Alexandria, VA — On its 4th anniversary, Matt & Tony’s All Day Kitchen + Bar in Del Ray is celebrating making Yelp’s Top 100 U.S. Restaurants 2026 list. Its creative approach to American comfort food classics and unique cocktails begins with its stylish “all-day brunch” setting. Owner Matt Sloan credits the restaurant’s “good culture, food, and consistency.”
Celebrating the 4th anniversary amid tasteful green and white balloon stands on Monday, March 16, Sloan credited his customers, staff, wife Tina, and their twin infant sons Jameson and Sawyer, as inspiration. Sloan collaborated with Chef Eric Brannon on the menu for its “Matt and Tony’s Turns 4” event: a champagne punch (Grand Marnier, apple brandy, Framboise, pineapple, ginger, lemon, and sparkling wine) and a $4 appetizer plate of the restaurant’s favorites featuring bites of chicken & waffle, Maryland crab dip toast, shrimp & grits cake, and a sweet potato donut with salted caramel sauce. The 90-seat restaurant (with an additional 40 seats on the front patio) virtually hummed with diners indulging in the bespoke celebration.
“Any kind of good listing is nice to be on!” said Sloan. “I go over social media reviews three or four times a day on Yelp and try to address some things—little things. There is always something to work on (when) combining food or service,” he added good-naturedly.
Upon request, Sloan retrieved the Yelp glass plaque and another smaller plaque for a chef’s award from a March of Dimes “Signature Chefs People’s Choice” (awarded to Brannon for on-site cooking at a National Building Museum event last October) from a back room and posed briefly for a photo…