Things have been relatively quiet on the retail side of the Downtown Crown neighborhood in Gaithersburg recently, but we do have two updates for you.

Le’Mer Salon & Spa at 125 Ellington Blvd recently closed permanently and has been cleared out. There is currently no word on what might take its place.


Champions Sports Bar, owned by Jennifer Garcia and local radio personality Yernandy Rijo, will open in Silver Spring this Friday, 10/23 at 6pm. The bar is located at 9433 Georgia Avenue, in the former home of Action House Vape & Hookah, in the same strip at La Casa Del Mofongo.

The bar/restaurant offers more than 10 TVs to enjoy all sports available. The menu consists of traditional “bar food” with a Latin twist. Some of the items included are:


Ssong’s Hotdogs, a popular South Korean chain, is opening what was the second announced U.S. location in the Montgomery Mall food court (it’ll now be the third to open).

The original plan was to open this November, which is still the date listed on the Ssong’s website, but we’re told there have been delays with construction so things are pushed back a bit.


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