This Arlington wine bar keeps neighbors coming back for its red pizzas, which use San Marzana tomatoes—arguably the most flavorful kind to use. White pizzas come with mushroom and olive or fontina, garlic and chile flake.

The Shops at Georgetown’s newest bowling and bocce post serves up a mean ahi tuna flat bread, keeping eaters fueled up for their next strike. Pizzas like BBQ chicken and Italian beef are all $14 and under.

Park View residents rave over Mothership’s Cuban Pizza, which comes with roast pork, Virginia ham, swiss, pickles, and mustard Béchamel—an ode to Chef Stephan Boillon’s early days growing up in Southern Florida. Vegetarian pizza lovers opt for the fingerling potato pizza with roasted cauliflower, swiss chard, tomato and fontina.

Eater checked in with the kitchen at this longtime Wilson Boulevard staple to find out what pizza’s most popular: It’s hands down the Vermont, which has had years-long staying power on the menu and is topped with Cabot white cheddar, smoked prosciutto, caramelized onions, granny smith apples and sage. The newest pie is the Meatball, packed with pickled banana peppers and scamorza.

The pizza, topped with famous San Marzano tomatoes, is one reason D.C.’s power players keep coming back to this elite restaurant. The signature Café Milano comes with baby artichokes, seasonal mushrooms, ham and Gaeta olives. The $18 pie is dinner for a hungry senator but may be too big for the ladies who lunch.

Dupont’s health conscious crowd flocks to Hotel Palomar’s upscale eatery for its gluten free lunch menu, which includes the Margherita, Quattro Stagioni (tomato, parma cotta ham, artichoke, olives, mushrooms, basil, mozzarella) or Funghi. (The gluten free crust costs $2 extra.)

Since 2000, the Chef Geoffs brand has expanded from D.C. into Maryland and Virginia, mastering the pizza pies tucked into its diverse American menu along the way. Simple yet effective toppings like chorizo and thick cut pepperoni keep busy patrons full, from Tysons Corner to Rockville. Try them at happy hour for a discount.

Pizza goes great with beer, and Mad Fox's pies also are an asset for the family-friendly vibe of this Falls Church bar. There's a new chef at Mad Fox, so time will tell what he does with the pizza program, but current menu offerings include The Garlic Pig (with bacon, garlic and pepperoni) and the Grand Funk (with taleggio, mushrooms and garlic).

Should Arcuri be billed as a pizza place? It's debatable, but the restaurant is more of a neighborhood joint and Italian restaurant. Don't miss the pizza menu, though, with pies like the Smokey, with smoked buffalo mozzarella, guanciale, smoked pepperoni and scallions.