Goat Cheese Pizza,
Roasted & Bright
Tangy goat cheese against sweet roasted peppers and eggplant, ovoline mozzarella for the melt, and a handful of arugula tossed on after the bake. This is the pizza for people who order the interesting thing.
The Oven
800 degrees changes everything.
A regular oven tops out around 500. Ours hits 800. At that temperature, the crust blisters in minutes — leopard-spotted char on the outside, soft and airy inside. The cheese bubbles and caramelizes. The toppings roast instead of steam.
Each pizza goes into the stone oven by hand, gets rotated by hand, and comes out when it's right. That's what wood-fired means.
The Dough
48 hours of slow fermentation
Our dough ferments for two full days before it touches the oven. The long, cold rise develops a complex, slightly tangy flavor with an open crumb structure you can't get from a shortcut. Hand-stretched to order — never rolled, never frozen.
Fired at 800 degrees
Intense heat blisters the crust in minutes. Leopard-spotted char outside, soft and airy inside. No conveyor belt — each pie is rotated by hand.
goat cheese pizza
Every single item at Forni is 100% Halal. Not a section. Not a special request. The entire kitchen — every protein, every sauce, every topping — meets strict Halal standards.
Order the All Meat pizza, the Gyro Panini, or any specialty pie with complete confidence. Families, mosques, and communities across Northern Virginia trust Forni because there is never a question about what's in the food.
For the Curious Palate
Chèvre Meets the
800-Degree Oven
Goat cheese behaves differently from mozzarella in a hot oven — it does not stretch, it softens and concentrates, turning almost custard-like while its tang sharpens. Paired with slow-roasted peppers and eggplant, it makes a pizza that eats more like a composed dish than a slice.
Forni finishes it with baby arugula added after the bake, so the leaves stay peppery and fresh against the warm cheese. It is the standing favorite of our vegetarian regulars and the pizza we recommend when someone says they want something they cannot get at a chain.
Our Story
Frequently Asked
Goat cheese, ovoline mozzarella, roasted red peppers, eggplant, and baby arugula — $12.99, baked at 800 degrees. The arugula goes on after the bake so it stays fresh and peppery.
Yes — it contains no meat, and both cheeses are made with microbial (non-animal) rennet. It is one of six vegetarian pizzas on our menu, alongside the Margherita, Bianca, Pesto, Mediterranean, and Marinara.
Ours is. Cheese becomes questionable when animal rennet is used; Forni sources goat cheese and mozzarella made with microbial enzymes, and the entire kitchen operates 100% halal.
No — and that is the appeal. It softens into warm, tangy pockets rather than stretching. We pair it with ovoline mozzarella so the pizza gets both textures: the melt and the tang.
Forni Pizza & Sandwich, 5800 Seminary Rd, Unit B, Falls Church, VA 22041 — minutes from Arlington, Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, and Alexandria's West End. Order online for pickup or delivery, seven days a week.
Goat Cheese Pizza, the Wood-Fired Way
Goat cheese pizza occupies a strange spot in American menus: bistros charge $20 for a flatbread version, while pizzerias mostly skip it. Forni treats it as what it is — a proper pizza in the Mediterranean tradition, priced like every other pie on the menu.
Balance Is Everything
Chèvre's acidity needs sweetness to play against. We roast red peppers and eggplant until their sugars concentrate, then distribute the goat cheese in dollops rather than an even layer — every slice gets pockets of tang surrounded by mellow roasted vegetables and melted ovoline.
The Arugula Finish
Baking greens kills them. Our arugula is tossed on the pizza the moment it leaves the oven, wilting just slightly from the residual heat. The pepper-and-bitterness of fresh arugula against warm goat cheese is the signature of this pizza — skip-the-salad included.
Vegetarian and Halal at Once
For guests balancing both requirements — vegetarian diners in halal households, or vice versa — this pizza sits safely in the intersection: no meat, microbial-rennet cheeses, and a kitchen with no non-halal ingredients at all.
Order It
We are at 5800 Seminary Rd, Unit B, Falls Church, VA 22041, open mon-thu: 2 pm - 12 am, fri-sat: 2 pm - 1 am, sunday: 2 pm - 11 pm. Order online — it pairs especially well with our Goat Cheese & Spinach Salad if you are committing to the theme.
Visit Forni
The interesting pizza
is the goat cheese one.
Wood-fired, vegetarian, 100% halal. Order online for pickup or delivery in the Falls Church area.