Matchbox of Silver Spring

Matchbox of Silver Spring is a restaurant in Silver Spring, MD. It serves wood-fired pizza, mini burgers, chef-inspired entrees, craft beer and cocktails, with menus built to mix and match. Salads, sliders, pizza and pasta are available, along with catering for special occasions in both individual boxed lunches and family-style group platters. The restaurant holds a rating of 4.40 based on customer reviews.

Matchbox began in 2003, when a group of restaurateurs turned a historic building in Washington, D.C. into a wood-fired kitchen, and it quickly earned recognition as a best new restaurant. It expanded across the DMV area over the following decade and joined the Thompson Restaurants family in 2020. Kitchens are led by chefs, dishes are made from scratch, and the brand's stated values center on connection, craft, innovation, authenticity and energy. The mini burgers have become a cult favorite. Happy hour runs Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., and the restaurant also offers weekly specials, a throwback brunch, kids-eat-free promotions, live DJ appearances, and unlimited brunch. Catering covers corporate events, weddings, anniversaries and baby showers.

The restaurant sits on Ellsworth Drive, about a tenth of a mile from Georgia Avenue and roughly the same distance from Colesville Road. The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Ellsworth Place and the Black Box Theater are all within about a tenth of a mile.

Matchbox of Silver Spring is known for a positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it, and it has served the area as part of a chef-driven neighborhood restaurant group since the brand's founding in 2003.