Gardenia’s Cafe, described as homemade, multicultural cuisine made with clean ingredients, will have its grand opening this Thursday, January 23rd.
The cafe is owned and operated by a family of four (pictured) and will offer a selection of baked goods, coffee, fresh breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with a few vegan and gluten free options.
The Kettler brother (Clarence, Milton, and Charles) built Montgomery Village after Clarence had the idea of building a special town.
In 1962, they bought The Walker Farm, Thomas Farm, The Brothers Mills, The French Farm, The Fulks Farm, The Patton Farm, The Wilson Farm, and The James Walter Deppa property. The Walker Farm was the largest of all the properties the Kettlers bought. It was 412 acres and now is Walkers Choice, Cider Mill, Horizon Run, Christopher Court, Dockside, Nathan’s Hill, Millrace, the library, the day care center, Montgomery Village Plaza, Breckenridge, the Verandahs, Grover’s Forge, Lake Whetstone, South Valley Park and part of Lakeforest Mall (courtesy of The Montgomery Village website).
Pictured you’ll see Silia Campanero Di Franco cutting her brother Attillio Campanaro’s hair. The Watkins Mill graduates have moved their salon, Illusions Hair Studio, from the Montgomery Village shopping center to Quince Orchard Plaza.
In 1966, 18-year old Rico Campanero arrived in the United States from Italy, having never given a single haircut. But in 1968 he purchased his first barber shop – Rocco’s located in Silver Spring. Now, six salons later (including locations in Lake Forest Mall and Frederick), 71-year-old Rico, his wife Grace and two of his three children, Attilio and Silia (graduates of Watkins Mill High School) have relocated Illusions Hair Studio from Montgomery Village to Quince Orchard Plaza in Gaithersburg, Maryland due to construction and redevelopment of the Montgomery Village shopping center.
We were just informed of two impending closures at Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg.
Forever 21, the “fast fashion” retailer known for its trendy offerings and low pricing, filed for bankruptcy last month. At the time, the Lakeforest location was the only one of the four MoCo locations that was not listed as one of the stores expected to close.
Patel Brothers is now open in Montgomery Village Plaza (18270 Contour Rd.), taking over the old Trader Joe’s space.
The grocery store chain was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1974 and is currently headquartered in Hanover Park, IL. They currently have 54 locations in 19 states.
ViVi Bubble Tea, a New York Based bubble tea chain, will be opening soon in Montgomery Village Plaza (18236 Countour Rd).
They currently have over 30 locations nationwide, most being in New York. The closest ViVi Bubble Tea location is in Rockville and there was previously a planned location in the Spectrum Town Center in Gaithersburg, but those plans seem to have been cancelled.
Today we’ve been able to confirm that Aldi, another German discount grocery chain, will also be opening a location in Montgomery Village. Aldi will be located in the Montgomery Village Shopping Center in the old CVS location, next to Big Lots.
According to the Montgomery Newsletter, the company has purchased the Professional Center property for almost $4 million.
It will be quite some time until any changes are made as Lidl has not submitted any plans to the county.
The grocery store chain was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1974 and is currently headquartered in Hanover Park, IL. They currently have 54 locations in 19 states., including three in Maryland (one MoCo location in Rockville– 15110 Rockville Pike).
The first location will be in the Hale Center at 8517 Colesville Rd. in Silver Spring (pictured below).
The other location will be in the Montgomery Village shopping center at 9997 Stedwick Rd.
“Not only does the new school provide children an amazing fun outlet to learn discipline and respect while exercising but the new school is recognized as a Olympic level school, which gives interested students an opportunity to train to become part of team USA” says owner, David Abraham.
Abraham also believes “Senshi will be a great addition to the community as todays children spend more time behind a phone of table screen then in activities.”