Monkey’s Matcha officially opened its doors on Sunday, Feb. 15, and the response was immediate. A line stretched out the door of Lil Cakes & Creamery in Gaithersburg Square for much of afternoon, with some customers waiting close to two hours to get their hands on the new specialty matcha drinks.
One of the best pizzas i’ve ever had, and my top pizza from all of 2025, is located in Frederick, MD. The crazy part is, this pizza isn’t coming out of a traditional storefront. What’s even crazier, is it’s so exclusive, there are only eight pizzas made each week. What started as a passion project has turned into one of the most anticipated weekly drops at Bussin Pizza.
The Pretzel Bakery has closed its Cabin John Village location, bringing an end to a run of just under four years at the shopping center in Potomac.
“Savor Bethesda,” downtown Bethesda’s annual restaurant week event, will return in 2026 with an 11-day run from Thursday, February 19, through Sunday, March 1, 2026.
In August, we shared that Call Your Mother Deli would be returning to Bethesda with a new, permanent downtown location at 4828 St. Elmo Ave. A $475,000 permit has now been issued for construction, signaling that work is set to begin. While an exact opening date has not been announced, an opening later this year is expected.
Construction is set to begin at Montgomery County’s first Barrio Burrito Bar, which will also be Maryland’s second location overall. We first reported on the upcoming restaurant more than a year ago and a Baltimore-area location has since opened.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a building fire at the Talbots store inside Clarksburg Premium Outlets on Friday morning. (more…)
WRS, Inc. has confirmed to The MoCoShow that the first three retail tenants have officially signed on for the Lakeforest Redevelopment in Gaithersburg. The initial lineup includes a roughly 140,000SF Home Depot (located between the existing Germantown and Shady Grove locations), a 23,000SF Sprouts grocery store (the county’s second), and a smaller “boutique” 15,000SF Landmark Theatre (also the county’s second), as first reported by Maryland Newsletters.
Quickway Japanese Hibachi has officially opened its newest Montgomery County location, bringing fast-casual teppanyaki-style dining to Burtonsville Town Center.
Culver’s is officially headed to Virginia. Plans are in motion to open the state’s first Culver’s restaurant in Henrico County, marking a notable expansion for the Wisconsin-based fast-casual chain long beloved across the Midwest. The future location will sit at 4306 S Laburnum Avenue, directly across from White Oak Village and near Richmond International Airport (approximately little more than 100 miles south of DC).