Darn Good Pizza in Falls Church: Flippin' Pizza

After The Crisis-Laden Visit to the Zoo, we were all hungry and grumpy. Not a great combination, but in the end, we found a great way to fix it.

We decided to try a new pizza place in Falls Church, Flippin' Pizza. It's the local branch of a small chain of New York-style pizza places, and is located in the "Flower Building", the same new building on Route 7 (Broad Street) that now houses the Falls Church Post Office. The address is 800 W Broad St, Fall Church VA, 22046, open 11-10 Sun-Thu and 11-11 Fri/Sat. No delivery, but they do carry out. Dine-in, they have six four-person tables inside and two outside. Just in case you want to make a visit -- which we highly recommend after last night.

Mama Geek has certain standards that must be met by places selling allegedly New York-style pizza, the most important being a thin and crispy crust. She has been seriously disappointed in the pizza offerings we have tried so far in northern VA, all of which have had the wrong crust: too thick, too soggy, and/or too chewy. I also have tests for good pizza-by-the-slice: slices must be foldable along the long axis, must come from an 18" pie, and must have good, simple toppings.

Flippin' Pizza passes the Mama and Daddy Geek tests with flying colors -- it is darn good stuff! We each had a slice of Whitestone (ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, fresh garlic, and a bit of basil) and a slice of Brooklyn (pepperoni, meatball, mushrooms, garlic, red sauce). I also tried a slice of their Triboro (pepperoni, meatball, sausage). They have herbs, pepper flakes, and cheese in shakers available by the drinks machine, and they earn my bonus points by having soda water available from the drinks machine, something I find far too rare at restaurants these days. They also have great music -- we walked in and they were playing "Spirit of Radio" by Rush, and followed it with lots of good mid-1980s stuff.

It also earns the Geek Girl Seal of Approval: she at a full cheese slice, raved over it, and then requested and ate a full second slice! That essentially never happens.

The capper: it's cheap. Seven slices of darn good pizza and three drinks ran us around $18. Oh, yes.

The restaurant is also just within walking distance with Geek Girl, but only just, so we won't be tempted to go back too often.

Even though we already did -- Geek Girl and I had lunch there today. Oh, dear.

In short, Flippin' Pizza is darn good stuff, on a par with Escape From New York Pizza in Portland, OR and Bronx Pizza in San Diego.

Highly recommended by The Geeks. Come visit us and we'll take you there.