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Starbucks Begins Construction at Former Peet’s Coffee Location in Silver Spring

Published April 4, 2023 at 6:33AM

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 in Silver Spring. After a few months, construction has begun at the upcoming Starbucks location. The interior appears to have been gutted with a lot left to go, so we would anticipate a wait of a few months before coffee is being served at the lcoation again.

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. Featured photo courtesy of Google Maps.

Le Macaron in Rio Expected to Open in Coming Months

By MCS Staff

Published April 4, 2023 at 4:36AM

Last October we let you know that French pastry shop Le Macaron is coming to 7 Grand Corner Ave (next to BurgerFi) in Gaithersburg’s Rio. The shop is expected to open in the coming months, and is owned by MoCo residents Natalia Mejia and Camilo Beltran. Le Macaron, a Florida-based pastry shop now has more than 70 locations across the US, with more locations on the way as franchisees are opening in shopping centers like Rio, food trucks, and kiosks in malls.

Menu items at the upcoming Rio location will include macarons (available in 20 flavors), gourmet chocolates, French gelato, specialty European style coffees, classic French pastries, and homemade candies. The store is scheduled to open in “Spring 2023”, but our best guess would be late spring based on where it’s at in the construction process. More on the history Le Macaron, per its website:

Giacomo’s Brick Oven Pizza to Cease Operations at the End of April

By MCS Staff

Published April 3, 2023 at 2:40PM

Giacomo’s, a Neapolitan-style mobile brick oven pizzeria that has operated in various places across MoCo, has announced that it will cease operations at the end of this month. The pizzeria was founded by Giacomo Sciuto, an MCPS history teacher and son of a Sicilian immigrant who came to the country in 1988. According to an announcement made via social media, Giacomo’s will continue with all of its April events and will post that schedule later this week. The full post can be seen below (featured photo courtesy of Giacomo’s Brick Oven Pizza Instagram):

Dog Haus Now Open for Delivery 24-7

By Patrick Herron

Published March 30, 2023 at 6:46PM

Dog Haus Biergarten is now offering 24/7 delivery service out of all three of its Montgomery County locations (Gaithersburg, Bethesda, and Silver Spring,) making it one of the only non-fast food restaurants offering 24-7 delivery service in the area. Dog Haus’ virtual brands, including Bad Ass Breakfast Burritos, Plant B (All plant base food) Impossible Shop, Bad Mutha Cluka and Jail Bird (all chicken options), are also available 24-7.

The first Dog Haus opened in Pasadena, CA in 2010. The company opened its first east coast location in Bethesda (7904 Woodmont Ave) in 2018, followed by Gaithersburg (644 Center Point Way) in January 2020 and Silver Spring (933 Ellsworth Dr.) in December 2021.

Mochinut Grand Opening Set for April 15th

By MCS Staff

Published March 30, 2023 at 10:27AM

Last September we let you know that Mochinut, a restaurant that serves mochi donuts, Korean rice flour hotdogs, soft serve, and bubble tea drinks (menu available below), is coming to 838 Rockville Pike– inside the current location of Tea-Do. Tea-Do is a “contemporary tea house” that was on the early side of MoCo’s bubble tea explosion in recent years, opening in January of 2016. We are told that a grand opening for Mochinut is taking place on Saturday, April 15th at noon.

Shark Tank Alum Soupergirl to Close Retail Location Permanently Today in Takoma

By MCS Staff

Published March 28, 2023 at 7:56AM | Updated March 28, 2023 at 8:51AM

Main Street Takoma has announced that Soupergirl will be closing its retail location at 314 Carroll Street NW in Takoma DC (just outside of Takoma Park). In 2018, the mother/daughter duo behind Soupergirl made it onto Shark Tank, where the two have joked they “got yelled at” and were unable to come away with a deal. The business pushed forward and is now available in various stores across the country. Last year, Soupergirl launched a new website, and will continue to remain available in Costco, Whole Foods, Kroger, Amazon Fresh, Harris Teeter as they move to a larger facility to focus on those sales. Soupergirl will have a $5 soup sale today, Tuesday, March 28th, from 10am-5pm. Full announcement, per Main Street Takoma, below:

Late April Opening Anticipated for Shake Shack Kentlands

By MCS Staff

Published March 27, 2023 at 12:55PM

Permanent signage has been up for a few months at the upcoming Shake Shake location in Gaithersburg’s Kentlands neighborhood. A representative from the Potomac location let us know that the Kentlands location is currently scheduled to open at the end of April. Shake Shack has additional MoCo locations at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda and Cabin John Village in Potomac.

