Good Fortune Cafe, which has been serving the area since 1994 (according to its website), closed in August at 237 Kentlands Place. The restaurant owners have rebranded and returned as Yolo Cafe at the longtime home of Happy Uncle in Germantown’s Clopper’s Mill shopping center (18022 Mateny Rd.).
Yolo Cafe is now open, but is undergoing renovations this month. A representative told us that it will be a combination of Good Fortune Cafe and Happy Uncle. Good Fortune Cafe was previously located in the Beacon Place shopping center (same strip as Giant) in the Kentlands and initially had a bigger space before downsizing to the most recent space in the early 2000s. 237 Kentlands Blvd. will be taken over by Bangkok Garden, which is looking to put in a new concept in the space.
Good Fortune started out with a broad menu, according to a Washington Post article from 2002. “Lots of familiar dishes of the General Tso and moo shi varieties, a few softball-dad specials (a handful of “Revolution Diet” offerings, steamed and presumably low-carb), and an accommodating mix of Americanized and more authentic noodle dishes, from chow meins to chow foons, that are clearly big favorites with children.” Though there were changes, much of the menu remained intact until August 2024 when the restaurant closed.