Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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Bethesda
Playa Bowls will open its fifth Montgomery County location at Chevy Chase Lake. Three residential developments are slated to be part of the Chevy Chase Lake development in Chevy Chase and the development is designed to be a walkable, mixed-use community with a town center and access to the Capital Crescent Trail.
It is located adjacent to Connecticut Avenue and the planned Purple Line transit system, which will provide an east-west connection between Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
Sibylle Zitko, a Bethesda resident who was missing since January 8th, was found dead on March 8th by the United States Park Police.
“On March 8, Park Police arrived in the area of Lock #5 near Brookmont for a report of a “possible deceased female.” Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews were also dispatched to the scene and recovered the body. The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the victim as Zitko, and her relatives have been notified, Park Police said in a statement.” per WTOP.
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Updated on 3/25 to reflect new opening date of 5/3/22
Hip Flask, the rooftop bar that’s inside of The Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ, has set an opening date. Representatives tell us the bar will open on Tuesday, May 3rd
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Goldberg’s Bagels will close its Cabin John Village location “in a few weeks, ” according to the store. Established in 1998 and serving the DC Metro area since 2004, Goldberg’s New York Bagels offers award winning bagels and deli style cuisine.
Management told Store Reporter, who was one of the first to report the news, that “the rent has gotten too high and they won’t be back after the Passover holiday.”
Earlier this month, Marriott celebrated the opening of its 8,000th property – Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ, a 12-story stylish retreat adjacent to Marriott International’s soon-to-open new global headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. The hotel opening signifies both a growth milestone for the company, as well as a remarkable moment in the Marriott story, as the company celebrates its 95th year. Marriott’s first lodging property, the Twin Bridges Marriott, opened in 1957 and was a four-story motor hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
The hotel’s restaurant, Seventh State, a historical nod to Maryland entering the union, also opened along with the restaurant. Seventh State offers a locally curated menu with items such as the Panuozzo, a wood-fired folded sandwich handmade with pizza dough and locally sourced ingredients. Floor-to-ceiling retractable glass walls open seasonally to outdoor seating, while a custom Italian wood-fire oven clad in bronze is a focal point of the open kitchen indoors.
Amazon announced earlier this month that it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods (including Amazon 4 Star) in the United States and United Kingdom.
Amazon has an Amazon 4 Star location in Montgomery Mall in Bethesda and one that was planned for Germantown, with signage at that location recently going up. The Montgomery Mall Amazon 4 Star location will be closing permanently today, March 19th. The Germantown location will no longer be opening, despite the recent signage that was erected prior to Amazon’s announcement.
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Baltimore-based ice cream shop is making its move into MoCo, with a location coming soon to Chevy Chase Lake in Chevy Chase. According to OpenCorporates, The Charmery will be moving in to 8551 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 202, a 1,306 SF location. Currently, The Charmery has locations in Hampden, Union Collective, Towson, Federal Hill, and it’s first locstion outside of Baltimore, in Columbia, that opened about a year ago.
The restaurant shop is owned and operated by David and Laura Alima. The Charmery started in 2013 with their its first location in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, MD. Per the Howard County Economic Development Authority:
Due to “unforeseen events,” Connecticut-based Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana has announced they will be pushing back the opening of its first DMV location at Bethesda’s Westfield Montgomery Mall (7101 Democracy Blvd) one week to Monday, March 28.
Representatives from the restaurant said the delay was due to a “minor technical issue.”
Trader Joe’s has opened its new location at 7900 Wisconsin Avenue, named “Bethesda-Downtown.” This is the second Bethesda location for the grocery chain.
Trader Joe’s held an opening ceremony this morning at 7:55am prior to the store opening for business at 8am.
Rehab 2 Perform, which currently has six locations in the D.C. metro area, including in Bethesda and Germantown, was ranked #82 on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Mid-Atlantic Region’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
According to a press release, Rehab 2 Perform had a two-year revenue growth of 119%.