Pizza Mart

"Jumbo slices from $8 This one reminds us of a beloved old-school, thin crust Domino’s pizza and comes pretty close to the NY-style slice it's based on. It’s the only slice that doesn’t feel heavy, and while it will absolutely deliver a steady stream of orange oil over your shoes (unless you've perfected the jumbo pro lean), it's reliable, consistent, and has been around for decades for good reason. The best pick here is the better-than-average cheese, as the pepperoni taste can skew cardboardy. " - tristiana hinton

"A jumbo slice is like a halfsmoke—you should never come to DC and not get one. Except you should also be drunk when eating a slice, otherwise you won’t fully appreciate or finish it. There are decades-long battles being waged over where to get the best jumbo slice, and Pizza Mart in Adams Morgan is one of our go-tos. It’s a simple takeout spot that will have a line out the door and halfway down the block (where it’ll run into another jumbo slice line) at 3am. You’ll get your very own pizza box, though it’ll be laid open, lined with a couple paper plates, and have one ginormous slice of cheesiness that’ll keep you from throwing up if you’ve taken in the right amount of alcohol." - Tristiaña Hinton

"Opened in 1995, this tiny New York–style pizza shop in Adam’s Morgan claims to be the “home of the original jumbo slice.” As the story goes, owner Chris Chishti had a ball of leftover dough lying around, so he rolled it out to a bigger-than-usual, 18-inch pizza. The resulting slices proved so popular that he kept making larger and larger pies, until one day he ended up with a 32-inch pizza that became the prototype for his signature slice. Today, Chishti’s 16-inch-long jumbo slice is the chosen late-night food of college students, who start packing into Pizza Mart around midnight most weekend nights and keep the place crowded until it closes at 3 a.m. While several knock-off spots have opened over the years, Pizza Mart still reigns supreme." - Natalie Beauregard

"Pizza Mart, Bestolli Pizza, and the aptly named Jumbo Slice all sling solid jumbo slices."