Enterprise Purchases $29,600 in Gift Cards to Local Restaurants for its Employees
On March 5th, Enterprise Rent-A-Car gifted all 80,000 of it’s employees (full and part-time) a $100 gift card to a local restaurant for Employee Appreciation Day. That included 296 of its workers here in Montgomery County.
The local branches chose independently owned restaurants that were close to Enterprise locations. Enterprise said that they wanted to show gratitude towards its employees while at the same time helping the local economy.
Restaurants where gift cards were purchased from included Mamma Lucia ($17,000), Gemelli’s Italian Market ($6,000), and St. Veg ($500).
“The opportunity to both surprise our employees with a gift while also lifting up local establishments hard hit by the pandemic was really special. We appreciate that we have come out on the other side of hard times and want to help other businesses do the same!” said Kris Stuber, VP of HR, Enterprise.
2020 has been a difficult year for restaurants. A few weeks ago we released a list of restaurants that have closed since March 17th.(not necessarily due to Covid, but since the day the initial restrictions were put in place).
While that list is long, there are still plenty of restaurants planning to open in MoCo in 2021.
Below we’ve put together a list of some of the expected 2021 openings:
- America’s Best Wings – 11242 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton
- Bear Brick Oven Pizza – 15410 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring
- Bark Social (bar) – Pike & Rose
- Burton’s Bar & Grill – 200 Kentlands Blvd, Gaithersburg
- Brio’s Chicken – 117 Commerce Square Pl, Gaithersburg
- Call Your Mother Deli – 11807 Grand Park Avenue, North Bethesda
- Cider Barrel – 355, Germantown
- Chiko – 7280 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda
- Chopt – 200 Kentlands Blvd, Gaithersburg
- Dunkin / Baskin Robbins – 11140 New Hampshire Ave, White Oak
- Dunkin – 706 E Gude Dr, Rockville
- Ela Mesa Taste of Greece – 109 Paramount Park Drive, Gaithersburg
- Ensemble – 4856 Cordell Ave, Bethesda
- Fantastiks – 215 Boardwalk Pl, Gaithersburg
- Frank’s Burgers Palace – 11265 Triangle Lane, Wheaton
- Frank Pepe’s – Westfield Montgomery, Bethesda
- Gameworks – Westfield Montgomery, Bethesda
- Grill Kabob – 1409 Research Blvd, Rockville
- Gong Cha / Fuji Teryaki – 12000 Cherry Hill Rd, Silver Spring
- King Street Oyster – 12435 Park Potomac Ave, Park Potomac
- Half Smoke – 36A Maryland Ave, Rockville
- Hook & Reel – 11160 Veirs Mill Rd, Wheaton
- Jollibee – 2800B University Blvd W, Wheaton
- Jongro BBQ – Westfield Wheaton
- Klay Healthy Indian Eats – 9736 Traville Gateway, Rockville
- La Gula Mexicana – 21030 Frederick Road, Germantown
- Little Island Kitchen – 10003 Stedwick Rd, Montgomery Village
- Melina – 909 Rose Ave, Rockville
- Olney Crab House – 19200 Georgia Avenue, Olney
- Plaza Oaxaca – 141 Gibbs Street, Rockville Town Square
- Popeyes – 13886 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring
- OTC Bar & Grill – 226 E Diamond Ave, Gaithersburg
- RanKen Noodle House – 133 Commerce Square Pl, Gaithersburg
- Royal Farms – Spectrum at Watkins Mill, Gaithersburg
- Royal Tandoor – 820 Muddy Branch Square, Gaithersburg
- Sake Japanese Steakhouse – Westfield Wheaton
- Salt & Vine – 3308 Olney Sandy Spring Rd, Olney
- Shalla Restaurant and Bar – 8801 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring
- South House Garden – 317 E. Diamond Ave, Gaithersburg
- Spanish Diner – 7271 Woodmont Ave, Bethesda
- Starbucks – Montgomery Village Center
- Starbucks – Spectrum at Watkins Mill, Gaithersburg
- Sydney’s Burger – Westfield Wheaton
- TKK Chicken – 967 Rose Ave, North Bethesda
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe – 13531 Connecticut Avenue, Aspen Hill
- True Food Kitchen – 221 Rio Blvd, Gaithersburg
- Two Hands Korean Corn Dogs – Westfield Wheaton
- Quincy’s Potomac – 1093 Seven Locks Rd, Potomac
- Quizno’s – 18568 Woodfield Rd, Gaithersburg
- Vine Alley – 114 Market Street, Gaithersburg
- Wawa – 405 S. Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg
GameStop in Fallsgrove to Close
The GameStop located at 14929 Shady Grove Rd in Rockville will be closing in the early part of 2021. It is the only GameStop store in Montgomery County that has announced it is going out of business.
