pizza lovers with a simple menu offering "the best pizza imaginable." Using organic and fresh ingredients from local vendors, the flatbread pizzas are cooked in an earthen oven right in the middle of the room. Along with a side of Greek salad and tapenade bruschetta (made with made Kalamata olive and sun-dried tomato), guests can enjoy the popular New Virginia sausage flatbread baked with naturally-raised Bluemont pork, maple-fennel sausage, sun-dried tomatoes, caramelized onions, mushrooms, three cheeses and herbs.

43170 Southern Walks Plaza
Wynridge Dr. (Suite #110)
Ashburn, VA 20148
Phone: (703) 723-7003

Fireworks Pizza

Located in Arlington and Leesburg, Fireworks Pizza serves awesome wood-fired pizza in Northern Virginia. Washingtonian.com acclaims Fireworks for its "high-quality toppings" and "creative combinations." Menu includes a selection of exclusive signature wood-fired pizzas baked with fresh cheese, nitrate-free pepperoni and salami and organic tomato sauce. Opt for starters like wood-fried shrimps (or the wood-fried mushrooms for the vegetarians) proceed to the French connection pizza featuring toppings like prosciutto, chicken, brie cheese, apples, roasted onions, marinated tomato and a drizzle of Dijon cream. Also, enjoy the wide selection of European and American draft beers, in addition to local wine favorites, cocktails and dessert wines.

While the Leesburg location offers a more casual pizzeria ambiance, the Arlington location features a formal dining room with a contemporary urban setting. Along with the wood-fired favorites, guests have a full bar to indulge in.

201 Harrison St., SE
Leesburg
Phone: 703-779-8400

Pie-Tanza

For gourmet wood-fired pizza and a traditional Italian fare, food lovers may head to Pie-Tanza located in Arlington and Falls Church. The toppings are a delight at Pie Tanza. Along with the traditional mushrooms, onions and peppers, guests will be ecstatic to see roasted garlic, grilled zucchini, fresh herbs, pine nuts, fresh basil, gorgonzola cheese, shaved rosemary and pancetta, to name a few. Also offered are a nice selection of subs, calzones, salads and pastas. The bar menu features bottled and draft beers and house wines.

Lee-Harrison Shopping Center
2503 B N. Harrison Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Phone: (703) 237-0200

Falls Plaza Shopping Center
1216 West Broad St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
Phone: (703) 237-0977

Source(s):
Washingtonian.com