A New Jersey-founded restaurant featured on Shark Tank is bringing its bold pizza, cheesesteak and homemade mozzarella stick options to Rosslyn.
Tony Boloney’s is planning a grand opening of its first permanent location in the D.C. area on Jan. 27 at Upside on Moore (1700 N. Moore Street). Started as a small restaurant in Atlantic City in 2009, the restaurant is known for pushing the boundaries of comfort food.
Diners will find twists on pizzas like the pepperoni-covered Swamperoni — with pink vodka sauce, fresh and smoked mozzarella and pepperoni ranch — and Supreme Tang, with a sesame crust, Thai satay fried chicken, dry-aged mozzarella, cilantro, peanut, sriracha and Thai ranch.
“We’re bringing not-so-safe pizza, subs, and grub the DMV has never seen,” said founder Mike Hauke. “We respect tradition, but we don’t play it safe. This is Jersey food with attitude, and we’re fired up to introduce it to the DMV.”
The restaurant serves up several varieties of its Mad Mutz, the mozzarella stick brand for which Hauke secured an offer on Shark Tank in 2025. Diners can choose from the traditional Italian style, truffle, Calabrian chili varieties of mozzarella sticks.
Cheesesteaks ranging from classic style to French and banh mi twists round out the menu. The bread is baked fresh daily.
Tony Boloney’s has other locations in Hoboken and Jersey City, N.J., along with a traveling food truck “that helped build its cult following.”
“At every stop, the philosophy has remained unchanged: everything made from scratch, nothing off limits,” a press release says.
Tony Boloney’s joins nine other food vendors and an arcade at Upside on Moore, which opened in spring 2024 next to the Rosslyn Metro. Hours at Tony Boloney’s will be 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
