Did you know Kimmy Gatewood is from Silver Spring and graduated from Paint Branch High School?
The MoCo native stars in GLOW as Stacey Beswick and portrayed Coach Crowley in Atypical, both successful series on Netflix. You may even remember her as Hillary Clinton or Marilyn Monroe from the “Epic Rap Battles of History” video series.
Taco Bell in Burtonsville should open in “about a week,” according to the head of the construction crew putting the finishing touches on the fast food restaurant.
Located in Burtonsville Town Square, construction began back in the spring of 2019.
UPDATE: Due to covid-related delays, Naz’s Halal Food Will now have it’s Grand Opening in Friday, August 21st.
Naz’s Halal Food will open its first location outside of New York, right here in MoCo!
Kim’s Hunan Express, one of three remaining businesses in the Burtonsville Crossing shopping center, appears to have closed.
Earlier in the week readers reported that the tables were gone from the restaurant, and now signs have been posted saying the restaurant has closed. We’ve placed calls to the restaurant, but have not gotten through.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe is the newest addition to Burtonsville Town Square. It’s located next to Dunkin Donuts and is now open.
The cafe offers more than just smoothies as the menu contains flatbreads, wraps, quesadillas, sandwiches, bowls, breakfast, and a lot more.
After a long wait, MoCo’s first Hip Hop Fish & Chicken is now open!
The restaurant is located in Briggs Chaney shopping center in the spot that used to be home to Marina’s Pollo A La Brasa (13820 Old Columbia Pike).
Shan’s Halal Food will be taking over the location next to Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Burtonsville Town Square.
We sat with Chapala owner and general manager, John Angel, who spoke with us about what he feels makes Chapala a must-try in the area.
He told us it starts with the food. All of Chapala’s food is made fresh daily with carefully selected ingredients and prepared without any preservatives. Though the family owned restaurant has been around since 1996, the recipes they use have been passed down from generation to generation. We enjoyed the food, but also loved having a mariachi duo play a few songs for us tableside (a clip of that is available on our instagram.
It will be located at 15614 Columbia Pike, next to Greenan Jewelers, in the old home of Scottrade.
The restaurant is located in Briggs Chaney shopping center in the spot that used to be home to Marina’s Pollo A La Brasa (13820 Old Columbia Pike).
That location was supposed to close at the end of August 2017, but signed a year extension. A few weeks back, the year ran out and Jerry’s packed up and left.