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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.
3 editor picks for Jumbo slice in Washington DC, ranked by editorial score. All Washington DC signature dishes · Jumbo slice across every city.
Pizza Mart Adams Morgan in Washington DC is the 18th Street late-night pizza counter, one of two rooms claiming to have invented the jumbo slice.
Order18-inch jumbo slice
TipCash is fastest after midnight; one folded jumbo slice walks two people home from the Adams Morgan strip.
Duccini's Pizza in Washington DC is the U Street NW jumbo-slice counter near the Adams Morgan strip, open to 05:00 on Friday and Saturday nights.
OrderJumbo slice and stromboli
TipThe mushroom-and-pepperoni jumbo slice is the favourite; the stromboli is the under-ordered second pick.
Jumbo Slice Pizza in Washington DC is the 18th Street late-night pizza counter on the Adams Morgan strip, holding the same 04:00 weekend close.
Order18-inch jumbo slice
TipThe cheese-slice with hot honey is the closing-time editorial pick; sit on the sidewalk bench facing the strip.
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