The original plan was for there to be a slight overlap and for both locations to be open simultaneously for a week or two, but construction hit a snag at the new location and we’ve been left Yoyogi-less for a few weeks.

The wait is almost over, as Yoyogi has announced a soft opening for Tuesday, June 19th (11am-3pm) and their grand opening on Wednesday, June 20th.


The big box retail chain, specializing in home decor products, will open their first Maryland location in Frederick this summer and will follow up with their second Maryland location in Gaithersburg this fall.

The Frederick store will be located at 1811 Monocacy Blvd.


Though this is still unconfirmed, I’m told a “family owned Mexican restaurant” will be moving in to the bottom floor of the old Largent’s location in the Kentlands (654 Centerpoint […]


This comes on the heels of Yoyogi, a very popular sushi restaurant in the Kentlands, announcing the opening of a second location in the development (word is the original location will become carry-out only after the new location opens).

The restaurant will be owned by longtime Raku chef, Ken Ballogdajan, and his sister, Aki Ballogdajan. According to the article, the siblings grew up on their parents sushi restaurant Kioko, which had locations in Cleveland Park and Frederick.


It’s the type of move you don’t really see much, but they’ll be opening a second location about a hundred yards from their current location (across the street in a location behind the stone chairs on the lawn, as seen in the video below).

I’m told the original location won’t be closing and that we should expect the second location to open in the “next few months.”


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