Jumbo slice
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Jumbo slice is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Washington DC. An eighteen-inch foldable pizza slice sold past 2am along Adams Morgan's 18th Street strip, the closing-time meal that absorbs a Saturday night. Start with where to eat Jumbo slice in Washington DC.

Jumbo slice · Washington DC

An eighteen-inch foldable pizza slice sold past 2am along Adams Morgan's 18th Street strip, the closing-time meal that absorbs a Saturday night.

The jumbo slice was born on 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan as a late-1990s response to the corridor's late-night bar crowd. Pizza Mart on 18th Street, opened around 1999, and Duccini's Pizza on U Street both lay claim to popularising the format: eighteen-inch slices cut from a thirty-inch pie, served folded in foil after 22:00 and especially after 02:00. The slices are designed for the after-bar walk, not for serious eating; the cheese-to-sauce ratio is engineered for absorption rather than balance. The Pizza Mart-Duccini's rivalry defines the after-hours slice; both stay open past 04:00 on weekends.

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