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A Deli of Elephantine Proportions

By Patrick Main

On a recent weekday evening, a friend and I decided to test out Ball Square's newest arrival, Eat at Jumbo's. There's been a hole in the heart of Ball Square ever since the much-loved Urban Gourmet burned down in October 2006.

While Urban's cuisine can be procured at the nearby City Slickers, Ball Square was in danger of becoming "Breakfast Square." Now, after many fits and starts in getting the storefront rebuilt, Jumbo's opened last month with a similar menu.

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Eat at Jumbo's

By Thrillist

In a nation where the government is more aggressive about banning trans-fats than assault weapons, the true contrarian-poet fights back with an all-out assault of fat. Join the battle, at Eat at Jumbo's, open now. Created, like most great restaurants, by a neighborhood commercial real estate expert, Jumbo's does aggressively husky portions of comfort food classics in a yellow-walled 28-seat space featuring curated local art, elaborate liquid-chalk menu boards, charcoal-stained red oak counters, and all the gratis peanuts you can hoover.

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