This past Thursday, June 25, Strathmore announced their 2020-2021 event lineup.
The first event will be an outdoor exhibit in October, titled “Monuments: Creative Forces” by artist Craig Walsh. Portraits will be projected onto trees throughout the campus. According to the Strathmore website, the installation “challenges traditional expectations of public monuments” and “pays homage to regional artists who are forces of nature.” The exhibit will run from October 2-25.
Gumbo Ya Ya has closed permanently in Rockville Town Square.
The Puerto Rican/Cajun fusion restaurant moved to Rockville from its previous location in Germantown. It opened in November of 2019 and unfortunately wasn’t able to make it through the COVID pandemic after closing its doors in March.
After over 30 years Chuck E. Cheese has decided to close its Gaithersburg location. Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal reported that the company was $1 billion in debt, but the company has avoided filing for bankruptcy so far. We are told the Rockville and Takoma Park locations will remain open for carry-out and will be re-opening their arcades this coming Monday.
Photos of the equipment being backed up by Instagram user @Sammie.m03
Mahshad Modern Persian Kitchen is now open in King Farm.
The restaurant describes itself as having a “new version” of Persian cuisine and offers local, organic food for everyone.
Per a press release by Federal Realty, Bark Social, the first “dog bar” in the Mid-Atlantic region, is coming to Pike & Rose! According to the plans for Bark Social, there will be a professionally monitored off-leash dog park in addition to a space with a craft beer and coffee bar. Bark Social will be open year round, as the space will be indoor/outdoor.
Bark Social plans to open in September and will be located at 935 Prose Street, which is adjacent to Rose Park and next to Julii and Jinya.
It appears as though Bagel City in Rockville may have closed. As first reported by ABC7’s Kevin Lewis, the light up sign with the restaurant’s name has been taken down, there is a “For Lease” sign in the window, and the restaurant seems to have been emptied of all tables and equipment.
Bagel City, located in the Pike Center shopping center off of Rockville Pike, had been in operation in that location for almost 40 years.
Last September we told you that La Brasita would be taking over the old Greatest American Hot Dogs location in the Red Mill shopping center (7206 Muncaster Mill Rd).
Today we were told they hope to open by the end of June.
Last month, we shared that CVS was offering Drive up COVID-19 testing at three locations in MoCo. They have since added one more location, and are now offering testing at the following places:
They plan to expand and offer even more testing sites in the coming weeks.
Back in January we let you know that Ingera Rock would be taking over the the old Cuban Corner location in Rockville (825 Hungerford Dr. in Saah Plaza).
The Beach at Pike & Rose has a new addition– a sign stating that there are plans for it to be demolished. This may come as a surprise to many, but the intention was for The Beach to be temporary. It was constructed right before Summer of 2018 and was only supposed to last until Labor Day of that year. Due to popular demand, the beach was kept open much longer.
We are told that even though The Beach is disappearing, something equally fun and entertaining will replace it. We don’t have any official word on its replacement just yet.
Did you know that you can take a train from Rockville to Chicago without switching lines?
Amtrak’s Capitol Limited starts its route in DC’s Union Station and then has stops in Rockville, Harper’s Ferry, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and finally ends in Chicago. The ride from Rockville to Chicago takes a little over 17 hours.