Published January 17, 2012
Fuel Efficient
Two Floors of Late-Night Pizza and Wings
Pizza from a gas station: usually a desperation play. But a New York–style pizza joint dressed up like a
gas station: a different proposition entirely. So here are the essential stats and facts about
Fuel
Pizza, the quick-serve slice-and-wings spot on K, soft-open as of today.
5: Vintage fuel pumps on the two floors, recovered from actual gas stations and farms,
American
Pickers–style, along with
a veritable bonanza of fan
belts, oil cans and mid-century gas signs.
19: Specialty pies
on the menu,
like the lunch-ready
Veggie Whole Wheat, and the more late-night-focused
Ultimate
Pepperoni (two layers of the stuff).
6: Minimum number of pies you can get by the slice at any hour.
12: Varieties of wings, like
Asian Chili and
Hot Honey BBQ.
1: Variety of wings with an unprintable name (that would be the
#!^%@< Hot!
wings).
3: Obvious nods to DC in their local menu, namely
Old Bay wings, the
Old Bay
Crab Bake Pizza and
George Washington’s Cherry Pie—basically a round of pizza dough topped
with cherry pie filling.
0: Number of beers you can get right now.
22: Number of beers you’ll be able to get later this week, once their license comes
through.
2: Frozen cocktails that will soon be available—a frozen margarita and a slushy hard
lemonade.
40: Approximate rise in the temperature—in degrees—before you’re in the mood for a
slushy hard lemonade.
VITALS
Fuel Pizza
1606 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-659-3835
official website