Found a 2007 review of Comet Ping Pong (pizzagate)

submitted ago by ConcernedParent2

Somewhat in the manner of an upstart campaigner, Comet’s arrival has altered the perception of the front-runner. In recent years, complaints about the loud, kid-dominated dining room at 2 Amys had become so strong that the restaurant recently added a kid-free second-floor dining room. Meanwhile, Comet has positioned itself as a thoroughly adult space, as dark and moody as anything in New York’s Soho neighborhood, with a self-conscious design that turns the place into a sly piece of performance art (pizza included). Nothing to stop a ten-year-old from eating here, but there’s no way he’d get it.

http://archive.is/w7jov

Interesting how even they describe it as being a dark and adult space, not "kid friendly".

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AreWeSure ago

I've been arguing for a while now, that Comet has been since its beginnings been an ambitious restaurant and a busy popular restaurant for years. And if it and Bucks were being operated solely as fronts, they wouldn't need to go as far as they do. People were on here saying there must be some other reason other than food that they got on the food network. This review from what appears to be some serious pizzaheads

But it can’t have escaped Pastan’s notice that the arrival of Comet Ping Pong has given Cleveland Park residents two exceptionally good gourmet pizza places—Comet and 2 Amys—to choose from.

The other half, of course, is the pizza. High-quality ingredients aside—Greenwood canned 2,000 pounds of Toigo Farms tomatoes in advance of opening—this is, in the New Haven tradition, a decidedly oily pie, and with a bolder, more vibrant taste than the pizzas at 2 Amys.

Opened just a year, Comet now serves pies that rival those at 2 Amys as the area’s best. For 15 years, if you wanted gourmet pizza in DC, you were limited to buying the Paradiso/2 Amys model with all its assumptions. No longer.

ConcernedParent2 ago

If you read further in that thread, others say Comet isn't good, a common theme I have seen since I've been digging.

AreWeSure ago

Yes, but you have to present the overall picture. The place certainly had its champions regarding the food. That's enough to keep a restaurant legit busy. Also that thread is the pizza cognoscenti. They got a two star review in the Post their most recent time. That's excellent. Yelp reviews are 3.5 out of 5. So more good than bad.

ConcernedParent2 ago

No, after researching a bunch of glowing reviews before PG happened, I have found that lots of the reviewers from big "Pizza snobs" came after JA asked them to review CPP, or they came from magazines/blogs that have a connection with JA or Greenwood. I'm not saying there are no genuine good reviews, but lots of them are biased as hell and definitely not representative of your average customer base.

AreWeSure ago

The Washington Post's restaurant critic is very good and he's given good review at least three different times