There were previously rumors of Matchbox also replacing Ted’s Bulletin In Downtown Crown (Gaithersburg), but they never materialized before Matchbox sold off the Ted’s Bulletin brand last year.
Matchbox currently has a location in MoCo on Rockville Pike. The new Silver Spring location is expected to open by Spring 2019.
inride, a new car subscription service in Silver Spring, allows subscribers to drive a fleet of cars for one monthly payment.
Subscribers are able to schedule a flip at the press of a button and keep the car for as long, or as little, as they’d like.
Rockwood Capital and Petrie Richardson Ventures, the sellers, were represented by Newmark Knight Frank. Petrie Richardson is also rumored to have purchased Lakeforest Mall a few months back, but representatives have not commented on the rumored acquisition.
The five-story Mall was purchased by GBT Realty Corp. In the purchase, the Tennessee-based company has also bought the rights to build 250,000 sq ft. higher (air rights).
El Sapo will be “unmistakably Cuban, full of instense flavors, laughter, music, colors and aroma.” The food will be inspired by the foods Chef Mendizabal ate at home and on the streets of La Habana while he was growing up as well as his journey as a chef throughout the years.
Happy hour will last from 4pm-7pm and will consist of half-price mojitos and specials on beer, wine, and Cubano sandwiches.
The once-thriving local pizza chain is now down to one location– Rockville (190 Halpine Rd).
Below you’ll see screenshots from LimeBike, Mobike, Ofo, and Spin that show a dramatically decreased amount of bikes in the Silver Spring area.
On April 26th, Bethesda Beat reported that “the county granted these four companies permits to place as many as 600 dockless bikes in an area that includes Downtown Silver Spring, Takoma Park, and surrounding suburban communities.”
As reported earlier today by Source of the Spring, a notice on the door refers customers to their College Park location.
Last February the company announced that they’d be closing 50 stores nationally. At the time, there were 6 MoCo locations. Now there are just three– Kentlands, Germantown, and Rockville.
Silver Spring blogger, @MyLineIsRed (Twitter), stopped in and was able to get some pictures of Buena Vida prior to its opening (full versions of the picture seen below). MyLineIsRed was able to eat at TTT and described the food as being really good, but warned that the restaurant was extremely busy.
Tacos, Tortas, & Tequila offers an “authentic Mexican experience with a modern twist.”
I also spoke with the bartender for a little. He told me that Quarry House has the oldest active liquor license in MoCo (until Dietle’s is back up and running).
My Quarry House Tavern experience was just as I remembered it. There’s something about the place that just makes you love being there. The atmosphere is still perfect, the food is as good as you’ll find in a dive-bar (though I’m hesitant to call it that), and the beer selection is top-notch.
It was announced a few months back that Ivan Iracan would be bringing Tacos, Tortas, and Tequila to Silver Spring to occupy the old 8407 Kitchen Bar spot (https://mocoshow.com/blog/tacos-tortas-and-tequila-coming-to-silver-spring).
A few weeks later he announced that he would be bringing an unlimited small plates program, similar to the one at his popular D.C. restaurant Ambar, to the second level of the location– as Buena Vida.
This will be District Taco’s 13th location and second in Maryland (first in MoCo). All of their locations so far are in D.C., Maryland, or Virginia.
District Taco will take over the vacant Oriental East location.