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Champion Billiards (Started in MoCo) Announces Closure of Westview Promenade Location in Frederick County; New Nearby Location to Open Soon

Published July 16, 2023 at 8:37AM

Champion Billiards, located at 5205 Buckeystown Pike in Frederick, has announced that it has permanently closed its location in the Westview Promenade. The company won’t be leaving Frederick, however, as it will soon be opening a location nearby on Holiday Drive. Champion Billiards opened its first location in Silver Spring in the 80s (closed permanently in 2005h and later opened a second Montgomery County location at 1776 E Jefferson St in Federal Plaza (Rockville) back in 1992. The company also had locations in Laurel and Virginia. Below is their announcement:

“It is with a heavy heart that we must announce our closing and departure from our location here in the Westview Promenade. We are not yet operational at our new location on Holiday Drive. We appreciate the many years of loyal support we have received, and we look forward to serving you at our new location. Our last day of business here in the promenade will be tomorrow, Sunday July 16th. Please stay tuned to our Facebook for updates. We will miss you all. It’s not goodbye, but see you later.”

New Silver Spring Starbucks Location Moves Closer Toward Opening

By MCS Staff

Published July 16, 2023 at 7:51AM

Last October we let you know that Peet’s Coffee would be closing its Silver Spring location with a Starbucks taking over the storefront at 1316 East-West Highway at The Blair’s Shopping Center in Silver Spring. Construction began back in March and has come pretty far with the location looking very close to being ready (photos below). An opening date is not yet available.

The Berkeley, California-born Peet’s coffee chain that closed, originally planned to open 23 locations in the DC area in 2014/2015, with the first debuting at 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. MoCo locations included the Silver Spring location and two Bethesda locations– one in Montgomery Mall that closed in 2017 and one at 7629 Old Georgetown Rd that closed in 2020 after 6 years. Photos courtesy of Instagram user @_zainyyy_

Kema by Kenaki in Soft Opening Phase at Cabin John Village (Potomac)

By MCS Staff

Published July 15, 2023 at 11:48AM

The long awaited Kema by Kenaki is currently in its soft opening phase at 11325 Seven Locks Rd. STE 115 in Cabin John Village. The restaurant will be open from 11:30am until 8:30pm from Wednesday through Sunday (closed on Monday and Tuesday).

The almost 2,000 square foot restaurant will be very similar to what Kenaki in Kentlands offers, but will be more “fast paced,” in what will be a hybrid between Kenaki and AKO. Kenaki is a full-service restaurant while AKO is a sushi counter at a food hall. Kema will offer signature rolls from Kenaki/AKO such as the Black Magic roll- made with “forbidden rice”, spicy tuna, pickled jalapenos, and truffle oil, the Donkey Kong roll- made with eel, fried plantain, cream cheese, cucumber, tempura flakes, togarashi spice mayo, and sweet shoyu, among others.

Japong Bakery to Hold Soft Reopening on Sunday, July 16

By MCS Staff

Published July 15, 2023 at 8:31AM

Japong Bakery, which opened at 785 Rockville Pike in the Ritchie Center nearly five years ago in October 2018, closed temporarily on April 17th with a plan to reopen approximately three weeks later at its new location at 765 A Rockville Pike within the same shopping center. After a bit of a delay, the bakery has announced it will hold its soft opening on Sunday, July 16th from 9am-8pm.

The message on social media read, “We are extremely happy and proud to announce that we will be opening our doors again to our amazing customers. we are excited to share our new shop with you, so please come to visit us soon! The soft re-opening is: Sunday, July 16, 9:00am – 8:00pm. Let’s Japong!”

Stella Pointe Grille Will Hold its Grand Opening on Monday, July 17 in Kensington

By MCS Staff

Published July 14, 2023 at 7:29PM | Updated July 15, 2023 at 7:57PM

Stella Point Grille has announced it will hold its grand opening this coming Monday, July 17th at 3739 University Blvd in Kensington– the former home of China Gourmet. They’ll be open from 11am until 2am, the restaurant’s regular weekday hours. Graham Gursky, joined in ownership with Stephen Lee, the principal owner of China Gourmet, have rebranded as Stella Point Grille and will offer what they call “elevated American bar fare.”

Gursky let us know the food will be competitively priced, “We won’t be selling $20 chicken wings or $10 Miller Lites.” he said. Gursky also praised local Kensington restaurants Knowles Station and Talia’s Cuzina, telling us that there are great restaurants in Kensington but that he hopes to fill the void of something lacking in the area. Stella Point Grille will be a restaurant where you can enjoy a nice meal and is also a sports bar with 17 televisions ranging 55 to 85 inches. They’ll offer event nights like karaoke, trivia, etc. along with signature food specials created by Chef Leonel Merlos throughout most of the week.

