The newest pizza place on the Route 1 corridor is inside an organic bakery.

Earlier this year, Riverdale Park’s Manifest Bread started serving pizza from 3 to 7 p.m. every Thursday night, with a range of rotating specialty options as well as a build-your-own menu.

The options for each week are typically posted on Manifest’s website before Thursday, and customers can pre-order starting at 8 a.m. either online or at the bakery.

Its specialty 16″ pizzas include marinara pizza with anchovies and arugula, a white pie made with cremini mushrooms and roasted garlic and a capicola pizza with house-cured pork shoulders and heirloom peppers.

“We created pies with a few things in mind: Don’t get too weird, don’t stray too far from tradition, keep the seasonal produce in mind, and make combos we’d personally enjoy eating,” co-owner Rick Cook told the Hyattsville Wire.

Since the bakery is not set up to be a full-time pizza place, ordering ahead of time is recommended as they can only prepare so many at a time.

Cook said that making pizza is much different from their usual breads and pastries, with a faster pace, higher oven temperatures and last-minute additions of toppings.

Aside from pizza and its usual bakery items, Manifest also offers side dishes such as marinated beets, red lentil & mushroom soup, radicchio salad, and tonnato, as well as a Basque-style cheesecake.

The Route 1 corridor has its share of pizza places, ranging from old-school shops like Ledo Pizza in College Park to the upscale Pizzeria Paradiso to the “secret” Ramona’s Pizza Garden, but Manifest is bringing a new element to the pizza scene.

Located at 6208 Rhode Island Ave. in Riverdale Park’s historic town center, Manifest is a full-service organic bakery that began as a cottage bakery selling bread through word-of-mouth, opening its brick-and-mortar shop earlier this year.

Apart from their regular hours, Manifest will be open Sunday, Christmas Eve, from 8 a.m to 1 p.m. for normal service and pickup. The bakery will be closed Christmas Day, and the Tuesday and Wednesday that follow, but will be back open for regular hours and pizza night on Thursday, Dec. 28.

You can learn more about their pizza night and view a sample menu of their options on their website.

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