Restaurants

Restaurants

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Here are a few other places whose pizza Eve Zibart recommends:

Extra Virgin

4053 Campbell Ave. in the Village of Shirlington, Arlington; 703-998-8474. Entrees $14-$24; pizzas $8-$11.

It's hard being both a local bar and a family restaurant, but Extra Virgin manages pretty well. Yes, the oil is good, but the food isn't swimming in it (unless you dip the bread in that oil, Parmesan and pepper plate, and you should). Try the veal-stuffed ravioli, the sweet roasted onion with sausage, risottos, wood-fired pizzas and the veal chop in porcini glaze. Pastas are made in-house and often outshine sauces. If you hang out at the bar, the bruschetta and calamari are your friends.

Giuseppi's Pizza Plus

199-L E. Montgomery Ave. (in Regal Row), Rockville; 301-424-0413. Metro: Rockville. Subs and pizzas $4.50-$21.75.

It's not advertised as low-sodium, but Giuseppi's pizza crust and tomato sauce both squeak by on a pinch of salt (as do the sub rolls, it seems), and that might be a big advantage for some customers. For the rest of us, there are plenty of toppings to alter the flavor balance, including notably crisp, greaseless crumbled bacon. (In fact, the white pizza with tomatoes, bacon and spinach will delight BLT fans.) Prefer your own delivery service? Get the pizza "half-baked" and carry out.

Liberty Tavern

3195 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703-465-9360. Metro: Clarendon. Entrees $15-$29; pizzas $10-$14.

If this heartland-American menu has a mission, it's to showcase market-fresh produce, artisan cheeses and natural flavorings, and that's apple pie to me. Pledge organic allegiance to pizza with white cheddar, prosciutto, sage and Granny Smith apples; figs with watercress and blue cheese; hanger steak with black-eyed pea and corn succotash; shellfish pasta with chilies, mint and fennel pollen; molasses-cornmeal bread; and Amish-raised pan-roasted chicken -- you'll feel better for it.

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