Update: Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon is Open in Rio, But Only Serving Cinnabon For Now

By MCS Staff

Published July 14, 2023 at 5:15PM | Updated July 14, 2023 at 11:35PM

Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon combination restaurant opened last week at 220 Boardwalk Place in Rio, taking over the location that was recently home to Lilly Magilly’s– as the cupcakery is still preparing for a move to a new location. We have received an update that only Cinnabon is available for now with Auntie Anne’s items coming soon.

The two brands, popular for their presence in malls, are co-branding to open locations across the country. In recent years, Cinnabon left then returned to Montgomery Mall. There’s also an existing Cinnabon location in Wheaton Mall. Auntie Anne’s has locations at the outlets in Clarksburg, Ellsworth Place Mall, Montgomery Mall, and Wheaton Mall in MoCo.

Krispy Kreme Offering .86¢ Dozen With Purchase of Any Dozen Today (Friday, July 14th) For 86th Anniversary

By MCS Staff

Published July 14, 2023 at 7:26AM

“There’s no better way to celebrate 86 years other than an Original Glazed® dozen for just 86 cents!” On Friday, July 14, you will receive an 86-cent Original Glazed dozen when […]

Guapo’s Bethesda Temporarily Closed for Renovations; Aiming to Reopen This Weekend

By MCS Staff

Published July 13, 2023 at 2:52PM

Popular local restaurant chain Guapo’s has temporarily closed its Bethesda location at 8130 Wisconsin Avenue for renovations. A representative from the restaurant let us know that they hope to reopen on Saturday, but to call ahead to make sure. Guapo’s has a second Montgomery County location in Gaithersburg at Rio Lakefront.

Late owner Hector Rincón, originally from Colombia, opened the original Guapo’s in Tenleytown in DC in the early 90s. Per Guapo’s, the Rincon family arrived in Virginia in the late 1970’s. All four children graduated from Fairfax County schools and universities and continued to invest in their community. They believed that their businesses should provide opportunity and pride to demonstrate the dedication to their hometown and the metropolitan area. Now their children continue the same aspirations as their grandparents did when they arrived over 30 years ago. Featured photo courtesy of Google Maps.

La Casita to Open New Location in Laurel

By MCS Staff

Published July 13, 2023 at 2:16PM

La Casita, founded in Montgomery County when the Silver Spring location opened in 2002, has announced an upcoming location in nearby Laurel. La Casita Pupuseria currently has locations serving Germantown, Gaithersburg, Nationals Park & Union Market District.

Per La Casita on social media, “We have a very special announcement to make (and please pardon our dust 👷🏽‍♂️)…a brand new La Casita Pupuseria is coming to Laurel, MD! Yes, we are super excited to finally be able to reveal after a long project that hopefully by Fall 2023 we will be able to serve the greater Laurel area right on Baltimore Ave.”

McDonald’s to Give Away Free Fries on Thursday, July 13

By Patrick Herron

Published July 12, 2023 at 11:08AM | Updated July 12, 2023 at 2:11PM

Fast food chain McDonald’s will be offering free fries of any size on Thursday, July 13. The deal is only available through the McDonald’s app and no additional purchase is necessary. The promotion is a part of National Fry Day, which technically falls on Friday, July 14. According to nationaldaycalendar.com, “In 2022, Checkers and Rally’s fast food restaurants went on a mission to petition National Day Calendar to change the date of National French Fry Day. Their goal was to change the July 13 date to the second Friday in July. Under advisement of Cal our Calendar Mascot, National Day Calendar changed the date. National French Fry Day would be celebrated each year on a Friday!”

McDonald’s currently runs a “Free Fries Friday” deal where customers get a free medium fries with any $1 minimum purchase when using McDonald’s app. On Friday, July 14, Burger King is offering free fries of any size with any purchase to its Royal Perks loyalty program members, Wendy’s is offering free fries of any size with any purchase made using the Wendy’s app, and Checkers is offering a free XL fries to Checkers Rewards app members.

Maryland is “State with the 7th Least At-Risk Youth” Per Study

By MCS Staff

Published July 12, 2023 at 7:11AM

With 16% of young Americans neither working nor in school, exposing them to greater risk of poverty and violence, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023’s States with the Most At-Risk Youth, with Maryland coming in as the state with the 7th least at-risk youth.

To determine where young Americans are not faring as well as others in their age group, especially in a year made extremely stressful by inflation, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key indicators of youth risk. The data set ranges from the share of disconnected youth to the labor force participation rate among youth to the youth poverty rate. At-Risk Youth in Maryland (1=Most at Risk; 25=Avg.):