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Planta, An Upscale Plant-Based Restaurant, To Open Next Month in Bethesda

Published January 27, 2022 at 10:39AM

Back in January we told you that Planta, an upscale plant-based restaurant featuring a menu by Chef David Lee, would be coming to 4910 Elm St at Bethesda Row, in the location formerly occupied by Cafe Deluxe (Cafe Deluxe closed permanently back in March of last year). We spoke with a representative from Planta last night who told us that the restaurant is expecting to open early next month (February).

Planta was founded in 2016 and currently has several locations in Florida, New York, and Toronto. Planta has been notable for serving a long list of different celebrities who aren’t plant-based like Rob Gronkowski, Bella Hadid, Hailey Bieber and more, pushing that the restaurant was created for everyone.

The Real Story Behind the “Red Hogs” Tweets Regarding the New Washington Football Team Name

By MCS Staff

Published January 26, 2022 at 3:33PM

Yesterday a tweet from longtime MoCo screen printing and embroidery company, Sports Extra, gained traction when they displayed burgundy and gold apparel with the name “Red Hogs” on it.

We’re not trying to ruin any surprises here, but this shipment just arrived from UPS. Not sure if it was supposed to be delivered here. Just called UPS and they are coming back to get it. Either way,let’s go Red Hogs!!!!! pic.twitter.com/9uqMnZEEXE

The History of Bethesda, By Mark Walston

By MCS Staff

Published January 25, 2022 at 12:42PM

By Mark Walston

Courtesy of the Bethesda Historical Society

Bethesda’s Enviva, World’s Largest Producer of Industrial Wood Pellets Used as Energy Source, Announces MOU with First U.S. Customer

By MCS Staff

Published January 23, 2022 at 1:57PM

Enviva is the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, which are used an energy source used to generate electricity and heat. The company was founded in 2004 and was first located in Richmond, Virginia before moving to Bethesda in 2011.

On Wednesday the company announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its first U.S.-based customer, detailing plans to significantly accelerate its capital expansion timeline due to recent commercial momentum with power and heat generators and with industrials in hard-to-abate sectors. The business update also included preliminary 2021 financial results.

Gelato Galaxy Closes in Montgomery Mall

By MCS Staff

Published January 23, 2022 at 9:57AM

Gelato Galaxy has closed in Montgomery Mall, after less than six months in the food court.

Gelato Galaxy opened in the Montgomery Mall food court back in August of 2021 in the location that was previously home to Coldstone Creamery in the middle of the Westfield Montgomery food court.

Silver Spring Dealership Expands to Downtown Bethesda with Exclusive Lincoln Boutique Opening This Year

By MCS Staff

Published January 22, 2022 at 12:34PM | Updated January 22, 2022 at 2:01PM

Silver Spring Dealership Expands to Downtown Bethesda with Exclusive Lincoln Boutique Opening Early 2022

Alex Perdikis, principal owner of Koons Lincoln of Silver Spring, announced the expansion of his dealership holdings into downtown Bethesda with Koons Lincoln of Bethesda last month. The new dealership, housed in a multi-million-dollar state-of-the art facility will showcase Lincoln’s luxury line of SUVs in the heart of Bethesda’s newly revitalized commercial and residential district.

Slated to open in early 2022, the dealership, located at 7315 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, will feature Lincoln Navigators, Aviators, and other models in an innovative street level storefront. In addition, vehicles will be showcased to the public in an elegantly illuminated glass runway. Designed to evoke a glass display case, the runway provides ample space for shoppers to browse Lincoln models and is an exciting exterior focal point of the Lincoln Boutique store. The dealership, designed by Bethesda-based Penney Design Group, will entice shoppers with additional amenities including a spacious modern lounge, coffee bar, private sales suites and more.

MoCo Dad (PianoDadDan) Becomes Overnight TikTok Sensation

By MCS Staff

Published January 21, 2022 at 10:35PM

Dan Binstock is a lifelong MoCo resident. The Potomac dad is now also a viral TikTok sensation, earning over 340K followers and nearly 30 million views in less than a month with his ability to hear a song just once and recreate it to near perfection on the piano.

Binstock was born and raised in Potomac. He started playing piano at the age of 5, when he realized he had an ear for music. After taking lessons growing up and continuing to play while he was a student at Wootton High School, where he was known for his piano-playing ability, he went in a different direction with his career, earning his law degree and currently owning and operating a company that recruits lawyers.

BAR IVY, a West Coast Inspired Eatery and Bar, is Coming to Bethesda

By MCS Staff

Published January 21, 2022 at 12:26PM | Updated January 26, 2022 at 5:49PM

BAR IVY is slated for downtown Bethesda. Blagden Hospitality Group (BHG) has signed a lease for the ground floor retail location at Carr’s newly delivered, landmark development, The Wilson & The Elm, a three-tower mixed use development on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Elm Street. The building already has prominent office customers at The Wilson, such as Fox 5, Walker & Dunlop, and ProShares, as well as a growing residential community at The Elm.

Per Carr Properties:

Bethesda’s Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) Receives $2M Supporting Research of Treatment of Volumetric Muscle Loss

By MCS Staff

Published January 20, 2022 at 10:19PM | Updated January 22, 2022 at 2:02PM

The Bethesda-based Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) is a global nonprofit that administers more than $500 million in medical research funds annually. For nearly 40 years, HJF has partnered with researchers and clinicians to provide bench to bedside to battlefield research support.

Today, HJF announced it received nearly $2M to support a study to evaluate treatment for volumetric muscle loss.

Bethesda’s Mytonomy Launches Channel on Roku

By MCS Staff

Published January 20, 2022 at 3:30PM

Bethesda’s Mytonomy, a leader in enterprise cloud solutions for video-based patient engagement, experience, and healthcare microlearning education, is launching its own channel on the Roku® platform.

In a press release from Thursday, January 13th, Mytonomy stated that it would be making it easy for healthcare systems to close gaps in care and transition patients from hospital to home through its streaming app available on the Roku platform.

True Crime Docuseries on the 1986 Death of Silver Spring Teenager Keith Warren, Found Hanging From a Tree, Airs Tomorrow on Discovery+

By Patrick Herron

Published January 20, 2022 at 12:06PM | Updated February 17, 2022 at 12:59PM

Discovery+ will be airing Uprooted, a three-part docuseries on the death of Silver Spring teenage, Keith Warren, beginning February 18. Warren was found hanging from a tree on July 31, 1986 near his home in Silver Spring. The death was classified as a suicide but because of inconsistencies in the case, his family has long believed it to be a lynching.

The series follows Keith Warren’s sisters 35 year attempt to change the cause of death on Keith’s death certificate. The docuseries will be accompanied by a six-part podcast hosted by Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, according to Deadline.