Locally students can enjoy delicious Chinese food and mouth-watering Indian food. However, the convenient appeal of a warm, cheesy slice of pizza can be agreed upon by all. I went around to local options to conquer this craving and tried them all out to bring you the answer to which pizza place is the best for you.
Ledo’s Pizza has been a pizza staple ever since it opened in 1955 with locations in Maryland ranging from Deep Creek Lake to College Park. Ledo’s is famous for its distinct square pizza and sweet sauce. I went to the Rockville location at 1319 H, Rockville Pike. I got an eight-inch pizza and six buffalo wings, which was enough food for two people and was $19. The pizza was skinny and crispy and the sauce had a distinct sweetness. The wings were delicious without being overly spicy so somebody with a weaker spice tolerance could eat them. “Ledo’s is the best because it is so thin and the square pizza makes every piece have a crust,” freshman Jack Sisco said.
Mamma Lucia serves margherita-style pizza along with nine other types like BBQ chicken, meat lovers, Greek and white pizza, along with pasta. There are seven locations across Maryland and D.C. and I went to the location at 14921 Shady Grove Rd at Fallsgrove. I got a 14-inch cheese pizza and a chicken parmesan for $39,which was plenty of food for two people. The pizza was a margherita cheese pie, and was more doughy than the Ledo’s and not as crispy. “I like Mamma Lucia the most because their pasta is also good,” senior Marissa Cook said
The third restaurant I went to was Pizza Cs NY, which opened in 2017 after success with their other location Pizza CS, which served Italian-style pizza. During Covid, Pizza Cs had to close. Pizza Cs NY serves New York-style pizza along with subs, wings and salads. I went to the only location at 1020 Rockville Pike and got a 14-inch pizza and six-piece buffalo wings for $31. The pizza was much more like pizza that you would get in New York than the previous two. The wings were more spicy than the ones I had from Ledo’s so If you are more sensitive to spicy foods, they might be a bit too much. The pizza was thin and crispy and greasy, like pizza in New York would be. “Pizza Cs NY is my favorite place because their wings are so good and the pizza is as good as it is in New York,” sophomore Benedict Santos said.
Jack Vincent LaRocca • May 8, 2025 at 9:02 am
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Locally, students can enjoy delicious Chinese food and mouth-watering Indian cuisine.
→ Added a comma after “Locally” to separate the introductory word, and replaced “food” with “cuisine” to avoid repetition and improve word choice.
However, the convenient appeal of a warm, cheesy slice of pizza is something nearly everyone agrees on.
→ Rephrased “can be agreed upon by all” for smoother, more natural expression.
I visited several local options to satisfy this craving and tried them all to bring you the answer to which pizza place is best for you.
→ Reworded for conciseness and smoother flow—“which pizza place is the best for you” was overly wordy.
Ledo Pizza has been a staple ever since it opened in 1955, with locations in Maryland ranging from Deep Creek Lake to College Park.
→ Removed the possessive form “Ledo’s Pizza” because the brand name is “Ledo Pizza.”
Ledo is famous for its distinctive square pizza and sweet sauce.
→ Replaced “distinct” with “distinctive,” which is more precise when describing a recognizable feature.
I went to the Rockville location at 1319 H Rockville Pike.
→ Removed the comma between “H” and “Rockville Pike” because it’s not a list or a natural pause point.
I ordered an eight-inch pizza and six buffalo wings, which was enough food for two people and cost $19.
→ Smoothed out the phrasing to improve clarity and structure.
The pizza was thin and crispy, and the sauce had a distinct sweetness.
→ Corrected “skinny” to “thin,” which is more standard in food descriptions.
The wings were delicious without being overly spicy, so someone with a lower spice tolerance could enjoy them.
→ Reworded “somebody with a weaker spice tolerance could eat them” for smoother tone and clarity.
“Ledo’s is the best because it is so thin, and the square pizza makes every piece have a crust,” freshman Jack Sisco said**.**
→ Added a period at the end of the quote—previous sentence was missing final punctuation.
Mamma Lucia serves margherita-style pizza along with nine other types, like BBQ chicken, meat lovers, Greek, and white pizza, as well as a selection of pastas.
→ Smoothed out redundancy by replacing “along with pasta” with a more descriptive, less repetitive phrase.
There are seven locations across Maryland and D.C., and I went to the one at 14921 Shady Grove Rd in Fallsgrove.
→ Added a comma before the conjunction “and” to separate independent clauses.
I got a 14-inch cheese pizza and a chicken parmesan for $39, which was plenty of food for two people.
→ Fixed missing space after the comma and corrected punctuation spacing.
The pizza was a margherita cheese pie and was doughier than Ledo’s—not as crispy.
→ Changed “more doughy” to “doughier,” the correct comparative form.
“I like Mamma Lucia the most because their pasta is also good,” senior Marissa Cook said**.**
→ Added missing period at the end of the attribution.
The third restaurant I visited was Pizza CS NY, which opened in 2017 after the success of its sister restaurant, Pizza CS.
→ Corrected “Cs” to “CS” to match brand name capitalization; rephrased for clarity.
During COVID-19, Pizza CS had to close.
→ Capitalized and formatted “Covid” correctly as “COVID-19.”
Pizza CS NY serves New York-style pizza along with subs, wings**,** and salads.
→ Added a serial (Oxford) comma for clarity in a list.
I went to the only location at 1020 Rockville Pike and got a 14-inch pizza and a six-piece buffalo wings for $31**.**
→ Added period at the end of the sentence; also corrected phrasing by removing the article before “six-piece.”
The pizza was much more like authentic New York pizza than the previous two.
→ Refined for clarity—original “much more like pizza that you would get in New York” was awkward and wordy.
The wings were spicier than the ones I had at Ledo’s, so if you’re sensitive to spicy food, they might be a bit too much.
→ Replaced “more spicy” with “spicier,” which is the correct comparative adjective.
The pizza was thin, crispy, and greasy—just like the kind you’d find in New York.
→ Streamlined the sentence for more natural tone and flow.
“Pizza CS NY is my favorite place because their wings are so good, and the pizza is as good as it is in New York,” sophomore Benedict Santos said**.**
→ Added missing period at the end of the sentence.
Replaced “Ledo’s Pizza” with “Ledo Pizza” consistently throughout.
→ The brand name is not possessive—it’s “Ledo Pizza,” not “Ledo’s Pizza.”
Replaced “more spicy” with “spicier” earlier in the text.
→ Reinforced proper comparative adjective usage.
Replaced “margherita cheese pie” with “margherita pizza”.
→ The term “margherita pizza” is clearer and more standard than “cheese pie.”
Fixed spacing in “$39,which” → “$39, which”.
→ Added missing space after comma for correct punctuation.
Removed unnecessary comma in “1319 H, Rockville Pike” → “1319 H Rockville Pike.”
→ There should be no comma separating address parts in this format.
Changed “so If you are more sensitive” to “so if you are more sensitive”.
→ Corrected incorrect capitalization of “If” mid-sentence.
Added a comma in “subs, wings and salads” → “subs, wings, and salads.”
→ Oxford comma added for consistency and clarity in lists.