Red Rocks Firebrick Pizzeria, Washington, D.C.

No sooner had I gotten home last night from a long afternoon in the hot summer sun at a street festival downtown, than did Joel (who lives in the condominiums across the street) call me and want to go to dinner at the pizzeria up the street. I talked him into letting me have a moment to hop in the shower first, and then we walked up the street to Red Rocks Firebrick Pizzeria.

While the restaurant is built in a row house, they've converted the adjacent empty corner lot into a large outdoor patio seating area. We got a table out there, where eventually we watched the sun go down.

While we perused the menu, Joel got a glass of Delirium Tremens, a Belgian beer. Needing to rehydrate after my afternoon in the sun, I sipped iced tea. The menu is very simple, being mostly gourmet pizzas baked in their special fire brick oven.

Joel ordered a pizza salsiccia, a good sized individual pie that featured a fennel-scented Italian sausage as the primary topping ingredient. It looked like they were using fresh mozzarella on it, too.



I had a basil chicken panino with fontina cheese and large strips of roasted sweet red pepper, accompanied by a small green salad.



For his third beer, Joel switched to Chimay, another Belgian beer that they happened to have on tap. You can see his beers in his Kody Poses, below.

I've walked by Red Rocks many times, but I'd never before stopped in. It's always nice to try out the neighborhood eateries, and Joel is always a fun conversationalist and dining companion. Twas dark by the time we got home!