As I continue my Washington, DC pizza tour, Mike, Donika and I stopped at Matchbox. Showing up at 7:00 on a Thursday without a reservation was a bad idea. Fortunately the weather was nice for waiting outside and Donika was running late anyway. We got seated almost exactly one hour after I put our name on the list.
Matchbox is on three levels and we got seated in the far back corner of the top level. Lots of room for us and it wasn’t as cramped as other parts of Matchbox.
The hype around this place seemed to range from “great pizza” to “best pizza in Washington” so my expectations were high. A few people independently told me to “get the mini burgers” but I’m not much of a burger guy. You can get 3, 6, or 9 of them and some of the staff were wearing black shirts that simply read “3.6.9″ implying your snack options. They looked fun as wait staff shuffled around serving them as appetizers.
I got the Double Pepperoni which tasted good but didn’t live up to the hype. The pizza was really quite sloppy to eat, very greasy and the crust was mushy. The pepperoni pieces were tasty and spicy though but almost literally covered the entire pizza. A bit overboard for me. Donika and Mike seemed to enjoy their pizzas a lot more than I did so I’m hoping to come back the next time I’m in town and try a different pizza to turn around my mediocre opinion.
I finished with cinnamon ice cream which came as a large scoop in a low martini-like glass. Surprisingly and pleasingly strong. Yum.
Less than a block from the Chinatown Metro.
Matchbox Vintage Pizza Bistro
713 H St NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-289-4441
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My most recent pizza there wasn’t that amazing. Two Amys was definitely better. Those burgers though…yum! Looking forward to more information about the rest of your pizza tour.
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