ALEXANDRIA, VA — Stracci Pizza got its start in a trailer. Five years later, the Hume Avenue restaurant is asking Alexandria for three more years to keep a temporary trailer on its property.
The restaurant at 106 Hume Avenue has applied for an administrative special use permit minor amendment to extend use of the trailer for an additional three years. The applicant is Annalisa Cardarelli, and the property is zoned CL (Commercial Low).
The request is a continuation of an existing use, not a proposal to open another restaurant.
A little pizza history
Stracci’s trailer is more than an unusual piece of restaurant equipment. The pizzeria launched during the pandemic from a converted trailer, introducing Alexandria diners to its Roman-style pizza. The Zebra covered the early operation in “A Taste of Rome in a Trailer” in 2021…