This is going to be completely different than those pods you’ve seen in many malls. Your experience at one of their 8 stations will be far more authentic than most of the VR available in shopping malls.
You’ll be able to purchase 10, 20, 30, or 60 minute packs to play games that include google paint, mini-golf, boxing, walking on a plank across a skyscraper, a haunted house, and a lot more.
El Sapo will be “unmistakably Cuban, full of instense flavors, laughter, music, colors and aroma.” The food will be inspired by the foods Chef Mendizabal ate at home and on the streets of La Habana while he was growing up as well as his journey as a chef throughout the years.
Happy hour will last from 4pm-7pm and will consist of half-price mojitos and specials on beer, wine, and Cubano sandwiches.
The first location will be in the Hale Center at 8517 Colesville Rd. in Silver Spring (pictured below).
The other location will be in the Montgomery Village shopping center at 9997 Stedwick Rd.
That location was supposed to close at the end of August 2017, but signed a year extension. A few weeks back, the year ran out and Jerry’s packed up and left.
There were previously rumors of Matchbox also replacing Ted’s Bulletin In Downtown Crown (Gaithersburg), but they never materialized before Matchbox sold off the Ted’s Bulletin brand last year.
Matchbox currently has a location in MoCo on Rockville Pike. The new Silver Spring location is expected to open by Spring 2019.
A report that came out a few few months ago mentioned Ruby Tuesday closing 51 locations nation-wide this summer, but it seemed as if Germantown was safe. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to survive this round.
According to their Facebook page, their hours are 11am-10pm daily.
Though they haven’t announced the vendors, Pike Kitchen is expected to include Korean bibimbap, Hawaiian poké bowls, bubble tea, Taiwanese buns (bao), Japanese Ramen, Vietnamese bahn mi, Thai street food, and much more!
They’re using this week to “get acquainted with their work flow,” but don’t worry…they’ll be making it more than worth it by offering 40% off all food!
I attended their friends & family opening and can safely say that this will become the premier sushi “date spot” in MoCo.
The studio will be located at 107B Gibbs Rd and will host their first public workshop on October 26th and is open for private events anytime after that date.
From their website:
A new location will open soon in the Seneca Meadows shopping center in Germantown.
If you’d like a preview of what the restaurant has to offer, you can stop by their Silver Spring or Gaithersburg locations.
Opening in the spring of 2019, North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose welcomes Drybar to the neighborhood. The premier blow dry specialist will be located at 11861 Grand Park Avenue next to Sunday MorningBakehouse and UNIQLO.