Pâte à Cake, a new bakery in Gaithersburg, is currently having a soft opening.
The new bakery offers a selection of ready made cakes to go, cake rolls, cupcakes, taro desserts, coffees, mousse cups, and more.
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Roosters Men’s Grooming Center, a National chain that provides an authentic barbershop experience in a modern, upscale, and unpretentious environment, is coming to Rio.
It will be taking over the old Omaha Steaks location at Grand Corner Avenue, across from Barnes & Noble.
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UPDATE (1/13/21) We spoke with Site Realty after seeing a ‘For Lease’ sign back up in space at the 124 Plaza shopping center. They informed us Quizno’s will not be coming back.
The Quizno’s wrap was removed a few weeks back and replaced with the ‘For Lease’ sign.
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Teriyaki Express is now open in Gaithersburg. The locally-owned fast food restaurant offers grilled teriyaki combos (beef, chicken, shrimp, and fish) and sushi.
It is located at 405 N Frederick Avenue in the shopping center next to Ixtapalapa that is anchored by MegaMart.
Weis will close one of its two Gaithersburg locations (16567 S Frederick Ave. in the Walnut Hill shopping center) around Labor Day, a store representative told us this morning.
The Walnut Hill shopping center has seen the grocery store change names relatively frequently through the years, though current plans for the location are unknown.
Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican restaurant and bar, will open on August 3rd.
The restaurant will be located at 640 Center Point Way, next to MOD Pizza, in the Kentlands.
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After a career that lasted just over a decade, rapper Logic just announced his retirement on Twitter.
The rapper stated on social media that he would officially retire after the release of his sixth studio album, “No Pressure”, which is set to be released on July 24th.
Bonchon is Now Open in The Kentlands
Last May we told you that Bonchon would be opening a Kentlands location and just over 14 months later, it has opened (according to a “Now Open” banner the restaurant has placed on the building, photo courtesy of David Peikin).
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Fleet Feet in The Kentlands just shared that their store is closing permanently. Here is the message that they included in their announcement:
“Unfortunately, Fleet Feet Gaithersburg will be permanently closing our doors in the next week. We appreciate all of our customers’ patronage and wish we could continue to serve you. However, the economic impact of a multi-month crushing decline in revenue of 90% for the last 90 days has proven to be too much.”
Gaithersburg-based lab awarded $1.6 billion for COVID-19 vaccine.
Novavax Inc. is expected to deliver 100 million doses of their vaccine as early as the end of 2020, according to a press release. They will first conduct a clinical trial with up to 30,000 participants in the fall. Novavax will share their results from a smaller trial conducted in Australia at the end of July.
Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg has found creative ways to make social distancing a little more fun.
In order to promote carryout from local restaurants, they have drawn ‘picnic circles’ on the open grass areas, providing expansive seating 6 feet apart with a view of the water.