Last month we let you know that Chido’s Tex-Mex Grill has signed on to take over the space that was recently home to The Eleanor at 931 Ellsworth Dr. in Downtown Silver Spring. The restaurant has wrapped the windows with coming soon signage as it prepares for a late spring opening.

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In April we let you know that Copper Canyon Grill is requesting approval for a 1,012 square foot covered dining pier to be located on the RIO Lake. The restaurant submitted its final site plan back in July and the planning commission approved it unanimously at a September meeting. Earlier this week, Copper Canyon released new renderings of what to expect, including the finished product of other ongoing exterior renovations (photos below).

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Pizza Hut is returning to the Briggs Chaney Shopping Center, opening a new location at the Briggs Chaney Center (13884 Old Columbia Pike). The pizza chain previously had a larger, freestanding location in the shopping center for many years before it closed in 2017. The building was demolished and a new Popeyes restaurant opened in its place in 2021.

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Paris Baguette, “the neighborhood bakery café where communities come together over expertly crafted baked and brewed goods”, will be opening a Bethesda location on the the ground floor of the new Sophia Bethesda Apartments at 4924 St. Elmo Ave.

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Galito’s Flame-Grilled Chicken opened in the spot that was formerly home to Nirvana Reflexology Spa at 15918 Shady Grove Road in the Shady Grove Center (shopping center that is home to The Melting Pot) back in the spring of 2022. Less than two years later, the restaurant has closed.

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