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1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Southeast · Mary Ellen Diaz

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2. Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Destination Dining · Best of Baltimore
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1. World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant

The line forms before the doors open, which tells you something about a strip-mall pizzeria in suburban Maryland. Tony Conte left fine dining to make neo-Neapolitan pies here, and the blistered crusts show it. A James Beard nominee and a spot on 50 Top Pizza USA, the place punches well past its zip code. The roasted potato and onion pizza, fragrant with rosemary, was named one of the DC area's favorite dishes of 2025.

1. 50 Top Pizza #20 · 50 Top Pizza USA
2. James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Tony Conte
3. Washingtonian Roasted-Potato-and-Onion Pizza · Our Favorite Dishes of the Year in the DC Area

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1. James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Scott Drewno and Danny Lee - The Fried Rice Collective
2. Northern Virgina Magazine The 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia
3. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Scott Drewno and Danny Lee - Fried Rice Collective

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1. The Washington Post The 40 Best Restaurants In and Around D.C.

1. Northern Virgina Magazine The 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia

The onion soup follows Julia Child's recipe and nobody has touched it, which tells you something about the kitchen's instincts. This casually elegant French bistro in Sterling plays with the classics just enough, turning tuna tartare into something that reads like steak, serving Brie crispy, while leaving the soul of the thing intact. The Washingtonian named that tartare one of their favorite DC-area dishes of the year.

1. Washingtonian Tuna Tartare · Our Favorite Dishes of the Year in the DC Area
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1. Northern Virgina Magazine The 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia

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1. Baltimore Magazine 2023 · Foodie Field Trip · Best of Baltimore