The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema has been the newspaper’s food critic for nearly 25 years. He recently released his list of “8 Best Indian Restaurants in and Around D.C.” and it included just one Maryland restaurant located right here in Montgomery County.
In August we let you know that Fuddruckers will be returning to Chinatown in Washington DC and Silver Spring in Maryland with new locations originally scheduled to open in the fall.
Jerk N Jive Caribbean Kitchen has announced that it will close its doors after seven years in Frederick, the restaurant announced on social media.
Looking for the most booked restaurants in “Maryland – DC Suburbs”? You’re in the right place. Each month, popular reservation app OpenTable analyzes nearly 500,000 new global diner reviews on their platform from the past month. They sort the results by location and this location is referred to as “Maryland – DC Suburbs” covering the portion of the state closer to DC as well as a little further out.
After a temporary closure of the Woodley Gardens shopping center in Rockville that lasted for more than a week, Carmen’s Italian Ice announced via social media that the plumbing repair work just passed inspection. Carmen’s will open at 2pm today, Z&Z Manoushe Bakery will open tomorrow (Thursday), and we have not heard from Hard Times or Shanghai Taste about a reopening date, though we would assume Thursday or Friday. The parking lot is still “a mess” according to business owners.
We’ve covered local and national “best fried chicken” lists and wanted to compile a list based on the various articles we’ve seen in the last year along with popular comments from readers and the opinions of our staff:
Back in May we let you know that Classic Bakery will be opening a new location at 18195 Village Center Dr. in Olney- the bakery’s third overall, adding to Gaithersburg and Tyson’s Corner. It will be taking over the space that was recently home to Cold Stone, which is moving within the shopping center. Classic Bakery tells us they hope to open mid to late quarter 1 (2025) with a tentative target date of March 1st that’s subject to change.
Good Fortune Cafe, which has been serving the area since 1994 (according to its website), closed in August at 237 Kentlands Place. At the time an employee shared that they would be returning later in the year in the space that has been home to Happy Uncle in Germantown’s Clopper’s Mill shopping center (18022 Mateny Rd.) for more than 20 years. Today, it was confirmed by Happy Uncle that Good Fortune would be taking over early next year.
This past summer we shared that two Maryland restaurants (the top two) were included in a list of the “Best Crab Cakes in the U.S.” by Food & Wine magazine. As with any list, there were plenty who agree and plenty with differing opinions, and since we are still receiving comments nearly half a year later– today we look at some of the reader submitted comments about other places.
Dave’s Hot Chicken, the hot chicken restaurant chain based in California, will be opening first location in Montgomery County at the upcoming White Oak Town Center (12345 Columbia Pike). The chain has set an opening date of Friday, November 15th. Initially reported as Maryland’s second location, but it is the state’s fourth.
Eater DC has released its list of “The 18 Best Coffee Shops Around D.C.” and though there are many great coffee shops in the area, it includes just one coffee shop in Maryland– Montgomery County’s very own Takoma Beverage Company (Takoma Bev Co. 6917 Laurel Ave. Takoma Park, MD).