I went to Pete's New Haven Style Apizza yesterday for lunch (it's on the southeast corner of 14th and Irving) and had a pretty decent white clam slice. I've had better, but for by-the-slice pizza it's quite good. I think the "Yalie" at Comet Ping Pong is a better entrant in the DC clam genre, but that's not a very convenient location.
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Pete's
11 May 2008 11:56 am
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But how does it compare to Pepe's?
Pepe's cannot be equaled. The only good thing about New Haven.
I propose "white clam slice" as MY's new sobriquet.
Trayf.
What if we kept the senators, congressmen and governors as superdelegates but tossed the DNC staff? I think the ratio of elected to supers would be more legit, but they'd still be there to break a tie.
Yeah, SABD, because clams are so un-Italian.
I've always felt like by-the-slice pizza just isn't worth it, unless the place has such a high volume that they're making new slice pies every few minutes. Otherwise they just sit under heat lamps for who knows how long. Much better to bring a friend and get a whole pie fresh from the oven!
Is this an effort to compete with Andrew's vanilla scone entry in the effete urban elitist contest?
I tried it yesterday, too. The decor is a pretty yuppie, but the pizza is really good.
I agree with thompsaj, though. Some pizza holds up well as slices, but New Haven style is so thin, it gets a little too crispy for my taste on the second warm-up trip to the oven. Still very good, but a whole pie is better. (Especially because it's not very substantial- one or two slices won't go very far.)
The only good thing about New Haven.
Oh, we've got a half-decent university, too.
KCinDC,
Don't feel bad. You live in a city that is for food what Paris is to rodeo so you're sad ignorance can be excused.
I'm Italian. I like clams. I like spumoni too. Guess what? Neither belongs on pizza!
Clams belong on pizza like, oh, Janet Napalitano belongs on Obama's ticket. Like George W. Bush belongs in the White House. Like marinara sauce belongs on canoli (though, yes, they're both Italian.)
Get it?
How are clams so very different from anchovies which are good?
Why, clams belong on pizza . . .
Like, oh, apostrophe-R-E belong on the end of "you" when the writer intends the possessive "your"!
IT'S JUST WRONG!
Trev',
For one thing, you can get anchovies cheap and easy. And they'll be pretty good for what they are - mere anchovies. A lame fish packed in salt and brine. A food with a shelf-life more appropriate for Diet-Coke than seafood.
Two: texture.
And, yeah, three: taste. If your clam tastes like an anchovy it's been put through some major processing. If you go to a restaurant and the clams taste like anchovies you might want to think about going to a different T.G.I.-Fridays. Cause, well, that's the level restaurant you're at.
You probably want to stick to screaming about the Jews, dude. Alas, your ignorance of food rivals your ignorance of, oh say, literature.
Keep constantly posting though! Too funny!
Never forget: you're our buffoon and we can't get enough!
TAS, you're such a bright boy! And, never forget - you're MY precious little assclown. and, believe me -getting the blood off your suit wasn't easy. We love it when you share your tormented guttersnipings bent over reading Unhappy Turd Monthly as we drive home another salient point.
You are a douche Trevor. Sorry!
Heh, you're sorry?! Look, son, when I rooted around in Mama Heh's bun with that dipstick and found that crumpled up report card - I had no idea it was a douche. An "F" in deportment. Ai yi yi. Je suis tres desolle.
Christ, Matt, I was thinking of ordering a pizza tonight - and now you've ruined it by suggesting CLAMS could be on a pizza!
You're one sick puppy, Yglesias!
NO CLAMS! I mean, NO CLAMS! You put clams on that thing and you're in big trouble, dude!
(Two points for the movie reference!)
Still anything beats Dominoes --
You can't be serious. DC is, pound for pound, arguably the second-best ethnic food city in America (second only to NYC). It's an awful city for fine dining but it more than makes up for it with ethnic food.
Uh, I was actually going to Domino's...
Large Meatza Feast, that's me.
I've been served seafood pizza (mussels, shrimp, clams) and Chinese stir-fry pizza.
White clam sauce on pizza seems tame.
I am a New Haven pizza fan and I'm going to have to try this place. As for the New Haven joints, I thought the whole Pepe's vs. Sally's thing was boring and the lines were way too long. Modern Apizza was my favorite.
Oh, we've got a half-decent university
"Half-decent" sounds about right.
The apizza is good folks! I've been waiting for a decent slice in D.C. for a LONG time. It's not a Brooklyn slice, it's not Pepe's, and it certainly isn't Dominoes. But for the slice-deprived people who know what good pizza can be, Pete's is pretty damn good.
Regarding the clam slice? I was skeptical, but I tried it. F'ing delicious. To all you bullsh*t pizza know-it-alls out there looking down your nose on the idea, STFU, taste the damn thing.. and THEN comment on it.
The apizza is good folks! I've been waiting for a decent slice in D.C. for a LONG time. It's not a Brooklyn slice, it's not Pepe's, and it certainly isn't Dominoes. But for the slice-deprived people who know what good pizza can be, Pete's is pretty damn good.
Regarding the clam slice? I was skeptical, but I tried it. F'ing delicious. To all you bullsh*t pizza know-it-alls out there looking down your nose on the idea, STFU, taste the damn thing.. and THEN comment on it.
The apizza is good folks! I've been waiting for a decent slice in D.C. for a LONG time. It's not a Brooklyn slice, it's not Pepe's, and it certainly isn't Dominoes. But for the slice-deprived people who know what good pizza can be, Pete's is pretty damn good.
Regarding the clam slice? I was skeptical, but I tried it. F'ing delicious. To all you bullsh*t pizza know-it-alls out there looking down your nose on the idea, STFU, taste the damn thing.. and THEN comment on it.
The apizza is good folks! I've been waiting for a decent slice in D.C. for a LONG time. It's not a Brooklyn slice, it's not Pepe's, and it certainly isn't Dominoes. But for the slice-deprived people who know what good pizza can be, Pete's is pretty damn good.
Regarding the clam slice? I was skeptical, but I tried it. F'ing delicious. To all you bullsh*t pizza know-it-alls out there looking down your nose on the idea, STFU, taste the damn thing.. and THEN comment on it.
Oh, we've got a half-decent university, too.
The only one I can think of is the University of New Haven, but that is not actually in New Haven.
I'm guessing, BTW, that this is not the place to recount the homophobic anti-Yale taunt that we used to hear at ECAC hockey games.
To those who say pizza on clams isn't Italian - seems like plenty of Italians would disagree:
Gah! Pizza on clams? You know what I meant.
Need more coffee.
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To those who say pizza on clams isn't Italian - seems like plenty of Italians would disagree
The point isn't that it's not authentic Italian--the point is that it's ghastly, authentic Italian or not.
I don't go in for authenticity much myself, but I was addressing "Still anything beats Dominoes," who seemed to invoke his being Italian.
As for the thing on its merits, it's not ghastly. It's delightful. It tastes like the fucking sea. With bacon.
I was addressing "Still anything beats Dominoes," who seemed to invoke his being Italian.
Tom Monaghan is many things, but one thing he isn't is Italian.
Let's try that again. I was addressing the poster "Still anything beats Dominoes," who wrote:
I'm Italian. I like clams. I like spumoni too. Guess what? Neither belongs on pizza!
Who said anything about Tom Monaghan?
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Yeah, cause when you think pizza you think CLAMS!
(I guess they were out of chocolate-chip with apple-sauce pizza, huh? My lord!)
Posted by still anything beats Dominoes | May 11, 2008 12:14 PM