We've been voted the best slice in DC by Washington City Paper
Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza is both a chef-driven Italian restaurant specializing in New Haven style pizza, and your neighborhood pizza & beer joint. We take as much pride in being locally-owned and committed to the neighborhoods we’ve chosen for our stores as we do in our culinary pedigree and locally-sourced, all natural ingredients.
At Pete's New Haven Style Pete’s New Haven Apizza was founded by chefs with deep roots in fine dining and the DC food scene. Before opening our neighborhood shop, we cooked in acclaimed kitchens, catered high-profile events, and trained at the Culinary Institute of America. That experience shapes everything we do — from ingredient sourcing to the way we run our kitchen., we blend traditional flavors with a modern twist, serving authentic New Haven style pizza and a diverse menu that celebrates fresh ingredients and bold tastes in a casual dining atmosphere.
We focus on fresh, natural, and locally sourced ingredients. Our monthly specials, slices, antipasti, and soups are built around what’s in season. We grind whole cuts of hormone-free, humanely raised meats from regional farms, shred our own Wisconsin co-op mozzarella to avoid preservatives, and even choose cane-sugar sodas to keep artificial ingredients off your table.
We partner with regional producers like Fifer Orchards for peaches, Hares Valley Growers for basil and pea shoots, Landisdale Farm for cherry tomatoes, and Village Acres Farm for plum tomatoes — all chosen for freshness, quality, and sustainability.
Apizza — pronounced ah-BEETS — is the iconic New Haven–style pizza known for its thin, chewy crust and signature char. It’s the culinary tradition that inspires everything we make.
There are two Petes. Big Pete is co-founder Alicia Mehr’s father, who lived in New Haven, near the East Haven line, until 2014, when he and his lovely bride, also known as Mom, moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to be closer to the family. Little Pete is Alicia’s and co-founder Joel Mehr’s son, a DCPS student (Wilson High Class of 2016), and avowed vegetarian (since age 5). You might see him working at the cash register in Friendship Heights on certain days of the week.
And if your name is Pete and you’re a regular, we’re named for you too.
No. We are locally-owned, not franchised, not interested in franchising, not a chain based in New Haven, and trying not to grow faster than our capability to manage the growth while maintaining the highest standards of food quality and service.
We’ve been asked to open branches as near as Silver Spring (you asked, we did!) and Frederick, and as far as New York, North Carolina, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco. Much as we’d love to live and run a successful business in New York or San Francisco, we’re not planning on leaving the area any time soon. We love metro DC, and we know you need good pizza.
