Nando’s Peri Peri has let us know that the last day of business for its Bethesda location (4839 Bethesda Ave) will be this Saturday, December 18th. Federal Realty recently announced that Madewell will be moving in to the location in 2022.
Nando’s is a South African fast-casual chain that specializes in flame-grilled peri-peri style chicken. The restaurant was founded in Johannesburg in 1987, and now operates over 1,200 outlets in 30 countries.
Collins + Co. has announced that Kruba Thai will be coming to Park Potomac in the second quarter of 2022. It will be taking over the former Wine Harvest location at 12525 Park Potomac Ave B.
Kruba currently has a location at 301 Water St. near Nationals Park in Washington, DC. Their menu features sushi and traditional Thai dishes such as Panang and Drunken Noodles.
Back in March, NYCFC re-signed midfielder Gedion Zelalem. Today, the club won the MLS Cup– defeating Portland 4-2 in penalty kicks.
Zelalem played in 7 games this season, starting one, helping New York City to the Cup.
Classes will be all virtual this week for students at Georgetown Prep, a private Catholic boys school located in North Bethesda, after 30 students tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to WTOP, no teachers tested positive and “students were given the day off on Friday so teachers could prepare for the coming week of virtual learning.”
DC’s Butter Me Up will be opening a Montgomery County location in Westfield’s Montgomery Mall.
HalfSmoke, which should be opening its first MoCo location in Rockville Town Square soon, created Butter Me Up as a breakfast sandwich pop-up during the pandemic so that customers can pick up or order breakfast sandwiches for delivery.
Update: Nihel Lahouel has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MCPD:
Big Al’s Subs and Soups has opened in the Montgomery Mall food court, taking over the location that was previously home to Wicked Waffles next to Charley’s.
The restaurant offers ten different signature sandwiches, which includes a vegetarian option called “The Mediterranean”, or gives you the option to create your own regular ($7.49) or large ($10.49) sub.
Bullis alumna Masai Russell is among 15 college athletes that will participate in the WWE’s NIL program, which allows college athletes to monetize their name, image, an likeness (NIL).
Masai graduated from Bullis in Potomac and currently attends the University of Kentucky as a student athlete who participated in women’s track & field.
Update: December 13, 2021 – Shirley Jones has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MCPD:
12/23 Update: Broadway Pizza will be closing permanently on Christmas Eve
12/21 Update: Message from Broadway Pizza
ProShares, a premiere provider of ETFs based in Bethesda, launched the first bitcoin-linked ETF in the United States (NYSE Ticker: BITO) back on October 19th.
After the October launch, over $1 billion was invested into it in two days, making it the the fastest that any exchange-traded fund has reached that milestone.