Graffiato's

707 Sixth St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-289-3600
http://graffiatodc.com/

I stopped in for a happy hour and stayed at the bar downstairs. After some inventive and generally very tasty drinks, we tried some of the bar food. The drinks I tried were tasty, but not overly sweet or girly. My favorite was the Hot in the City, which is a small mug full of pear cider with rye whisky, honey, and spices. It was extremely good. The Smashing Pumpkin was interesting, but just solid, the Graffiato Market Punch was very good. Others had the D.C. Mule and the Saged and Confused, with the Mule being very well liked.

The food was very good as well. First, some of us got some flat bread with dip at the bar. As simple as it was, the bread was impressively good. Warm, toasty, flavorful.
We then moved onto the pizzas, which are good sized,but thin brick oven style. My first taste was of the Countryman with black truffle, fontina, farmed soft egg ($18). It may be a bit pricey for a pizza, this is one of the best pizzas in DC (perhaps the best). Rich, but not too rich, flavorful, balanced. The other pizzas were also quite good, one was the Vermont with melted leeks, farmhouse cheddar, bacon, baby potatoes ($15) and the other is either off the menu or I don't remember it enough to identify it, but it was a more of a classic white pizza. Both were deserving of being pridefully served at any top pizza place.

Washingtonian's Full Review (October 2011)