Since 2019 the chain has closed over 700 stores nationwide and has already announced they will be closing another 1000 stores by April.
Currently GameStop still has locations in Bethesda, Germantown, Montgomery Village, Silver Spring, and Wheaton. The Aspen Hill location, which recently closed, will be reopening in the shopping center.
For up to date information you can visit the unofficial GameStop Closing List website.
July 13th UPDATE:
Poyoteca (Rockville) will be offering 50% off for its Rockville grand opening.
Back in March we let you that Poyoteca would be taking over the old Cheeburger Cheeburger in Fallsgrove.
Recently Poyoteca announced that they will offer 50% off everything from Monday, August 3rd until Friday, August 7th to celebrate the Grand Opening of its Rockville location.
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Cheeburger Cheeburger has shared that the last remaining MoCo location (in the Fallsgrove shopping center in Rockville) will close permanently at the end of December.
To thank you all for 17 years they have a few special offers you can take advantage of prior to them closing.
Offers include:
• Buy one entree, get the second for $1 (dine-in only)
• Buy one burger, get the second free (with purchase of 2 beverages)
• 25% off any online order
• Free Shake every Monday with any entree purchase
We are sad to see them go!
Shivi Brian Mohanani-Neil, age 28, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was found dead in a hotel room in Hagerstown. Police say no foul play is suspected in his death.
Mohanani-Neil robbed the same Rockville SunTrust bank three times (Safeway in Fallsgrove) between January 27th and March 3rd earlier this year before moving on to the SunTrust in Safeway on New Hampshire Ave in Cloverly.
Full story from Montgomery County Police here.
They closed a few months back and last week Store Reporter announced that Jersey Mike’s will be moving in.
We heard back from the Fallsgrove shopping center who confirmed the report and told us there’s no opening day at the time, but that it’s “probably in a couple months.”
Owners Harold Autry and Aaron Benjamin are lifelong MoCo residents!
Anne, the owner, tells us that she has been vegan for over a decade and wanted to share the food she’s passionate for with the county she calls home.
The Good Counsel graduate is the creator of the entire menu and hopes to wow you with dishes such as the Vegball sub (vegballs are made of brown rice and various mushrooms, depending on what they have in for the day), the shredded medley bahn mi, and the no guilt burger (made of lentils, brown rice, and mushrooms). Everything on the menu is 100% plant-based.
I was lucky enough to sample the flavor bomb sandwich, which comes with a small bowl of pho for dipping, and mom’s caramel tofu bowl.
As someone who loves meat and many other animal products, I was a little hesitant. My hesitation was quickly put to rest with the first bite of the sandwich…it was delicious! The bowl was awesome too, with many different flavors coming together highlighted by the house-made caramel sauce.
Their drinks, which are coming soon, will feature fresh squeezed lemonade and a hibiscus tea that will feature actual steamed flowers and a drop of agave).
St. Veg will be open from 11am-9pm.
Check out the link below to enroll or for more information!
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.
We are now down to three Jerry’s locations in MoCo (Aspen Hill, Burtonsville, and Gaithersburg).
We will update this article with more information about the restaurant as we get it.
