Matchboxx

Date night Friday found me at the hip new brick oven pizza place in Gallery Place. No reservations accepted was the only drawback, but that allowed me and my date to drink Martinis at the overly crowded bar. The bartenders had skills reserved for the Coyote Ugly sequel, but made a good drink. Try the Ginger Snap... fantastic. For dinner, none of their specialty pizzas wooed me, so I built my own with pesto, artichoke hearts, chicken and kalamata olives topped with mozzarella. Great pizza, great crust. Their menu is full of other things, but go for the pie... otherwise the hour wait for a table can be spent elsewhere for the same food. Make sure you get a table on the second or third floor... the first is too jammed with the bar.