Comet Ping Pong

Group Friendly, Family Friendly: Mix funky decor, punk music, wood-fired pizza and a bunch of ping-pong tables, and what do you get? A fantastic dining destination! And that's what the District's Comet Ping Pong (with its "crazy rec room" vibe) is: a place for good fun and great food. The specialty of the house is the Smoky -- a pizza featuring smoky mushrooms, smoky mozzarella and smoky bacon...

When this Upper Northwest "pizza, Ping-Pong and live music" venue is on its game, it's a "fun place" for "cheap" "family outings" or an "unusual date", with "crunchy" New Haven–style pies and "addictive" wings; it loses points for its warehouse decor, "uncomfortable" bench seating and a half-hearted serve from the "so-so" staff, but paddle partisans call it a winner, citing, duh, free "Ping-Pong!"

A stepsister to adjacent Buck’s Fishing & Camping restaurant, the Comet in its come-as-you-are attitude specializes in dreamy designer pizzas---actually, pizzas that are amazingly offbeat and even a bit edgy, like the Softie signature pie with soft-shell crabs and melted leeks or the Slam, a white pizza with fresh arugula and bresaola. And if you know anything about local sausage whiz Stan...

A delicious pizzeria where everyone is welcome! Ping pong! Local, seasonal food and beer! Hilarious!

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Comet Ping Pong invites its guests to relish the scrumptious variety of pizzas and drinks while admiring the artworks displayed on the walls or try a game of ping pong with friends. But the fun doesn't end at just pizzas and ping pong, as this friendly joint has live performances by bands and artists to entertain its guests. And if there is any private celebration, the venue will join in the...