Local favorite Slice of Rockville will close its doors next week after more than a decade at the Woodley Gardens shopping center. Owner Didé Summerlin, who runs the pizzeria a few doors down from Carmen’s Italian Ice, says she’s ready to start a new life in Florida. It’s not due to lack of sales: Business has been great throughout the pandemic and shows no sign of slowing down. “This neighborhood has been so supportive,” she says. “But I work really hard, it’s taken a toll on my body, and it’s time to do something that’s not so strenuous.” Slice of Rockville will bake its last pies on June 25th, but the space won’t be dark for long: Summerlin is turning her lease over to the Dubbaneh family, whose patriarch operated a Chicken Delight restaurant for 20 years at that very spot. The Dubbanehs are longtime owners of the Chicken Basket chain, and the younger generation runs the Middle Eastern spice company Z&Z.
