We spoke with Sardi’s owner, Philip Sardelis, who told us that he and his cousin are opening their first brewery.
Selva, which means jungle in Spanish, will brew beer influenced by the tropical rainforests of South America.
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Gaithersburg
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The store has been at 20 Grand Corner Ave in Rio for approximately 13 years. We were told there are no plans for this store to relocate as it had from its previous Kentlands location in the early 2000s.
There are nearby locations in Fairfax, Annapolis, and Towson.
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The local artisanal ice cream scoop shop is going to be located in the space next to Starbucks on Boardwalk Place as a summer pop-up (updated on 6/8 to reflect the pop-up status of the store).
For those unfamiliar with Moorenko’s, they earned The MoCoShow’s #1 ice cream spot in MoCo award when we released our list back in 2017.
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We don’t currently have an opening date for the cupcake spot, but it will be located at 344 Main Street in the location formerly occupied by Capital Investment Management and Dr. Singh (who can now be found at 208 Main Street according to a sign on the door).
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Last night we had Gaithersburg City Councilmember Neil Harris on episode 47 of The MoCoShow and we discussed Royal Farms coming to an agreement to open their first MoCo location in Gaithersburg. Podcast available below (Royal Farms news discusses at approximately 33:20).
Neil told us that when the developer bought the property across from Gaithersburg High School where the Wawa is going, they initially considered 7-Eleven. The Gaithersburg City Council asked if it was possible to bring something new to the area “like a Wawa or Royal Farms.”
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Courtesy of Fogo De Chao Fogo de Chão is excited to announce the upcoming opening of their newest location in the vibrant Pike & Rose neighborhood in North Bethesda, Maryland […]
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Initially founded as a hotdog cart in 1990, The Halal Guys made the switch to chicken, gyro meat, and pita two years later. The first brick and mortar restaurant opened in New York in 2015 and the company hasn’t looked back since, opening over 70 brick and mortar locations.
Halal Guys will be located at 522 N Frederick Ave, next to T-Mobile.
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We spoke with representatives from Wawa today who let us know they plan on opening their first Montgomery County location in Gaithersburg.
Wawa will be taking over the old Becraft Antiques location on 355 across from Gaithersburg High School (405 S Frederick Ave).
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They offer a reasonably priced all-you-can-eat buffet and even offer a carry-out version of their buffet (prices available here).
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Stop by between 10am-2pm for local produce, beer, spirits, CBD, baked goods, beauty supplies and a lot more, including live music by Park Valley Band starting at 11:30am.
In other news, it was announced last night that Dogfish Head will be merging with Boston Beer Company (the maker of Sam Adams) in a deal worth around $300 million.
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They’ll be taking over part of the location that used to be home to Last Mango, Zodiac Grill, Tony and James, 44 Sports Bar and Grill, and most recently Largent’s Restaurant and Bar location (654 Center Point Way).
Bonchon has over 300 locations worldwide, almost 100 in the United States, and two other MoCo locations (Germantown and Rockville).