Bar Louie Closes Both MoCo Locations (and Gallery Place)
Bar Louie, a bar and restaurant chain founded in 1990, has recently closed three DC Metro area locations (including Rockville Town Square and Wheaton Mall in MoCo).
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This morning we spoke with Brad Riddle, a broker at Greater Potomac Realty (a commercial real estate company with offices in Gaithersburg and Kensington), who let us know of Playa Bowls second MoCo location coming soon to Kensington.
Greater Potomac Realty has been working with Playa Bowls (Açaí Bowls, Pitaya, Coconut Bowls, smoothies, etc.) on opening locations in the DC area. Recently they have opened in Fairfax, VA (Mosaic District) and Potomac, MD (Cabin John Village).
Moorenko’s opened a Rio location this past June as a summer pop-up, taking over the old 16 Handles location on Boardwalk Drive.
The plan was to see how things went before deciding on whether to stay permanently. Moorenko’s management told us negotiations were ongoing after they closed the pop-up location on September 26th.
Line Around the Building for Mission BBQ’s Military Appreciation Night
A couple weeks ago we let you know that Mission BBQ would be opening it’s Germantown location this Monday, January 27th.
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Last week we were informed by several customers that The Cuban Corner in Rockville (825 Hungerford Dr. in Saah Plaza) was closed without explanation.
Readers told us that online ordering was working (orders were not completed) and the phone would ring, but that the restaurant was actually closed.
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is opening in the the old Community location at 7776 Norfolk Ave in Bethesda on Wednesday, January 29th.
The chain started in Florida in 2002 and has since expanded with more than 50 restaurants throughout the northeast. It is owned by Anthony Bruno and backed by NFL Hall of Fame quarterback, Dan Marino.
Dog Haus Biergarten in the Kentlands is holding its soft opening all week, leading up to it’s grand opening on January 25th.
The soft opening hours are 11am-11pm.
Gardenia’s Cafe, described as homemade, multicultural cuisine made with clean ingredients, will have its grand opening this Thursday, January 23rd.
The cafe is owned and operated by a family of four (pictured) and will offer a selection of baked goods, coffee, fresh breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with a few vegan and gluten free options.
Back in November 2018 we broke the news of Mission BBQ taking over the old Ruby Tuesday location in Germantown (19800 Century Blvd).
Last month they announced the official opening date…Monday, January 13th, 2020, but that was pushed back.
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Updated on January 13th to include a deli as a potential replacement for Zoe’s.
Zoës Kitchen will close its Park Potomac location, leaving the Germantown location as the lone Zoës in MoCo. A source close to the situation tells us that a new sushi restaurant or deli is deep in talks to come to the shopping center and could be eyeing the Zoe’s Kitchen space. Zoës in Park Potomac will close on January 24th.
Last month we featured Rockville restaurant Los Primos as a MoCo hidden gem. It didn’t take long until many more noticed, as the restaurant has been included in a list of the “Top 100 Places to Eat in the United States, According to Yelp.”
Forbes released an article on based on Yelp data (ratings, number of reviews, etc.) used to create the ultimate bucket list of places to eat across the country.