Things on 14th street, our neighborhood are really picking up, and I feel like it’s going to be a whole new ‘hood by the time spring settles in. Which, after yesterday’s 35 degree day, I hope will be very very soon. Lots of places opening, and it’s been wonderful to have such a lively street just around the corner. One of the latest additions has been Matchbox, a pizza and generally fun eatery. Although it’s a DC chain, I first ate at one in Palm Springs of all places, and we were converts since. The problem, however, was that the main one was in Chinatown/Penn, which is great for location, but completely crazy for crowds. Add one toddler into the mix and it just became too much hassle. But now that there is a new (BIG) space literally just around the corner from us, a random crazing for a pizza (wood-fired! the only kind…) is now easily answered. And the staff? Completely friendly, even to the wee ones, bringing out pizza dough for her to play with while we waited. Diplo-tot approved!
Welcome to the neighborhood, Matchbox!
That's one area I still need to explore! I'm glad you can get your pizza fix outside of crazy Chinatown now.
I live around the Glover Park area and I feel like DC is doing really well building up their neighborhoods – seems like a new restaurant sprouts up every week. No complains here!
Clare – head our way! 14th street has lots and will get even more though Glover Park is always on our explore list too – we have some good friends that live out there so good reminder for us to get out a bit!
Found your site after the Travel Bloggers Meetup and thought I should say hi since we are practically neighbors. Looking forward to catching up on your DC posts. 🙂
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Kristin, a big hello back! I always love a good DC neighbor!