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MoCo Hidden Gems: Gardenia’s Café
When you enter Gardenia’s Café in Gaithersburg you are immediately given a warm welcome from owner, baker, and lifelong Gaithersburg resident Gardenia Ortega. She, along with her parents Fernando and Maritza, opened Gardenia’s Café this past February. Gardenia says “walking in those doors is just like walking into my house. From the bright colors, cleanliness, flowers, the smell of fresh food, and fresh ingredients.”
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Popular Wheaton Thai restaurant, Nava Thai, will reopen on December 3rd, according to a Facebook post from late last night. The Thai restaurant closed back in January for plumbing maintenance and was supposed to reopen in early March. In February, they addressed rumors of a permanent closure by assuring customers the restaurant would be returning, but that was the last message posted for over 9 months.
In July, the building was listed on LoopNet as being available for lease or rent, which further fueled speculation that the beloved restaurant would not be returning. All of those rumors were put to rest when the restaurant announced it would be returning with a limited menu for “takeout, limited dine-in, and delivery.”
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Update (1/17/21): Five Below Will Have its Grand Opening on Saturday, February 6th
Five Below is Coming to the Orchard Center on Cherry Hill Rd
Investigation Discovery Episode about Missing MoCo Sisters Aired this Weekend
This past weekend, Investigation Discovery aired an episode sharing the story of the the Lyon sisters. The two sisters, Sheila (12) and Katherine (10) disappeared in 1975 during a trip to Wheaton Mall. The girls were never found.
Source of the Spring reports that Xtra Ordinaire Apparel has opened their newest retail store at 937 Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring, the former location of New York & Company. The brand has two other locations in Arlington, VA and Atlanta, GA.
Right now on their website they are offering 15% off of all items $20 or more.
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Royal Tandoor Fine Indian Cuisine and Whiskey Bar Coming to Muddy Branch Square
Royal Tandoor Fine Indian Cuisine & Whiskey Bar is scheduled to open this spring.
Lotus Grill and Bar Closes Permanently in Bethesda
The restaurant opened back in May of 2019 and offered a modern take on Indian and Indo-Chinese cuisine, even offering pizza and tacos, on Elm Street in Bethesda, but a year and a half later it has closed permanently.
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New Gluten-Free Marketplace in Damascus!
A gluten-free marketplace, currently known as Impasta, just opened in Damascus. The marketplace sells a variety of gluten-free items made in house.
Two New Restaurants for Briggs Chaney Marketplace
Two new restaurants have recently opened in Briggs Chaney Marketplace in the last few weeks (Outlet Drive in Silver Spring).
Toys for Tots Drop-off Site at Lakeforest Mall
The 2020 Montgomery County Toy’s for Tot’s donation center is located inside Lakeforest Mall at the former Forever 21 retail spot. The local chapter, coordinated by Mr. Paul Gunther, distributed 34,417 toys to over 10,000 children in Montgomery County in 2019.