Nighthawk Brewery & Pizza
Pub · Pentagon City ·
90s-themed pizza parlor with arcade games & house-brewed beer
90s-themed pizza parlor with arcade games & house-brewed beer
"Chef Johnny Spero put together a Midwest tavern-style pizza menu that also plays favorites to some Italian subs and sandwiches that start at $18 for pies. The deal is sweetened at happy hour, when slices run $5 a pop and a pound of wings are $10. The weekday promo (3 p.m. to 6 p.m.) also includes $2-off drafts and $5 rails and wines." - Tierney Plumb
"Bartenders at Arlington’s lively new pizza pad collaboration with Aslin Beer Co. can whip up a wide array of classic shots and shooters. Options include a lemon drop, PB&J, white gummy bear, and green tea. The brewery also offers tavern, New York, and Detroit-style pies." - Emily Wishingrad
"The “fully loaded” wedge on this new addition to Arlington is $12, and topped with the more unusual choice of green goddess dressing." - Missy Frederick
"Arlington’s lively new hangout for thin-crust pies and equally crushable, low-ABV beers comes from Reverie chef Johnny Spero, Arlington bar owner Scott Parker, and Northern Virginia brewery Aslin Beer Company. Crispy, Chicago-style tavern pies ($16-$24) are with whole milk mozzarella, pecorino romano, and smoked tomato sauce. Spero’s named favorite on the menu is a white sauce little neck clam pie with basil, roasted garlic, and fontina." - Tierney Plumb
"Jazzed up with neon-lit tubes, geometric shapes, squiggly wallpaper, and graphic odes to its clawed mascot, Arlington’s zippy new pizza pad was designed with The Max set from Saved by the Bell as its muse and debuted March 24 as a 10,000-square-foot, server-less, 21-and-up hangout from chef Johnny Spero, bar owner Scott Parker, and Aslin Beer Company. Orders are taken at a big blue bar up front or via QR-code-enabled communal tables (takeout and delivery arrive in a few weeks), and hours are 3 p.m.–10 p.m. Sunday–Thursday and 3 p.m.–1 a.m. Friday–Saturday. The menu skews throwback and fast-casual — thin-crust and crispy Chicago-style tavern pies ($16–$24) built with whole milk mozzarella, pecorino romano, and smoked tomato sauce; smash burgers; wings; loaded tots; and Spero’s named favorite, a white-sauce little neck clam pie with basil, roasted garlic, and fontina. Other highlights include panko-breaded cheese curds served with an Outback-sauce–inspired dipper, a pit-beef sandwich with cheddar whiz on a Martin’s potato roll (served with tots or fries), and desserts ranging from panna cotta to a Breyers vanilla float with homemade draft root beer. Vegetarian options include an Impossible burger, burrata, Caesar and wedge salads, an eggplant parm sandwich, and a labneh-seasoned smoked cauliflower starter with lime, grapefruit zest, and black pepper. Aslin supplies ten beers on tap and quick-serve draft cocktails like an Old Fashioned and orange crush, and patrons can drink outside on the patio or roam the shopping center with Aslin cans thanks to an on-site alcohol license; an island bar in the plaza is planned for early May." - Tierney Plumb
