Burger Review: The Bistro Burger at Matchbox, Rockville

One of the most underrated cheeseburgers in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, as a result of the unique cheese offering it comes with.

Matchbox-Rockville is located at 1699 Rockville Pike, in the Congressional Plaza shopping center in Rockville, Maryland.

Why is this relevant?

Because anyone from the Rockville and surrounding area is well aware that this venue has been nothing more than a revolving door of failed restaurants for the better part of the last decade.

• It started as a “That’s Amore”
• then became another restaurant
• then probably something else
• Then, it moonlighted as some golf-themed restaurant that seemed wildly unpopular
• and there was also probably something else after that; but believe me, whatever it was, it certainly wasn’t memorable

Given that history, I’d place a very, very large wager that Matchbox-Rockville is going to end that trend. These days, if you attempt to dine at 1699 Rockville Pike on a given night of the week without a reservation (even on a Monday or Tuesday), expect a wait — with those waiting times creeping over an hour or so on the…