Pupatella - Arlington

When you visit after moving 2000 miles away, it?s one of those places you get excited to visit. The sausage arancini has a wonderfully salty, crispy crust with a gooey center. It?s seriously hard to go wrong. The margherita pizza is simple and delicious. The onion tart pizza is surprisingly sweet and savory with the caramelized onions and bacon atop a tender crust and Gruyère cheese.

Looking for Neapolitan pizza? You will find it here. Thin crust, slightly charred, baked in stone oven. You can see the life feed of the pizzaiolos stretching the dough while you wait, which is not that much, 10 mins. The place offers lots of options for pizza based on 2 sauces: red white. This time we tried the calabrese and spinach, respectively. The service is fast and good. I see myself returning for more pizza here.

Delicious. Reminded me of when I went to Naples and ordered 2 pizzas at the top two places. I?d say if you live in the DC metropolitan area you can save several thousand dollars by skipping your Naples trip and coming here. However, it?s easy to enjoy it so much that you?ll use those same thousands of dollars on pizza here. They even have a TV live feed from the main dining area so you can see your creation being made.

The place doesn?t look very impressive, but the food was actually pretty good. The pizza was freshly made, and you can see the oven when entering the door. We also enjoy the brussels sprouts. Since it?s made to order, it takes some time to wait for the food (probably ~20 minutes), so it?s better to come here when you are not in a rush.

The service of each clerk is very proactive and friendly. It feels like a small Italian shop. The taste of the food is not as Italian, it is very ordinary. The pizza dough does not display the characteristics and flavor of the 900-degree log oven. It may be due to the different raw materials and fermentation methods. It feels too clean and lacks the flavor of Italian small shops. My favorite for the whole meal is the salad, the vegetables are very fresh. Ice cream and