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Half-Smoke in Washington, DC
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Top 3 Half-Smokes in DC
The District's signature sausage — half-pork, half-beef, coarse-ground, lightly smoked. Ben's is the civic monument; the newer spots push the form forward.
- #1
Ben's Chili Bowl
U Street
“Open since 1958, James Beard "America's Classics" honoree. The half-smoke with chili, mustard, onions — the canonical DC order.”
- #2
DCity Smokehouse
Bloomingdale
“In-house smoked sausage alongside the rest of the pitmaster lineup. A BBQ joint's answer to the half-smoke question.”
- #3
Chilito Shack at Meats and Foods
Shaw
“Sandwich-and-sausage counter with rotating half-smoke variations. Neighborhood-counter DC, not monument DC.”