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"When the week feels longer than The Iliad, and only multiple plates of cheese-blasted carbs will do, we turn to Cornelly. This small spot on Capitol Hill serves pizza and pasta that deserve a 24-book Homer-style epic written about them. The pies are thoroughly crunchy without being burnt, with excellent toppings like smoked scamorza and a ton of summer corn. Meanwhile, springy extruded gemelli tossed in chartreuse-tinted pesto, a squash-y riff on cacio e pepe, and spruced-up bolognese with mint and pudgy rigatoni proves that Cornelly nails all matters related to wheat. The restaurant is walk-in-only, but swing by a half-hour before they open, and you’ll be among the natural wine and lavender-buttered olive focaccia faster than you can say dactylic hexameter." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley