Comments on: FOOD: Pie-Tanza, Flippin’, and the Pizza Situation

By: Rachael Harris, Falls Church

Rachael Harris, Falls Church — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:58:11 +0000

The address you have for the new Pizzeria Orso is incorrect. It’s 400 S. Maple Ave. Not 410 S. Maple.

By: Tony Adams - Falls Church - FAIRFAX COUNTY

Tony Adams - Falls Church - FAIRFAX COUNTY — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:20 +0000

To Gerald Pressman of the CITY – In the words of the great film Stripes: “Settle down Francis”

By: Hillel Weinberg, Falls Church

Hillel Weinberg, Falls Church — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:59:36 +0000

I grew up in the Bronx (back when pizza was 15 cents per slice) and like both Flippin and Pie-tanza -- but am also looking forward to welcoming Pizzeria Orso, which now has a Facebook page featuring a link to, um, this very article. (Disclosure: Investors in Pizzeria Orso are friends.)

By: Gary (The Lillte City of Falls Church City)

Gary (The Lillte City of Falls Church City) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:14:41 +0000

Meg,
Thanks for that heads up on gluten free pizza at ZPizza. I will check it out.

By: Andy Rankin (Falls Church)

Andy Rankin (Falls Church) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:49 +0000

Pizzeria Orso’s oven was delivered on May 7th of last year (I saw them moving it in – I work upstairs). I can’t say for sure that that they will open soon (I’ve heard May) but I can say that tons of construction has been going on over the past several weeks. Drilling, hammering, you know, stuff that makes a lot of noise when you’re trying to talk on the phone.

By: Meg Wiant, Falls Church

Meg Wiant, Falls Church — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:46:35 +0000

As somebody who has to eat gluten free, I’d like to put in a good word for ZPizza. It is the only place locally (in the City of Falls Church – that I know of at least) that I can get a gluten free crust, and darn it if it doesn’t taste good. It may be that I’ve forgotten what “real” pizza tastes like, but it was a happy day at my house when we discovered that we had options again. I sing ZPizza’s praises to everybody I know who is on a gluten-restricted diet.

By: Steve (Greater Falls Church)

Steve (Greater Falls Church) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:58:15 +0000

For the record, that oven at Pizzeria Orso sat in the empty space for almost a year. It was a sad, forlorn looking oven, with nothing to keep it company but the dust motes. I will believe it is open when I see it with my own eyes.

By: Ron Peppe (Falls Church City)

Ron Peppe (Falls Church City) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:42:48 +0000

I am with Gordon on this one- I eat way more pizza than I should, and was thrilled when both Pietanza and Flippin opened. My previous gold standard was Il Forno in Frederick and Rockville, Before Flippin and Pietanza, nothing withing a reasonable pick up radius of home came close.

For me it is all about the crust. A little charred, not so soft and doughy, works with most anything on top. I admit I could live on bread- about 15 years ago when you could not find decent Italian bread anywhere close to Frederick where I lived, I used to order bread online and have it shipped frozen. Now, if we could only get a decent bialy in Falls Church!

By: Gordon Theisz, City of Falls Church

Gordon Theisz, City of Falls Church — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:26:21 +0000

I am a Flippin’ fan. I like Pietanza too. I love having a slice warmed right at Flippin’. I like that I can choose from several varieties. They are best eaten right out of the oven, and don’t warm as well at home. My favorite memory was at the Haiti relief fundraiser watching three teens sit down with three boxes, open their individual boxes containing 18″ pies, and start eating right out of the box. That’s good pizza, right there!

Flippin’ is also going to have a shop at the Nationals stadium this summer. I understand the Falls Church store is their top performer nationwide.

By: Gerald Pressman (Falls Church CITY)

Gerald Pressman (Falls Church CITY) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:34 +0000

Hendrik, My note about using Falls Church CITY was directed to the writer of the article. Somehow, you assumed I was talking to you? You’ve now taken the additional step of adding (yes, City, for those who care) to your Falls Church Times address. Congratulations, you’ve been added to the list, going back to 1948, of folks who clearly do not understand the marketing potential of Falls Church CITY as a unique place to shop, dine, do business and start a business. It’s the reason for using CITY when writing about or advertising businesses and activities in Fall Church CITY. I’m sorry this simple marketing concept escapes you and that you seem offended by the use of CITY.

Falls Church is an area of Fairfax County that’s 7 times the size and 10 times the population of the Falls Church CITY. It runs from Tysons Corner to Bailey’s Crossroads and from Lake Barcroft to Seven Corners, and encompasses the ZIP codes of 22041, 22042, 22043, 22044, 22046, 22047. For the most part Falls Church CITY has it’s own ZIP code of 22046. At the absolute minimum, its important to use Falls Church CITY in your business address, if for no other reason than it reduces the search for your business from 14 square miles to 2.2 square miles.

So Hendrik, continue to use Falls Church if you think it’s not important.