Matchbox Restaurants is Washington, DC-based chain of full service restaurants with five units metro DC and one in Palm Springs in California featuring the American-style family menu of sandwiches, pizza, salads, appetizers and dinner entrees that include fish, chicken, beef, pork, etc. About a year ago the twelve year old Matchbox Food Group announced plans for a national expansion program and just recently it confirmed its first Matchbox restaurant in Florida. In early 2016, the chain will open an 11,000 square foot restaurant in the expansion at Sawgrass Mills on Sunrise Blvd. in Sunrise in South Florida. The unit will have seating for about 500 people and will also feature a 2500 square foot patio area. A spokesman adds that though no other locations have been signed, the chain is considering multiple locations in South Florida. The site selection team is headed up by Co-founder and CEO Ty Neal. The 80,000 square foot expansion to Sawgrass Mills will add about 30 luxury stores and restaurants that will be opening through 2016. Matchbox Food Group also operates the Ted’s Bulletin Family Restaurant chain that with the recent opening in Gaithersburg, Maryland, operates five units.
CATEGORY: Full Service
Chain Name: Matchbox Restaurants
Company Name: Matchbox Food Group
Street Address: 806 – 7th St. NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001
Tel: 202/289-4403 Fax:
Email: [email protected] Website: www.matchboxfoodgroup.com
Menu Specialty: Casual American-style menu with beef, chicken and seafood, along with sandwiches, salad, pizzas, etc. with a ‘great wine list and eclectic beer selection’.
Introduced: Opened in 2002 on H St. NW in the ‘Chinatown’ area of Washington DC.
No. of Locations: Three in Washington DC and one each in Rockville, Maryland, Fairfax, Virginia and Palm Springs, California
Areas of Operation: Plans National Expansion
Types of Location: Street front, freestanding, etc.
BusinessType (corp., franchise, jv): Corporately Owned
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Contact Name: Ty Neal – Co-Founder, CEO
Mark Neal – Co-Founder
Drew Kim – Co-Founder
Perry Smith – Co-Founder
Peter D’Amelio - COO
Harvey Metro – CFO
Fred Herrmann – Vice President, Operations
Mike Donlon – Dir, Operations
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PARENT COMPANY: Matchbox Food Group, Washington DC
Related Chains: Ted’s Bulletin, DC-3
Last Report: Restaurant & QSR Expansion Report #131 Last Update:
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