According to a Biz Journals article from a few months back (linked below), Chaps Pit Beef is nearing a deal with a potential franchisee in Rockville according to owner Bob Creager.
The popular Baltimore style bbq restaurant, with current locations on Pulaski Highway in Baltimore and Aberdeen, has already reached a deal to bring their first franchised location to Frederick in the new Westview South mixed-use development off of Buckeystown Pike near I-270 in 2019.
It looks like the shopping center’s addition of Trader Joe’s later this year is helping bring some solid names into the fold.
Ledecky was born in D.C. but grew up and still resides in Bethesda. She attended Little Flower School (on Mass Ave. in Bethesda) and graduated from Stone Ridge (on Rockville Pike) in 2015.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2017/12/26/katie-ledecky-becomes-first-washingtonian-to-win-ap-female-athlete-of-the-year/?utm_term=.ba4cd4aa1d40
Herson Reyes, 25, was born in San Miguel, El Salvador. He moved to Silver Spring, MD with his mother, his two brothers, and his sister when he was 7 years old. He attended Glen Haven Elementary School and Parkland Middle School. His family moved to Wheaton and finally Gaithersburg, where Herson graduated from Quince Orchard High School.
Herson wanted to work from a young age. His older brother Ever, who was already working as a bar back at the Capitol Hill Cava Mezze location, told Herson and his twin brother Edward that there was one bussing position available at Cava Mezze in D.C. The twins played a game of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to see who the opportunity would go to…Herson won.
Poki District, Gong Cha (bubble tea), and Cheers Cut (fried chicken and seafood) will all be involved with The Spot. The 6,200 square foot food hall is still looking for a few more vendors.
The Spot will open next summer at the Metropolitan, a mixed-use Development near Rockville Town Square.
Ike Grigoropoulos (Gaithersburg High School), Ted Xenochristos (Paint Branch High School), and Dimitri Moshovitis (Quince Orchard High School) founded Cava Mezze about a decade ago. Since then they’ve grown to 6 full-service Cava Mezze locations and 43 fast-casual Cava locations. They also have sister restaurant Sugo Osteria (Italian) in Potomac and Brusco luncheonette in Baltimore.
“We selected Pike & Rose for many reasons, particularly the tenant of mix of new, diverse brands– many exclusive to this community.” said Ted Xenochristos.
“Muhammad Ali helped me realize that being outspoken can be a good thing.” – Robin Ficker
He’s definitely outspoken. Robin Ficker’s name is synonymous with local elections. He hasn’t won since 1978, when he was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican (he has run as a Democrat, Republican, and as an independent candidate), but he is confident that he will get this one.
Welcome to The MoCoShow’s Best Pizza in MoCo list!
We made the decision to go with two different lists this year, giving the the brick oven/woodfired/Neapolitan style pizzas their own category in a Top 5 list. Almost every other type of pizza is included in the Classic Style Top 20 List.
Tree lighting ceremonies will take place at Pike & Rose (4pm-7pm) and Rio Washingtonian (6:30pm-8pm) on November 17th. Rockville Town Square will hold theirs on November 18th (5pm-8pm).
Damascus, Northwest, Paint Branch, and Quince Orchard High Schools will be playing in the regional football finals on Friday (NW and QO will be playing each other).
As you may have heard a few months back, the fast casual restaurant that started as a food cart in Manhattan is finally making its way to MoCo!
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 20 stores worldwide, as nearby as Virginia and as far as the Philippines.
We’ve all heard of Montgomery Mall, Wheaton Plaza, Lakeforest, and even White Flint, but there’s one mall that always seems to be forgotten in these discussions. It was a mall with all the potential in the world that fell flat on its face…Rockville Mall.