The sausage was originally made by Briggs and Co., a D.C. meat-packing company. In 1954, an Arlington, Virginia establishment called Weenie Beenie used this sausage to make a breakfast sandwich.

The price for a half-smoke here is very reasonable—the original half-smoke is $5.95 and comes topped with diced onions and chili. Really the only way to eat this half-smoke is by loading it up with ...

The definition of the half-smoke is mysterious, since no one has revealed the exact recipe for the links introduced to D.C. in the 1950s. Many food aficionados have concluded it’s a smoked ...

A half-smoke without heat is like a liberal without a cause. Advertisement. Once you wander from the pillowy comforts of the bun, however, HalfSmoke takes a hard left turn onto a dead-end street.

Synonymous with the half-smoke, the original Ben’s has seen the U Street corridor turn from “Black Broadway” into a rough patch of the city and, now, a thriving nightlife district. The late-night ...

Growing up in Washington, D.C., Andre McCain says, half-smoke sausages were a part of life: family cookouts and birthdays. Indeed, the half-smoke has become the signature dish in our nation’s… ...

The best half-smoke history I’m aware of doesn’t mention anything about DC’s signature link ever making it beyond the area (though there’s a good chance your half-smoke was made in Baltimore).But ...