The store’s last day was Saturday, April 27th. There is still a MoCo Kate Spade store at the Clarksburg outlets.
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Bethesda
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Wang Dynasty will open May 1st in the location that was home to Shanghai Village in Bethesda (4929 Bethesda Ave.).
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Dog Haus is celebrating 1 years of the WÜRST in Bethesda! They also recently announced that they’ll be opening a location in the Kentlands later this year, so this is your chance to preview the restaurant at a fraction of the price.
The celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 16th from 11AM-11PM.
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We were unable to get confirmation at that time, but the location is now draped with Asian-inspired imagery, which tells us the move is likely happening soon.
Hawkers Asian Street Fare opened its first location in Orlando in 2011. Since then they have expanded to South Florida, Atlanta, Nashville, and more! It looks like Bethesda will be next!
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We were informed of the closing last week, but management told us that the restaurant would be staying open. Earlier this afternoon we were told that today would be the last day for the Bethesda restaurant.
Crave has 10 other locations nationwide, primarily in Minnesota (with locations in South Dakota and Iowa as well). They were in Montgomery Mall for a little over 4 years.
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The restaurant opened late last month and features tacos fused with flavors from across the world. They feature tacos with flavors from Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, Barbados, England, Israel, India, Korea, Japan, Sweden, and Greece.
In addition to tacos they will serve items like, chips and salsa/queso, nachos, crispy rolls, grilled meat sticks, street corn, and more.
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Yesterday, Bethesda Beat reported that Matchbox will be opening on Friday, 4/5.
Matchbox currently has a location in MoCo on Rockville Pike and will be opening their Bethesda location this summer.
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At that time we were not given confirmation, but I just got off the phone with a Lifetime employee from the Rockville/Potomac location and was told that they will be opening a Montgomery Mall location “within the next couple years.”
I asked if that meant the location on Seven Locks Road would close and was told that the plan is to keep all three MoCo locations open (Gaithersburg, Rockville/Potomac, and the new Bethesda location).
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The restaurant, a descendant of the Louisiana Express Company, opened in 2008 under the ownership of longtime employees Carlos Arana and Jose Blanco.
A sign was posted on the door that read the following:
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The Southern California-based assembly line style fast casual restaurant has taken over the Naples Ristorante location in the mall’s food court.
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Poki DC will have their soft opening at Georgetown Square in Bethesda (10400 Old Georgetown Rd., next to Not Your Average Joe’s) this Friday, 2/15, according to their recent Facebook post.
This location will also offer Gongcha Bobatea!