Wash Heights Pizza Spot Offering Shamrock Pies For St. Patrick's Day

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — For those looking to get into the St. Patrick's Day spirit in Upper Manhattan, a Washington Heights pizza joint is dishing out specially themed pies for the holiday.

Until the end of the week, you can get a shamrock shaped pizza from Broadway Slice in honor of the Irish holiday.

A shamrock is a symbol commonly associated with Ireland and St. Patrick's Day. It is specifically associated with the rebirth of the spring season.

It is sometimes depicted as a four-leaf clover, but it is really a three-leaf clover that can be found growing in Ireland and many parts of Europe.

The connection to the holiday comes from a story about St. Patrick using a three-leaf shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity.

Broadway Slice is located at 3932 Broadway, near West 165th Street, and is part of the same ownership group that runs Fort Washington Public House, Tryon Public House, and Tubby Hook Tavern.

"We use only the freshest ingredients and our handmade 48-hour fermented dough gives our pizza a truly delectable flavor unlike anything else in the area. In addition to our signature pizza, we have salads, entrees, buffalo wings and burgers," reads a section of Broadway Slice's website.