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Have you tried the U Street Taco yet? Inspired by Philadelphia’s South Street Taco, this late-night treat is the extreme sloppy drunk food D.C. always needed but (until last week) never had. But the fun doesn’t have to end there! For even more gustatory challenges, consult our handy glossary.
The U Street Taco: A Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke inside a jumbo slice
The U Street Super Taco: A Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke inside a jumbo slice, drenched in mumbo sauce
The U Street Pica Taco: A Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke and a Pica Taco taco inside a jumbo slice
The Snooty U Street Taco: A Komi half-smoke inside a 2Amys pizza slice (take Uber car to each restaurant, return to 14th and U)
The Bandwagoneering U Street Taco: A Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke inside a jumbo slice, topped with a maple bacon doughnut
The Gentrified U Street Taco: A Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke inside a jumbo slice, with Taylor Gourmet risotto balls on top
The 9th Street Taco: A Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke wrapped in injera (hat tip: Martin Austermuhle)
The 11th Street Taco: A Kangaroo Boxing Club pastrami sandwich wrapped in a pancake from The Coupe (wait: 45 minutes)
The H Street Taco: A Horace & Dickie’s fried whiting sandwich wrapped in an H &pizza pizza
The Spike Mendelsohn Taco: A Good Stuff Eatery burger wrapped in a We the Pizza slice (hat tip: Benjamin R. Freed)
The Nationals Park Taco: A Shake Shack burger wrapped in a Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke
The Georgetown Taco: A Georgetown Cupcake cupcake stuffed into a crepe
The Minibar Taco: A Ben’s Chili Bowl chili half-smoke inside a jumbo slice, reduced to fizz
The National Mall Taco: National Park Service permit still pending
The Logan Circle Taco Salad: Pitango gelato stuffed in a Sweetgreen salad
The Adams Morgan Taco: A jumbo slice wrapped in a jumbo slice
Add your own invention in the comments! Photo by Jessica Sidman