Background: On July 8, 2021, Shake Shack was granted approval for the construction of a 4,700 square foot building with outdoor seating as the second of three commercial infill sites totaling 16,000 square feet along Kentlands Square Place. The burger chain was granted its license to sell beer and wine on the premises during its Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) hearing on January 6th of 2022, and prepared to break ground in February. Construction began in March, but stalled after flooding that occurred over the summer. The approval was for the first of three infill sites was granted for the construction of a 2,100 square foot Starbucks building with drive through and outdoor seating. Starbucks opened in January of 2021, a little over two years ago.

Willie T’s Seafood Shack is Now Open

By MCS Staff

Published March 27, 2023 at 12:16PM

In November 2021 we let you know that Willie T’s Seafood Shack and BRB (be right burger) would be moving in to 9326 Georgia Avenue (joint restaurant), between Islands Tropical Ice Cream and Goldberg’s New York Bagels, in the location that was formerly home to Andy’s Restaurant. Willie T’s is now open, according to an Instagram post by the restaurant (seen below). Willie T’s will be open at 11am until 10pm, seven days per week, according to its Google listing.

Willie T’s, a seafood concept from Thompson Hospitality, has recently opened as a pop-up inside of Austin Grill in Springfield, VA and a ghost kitchen out of Homewood Suites in Reston. The restaurant serves A variety of seafood dishes, including hand-breaded fried fish sandwiches and baskets, crab cakes, lobster tails, salads, grilled fish, po boys, and more. The full menu can be seen here.

Construction Continues at Upcoming Auntie Anne/Cinnabon Location in Rio

By MCS Staff

Published March 25, 2023 at 9:51AM

Back in November we let you know of the impending arrival of an Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon combination restaurant at 220 Boardwalk Place in Rio, set to take over the location that was recently home to Lilly Magilly’s (the cupcakery is preparing for a move to a new, soon-to-be-announced location). Construction is ongoing (photo below) and though an opening date isn’t yet available, we’d expect a mid-2023 opening.

The two brands, popular for their presence in malls, are co-branding to open locations across the country. I’m 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.

Willie T’s Seafood Shack to Open on March 27

By MCS Staff

Published March 25, 2023 at 9:37AM

In November 2021 we let you know that Willie T’s Seafood Shack and BRB (be right burger) would be moving in to 9326 Georgia Avenue (joint restaurant), between Islands Tropical Ice Cream and Goldberg’s New York Bagels, in the location that was formerly home to Andy’s Restaurant. Willie T’s will be opening on Monday, March 27th according to an Instagram post by the restaurant (see below, h/t @SilverSpringEats). Willie T’s will be open at 11am until 10pm on Monday.

The restaurant had an ABS Hearing over a year ago, on February 3rd, 2022, for a “Class BD, Beer, Wine, and Liquor License, On and Off Sale for Beer and Wine and On Sale Only for Liquor, for the premises known as Willie T’s Seafood Shack-BRB which premises are located at 9326 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910”, which was approved.

MCPS Student-Run Café Edison Open for Breakfast and Lunch Through May 19

By MCS Staff

Published March 24, 2023 at 2:06PM | Updated March 26, 2023 at 8:50AM

Café Edison, an in-school, student-run restaurant at Thomas Edison High School of Technology, is now open for breakfast and lunch on weekdays through Friday, May 19. The restaurant will be closed through spring break, but will reopen on Wednesday, April 12.

Breakfast is served at 8:40 and 9 a.m., and lunch at 12:05 p.m. and 12:20 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 240-740-2024 or emailing Hospitality and Tourism teacher Jason Potyk. Cash or check payments are acceptable. The menu is available on the flyer, available on the school website (via QR code). Café Edison gives students an opportunity to gain valuable, real-world skills in a working restaurant. Students greet and seat guests. They also cook and serve the meals, bus the tables and handle restaurant clean up. Edison High School is located at 12501 Dalewood Dr. in Silver Spring.