Here are some of my favorite places to go for a delicious bowl of pasta or slice of pizza (and a hearty glass of red wine):

Rosario (Italian) | 2435 18th Street NW
Floriana (Italian) | 1602 17th Street NW
Sfoglina (Italian) | 4445 Connecticut Avenue NW
Etto (Italian) | 1541 14th Street NW
Menomale (Pizza, Italian) | 33 N Street NE
Acqua Al 2 (Italian) | 212 7th Street SE
Osteria Morini (Italian) | 301 Water Street SE
Centrolina (Italian) | 974 Palmer Alley NW
Reveler’s Hour (Italian) | 1775 Columbia Road NW
Trattoria al Volo (Italian) | 3417 Connecticut Avenue NW
Filomena Ristorante (Italian) | 1063 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Fiola Mare (Seafood & Italian) | 3050 K Street NW
Pupatella (Pizza) | 1801 18th Street NW
Ghibellina (Italian) | 1610 14th Street NW
Obelisk (Italian) | 2029 P Street NW
Timber Pizza Co (Pizza) | 809 Upshur Street NW
2 Amy’s (Pizza) | 3715 Macomb Street NW
All-Purpose Pizza (Pizza) | 1250 9th Street NW
Graffiato (Italian) | 707 6th Street NW
Pizzeria Paradiso (Pizza) | 2003 P Street NW
District of Pi (Pizza) | 910 F Street NW
Ella’s Wood Fired Pizza (Pizza) | 610 9th Street NW
Sugo Osteria (Italian) | 12505 Park Potomac Avenue, Potomac