Readers' Choice Dining Guide: Pizza

The Socrates Revenge – minced garlic, spinach, olives, tomatoes, red onions, olive oil and a blend of cheeses – is one of the specialty pizzas available at Dewey’s. (Credit: File)

First, the big hitters you all know and love:

Dewey's
Seven area locations
www.deweyspizza.com
Dewey’s Pizza not only serves up specialty pizzas, but lets patrons watch their pizzas get tossed up in the air by the cooks (they make it look so easy). Create your own pizza with a wide variety of toppings. Or choose from one of the specialty pizzas, like Hawaiian or Edgar Allan Poe (with mushrooms, olives and goat cheese). All the locations offer a selection of beers on tap and wine by the glass or bottle.

LaRosa's Pizzeria
Many, many locations
www.larosas.com
LaRosa's pizza is a favorite among locals, with an original, sweeter sauce and thin or thick crust choices. Calzones, hoagies and pasta meals are also popular choices for your casual night out (or in, seeing as they deliver).

Mio's
Eight area locations
www.miospizza.com
The menu is packed with Italian goodies like cheesy breadsticks and basil bread. Start off with a salad or even make it your meal, with options like the Grilled Chicken Salad or the Antipasto Salad with pepperoni, salami, bacon, black olives and banana peppers. Fill up on a hoagie, pasta dinner or a calzone. But the pizza takes center stage, with many types of specialty pizzas available, such as the Virginia BBQ Chicken pizza or the Chicken Fajita.

Donatos
Many locations
www.donatos.com
The slices are rectangles and you can also get steak hoagies, chicken wings and desert pizzas. Donatos will also cater and some locations will host your party. Oh, and they'll cut triangular slices if you really want.

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