Boss has recommended this restaurant in several times to me. It’s located in DC’s Chinatown district, or as I like to tell Big Red – the Arena District. [Sidebar: Big Red, the SteakMatters nation awaits your first post. Put something up or I pull your ticket.]
So me and Big Red grabbed lunch a few weeks [now months] back at Matchbox, vintage pizza bistro, in Washington DC. The restaurant is located in ‘matchbox’ of building, 3 stories high, and 15 feet wide. On this late, spring day there was haze and humidity that only served as a preview of what summer holds for our nation’s capital.
We were seated quickly on the third floor, unfortunately, the haze and humidity of the day followed us to our seats as well, which was not a good start for my first Matchbox experience. And while it was the lunch rush, we were disappointed by the total lack of attention from the server. Once she finally showed we ordered quickly, not knowing when she would be back.
At Big Red’s suggestion, we ordered salads, 3 mini-burgers, and a 6-slice matchbox meat pizza (pepperoni / sweet Italian sausage / crispy bacon / zesty tomato sauce / mozzarella). Unfortunately, our food came out before the table next to us, who had been seated for some time before our arrival (I always hate when that happens to me) which led to an uncomfortable moment as our tables were right on top of each other and it was obvious that our neighbor’s had similar order, but it was definitely not theirs.
The salads were crisp and the dressing were good. But I wasn’t there for the salad, I was there for the pizza. However, I got side tracked by the mini-burgers. Oh were they good. I nice app for two, or get the big one for yourself.
Now the pizza. I’m usually a medium thickness, crispy crust guy. But Matchbox is a thin crust, oven baked ‘za. Boss prepared me for the crust, but not for the taste. It was truly one of the finest pizzas I had ever tasted. The crust was light, but not dried out. The sauce has a nice tang to it and the meat was superb. The pepperoni cooked up crisp, the sausage was sweet and the mozzarella fresh. I can’t wait to go back.
Tip of the SteakMatters Platter to Matchbox. You started slowly, but ignited into an inferno of flavor. I’ll be back for more.
- POTUS
So me and Big Red grabbed lunch a few weeks [now months] back at Matchbox, vintage pizza bistro, in Washington DC. The restaurant is located in ‘matchbox’ of building, 3 stories high, and 15 feet wide. On this late, spring day there was haze and humidity that only served as a preview of what summer holds for our nation’s capital.
We were seated quickly on the third floor, unfortunately, the haze and humidity of the day followed us to our seats as well, which was not a good start for my first Matchbox experience. And while it was the lunch rush, we were disappointed by the total lack of attention from the server. Once she finally showed we ordered quickly, not knowing when she would be back.
At Big Red’s suggestion, we ordered salads, 3 mini-burgers, and a 6-slice matchbox meat pizza (pepperoni / sweet Italian sausage / crispy bacon / zesty tomato sauce / mozzarella). Unfortunately, our food came out before the table next to us, who had been seated for some time before our arrival (I always hate when that happens to me) which led to an uncomfortable moment as our tables were right on top of each other and it was obvious that our neighbor’s had similar order, but it was definitely not theirs.
The salads were crisp and the dressing were good. But I wasn’t there for the salad, I was there for the pizza. However, I got side tracked by the mini-burgers. Oh were they good. I nice app for two, or get the big one for yourself.
Now the pizza. I’m usually a medium thickness, crispy crust guy. But Matchbox is a thin crust, oven baked ‘za. Boss prepared me for the crust, but not for the taste. It was truly one of the finest pizzas I had ever tasted. The crust was light, but not dried out. The sauce has a nice tang to it and the meat was superb. The pepperoni cooked up crisp, the sausage was sweet and the mozzarella fresh. I can’t wait to go back.
Tip of the SteakMatters Platter to Matchbox. You started slowly, but ignited into an inferno of flavor. I’ll be back for more.
- POTUS
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