The Illinois-based chain, which has nearly 3,000 locations worldwide, will open their third current MoCo location (their other MoCo locations are in Gaithersburg and Silver Spring) in the Germantown Town Center.

They have already begun construction, but there’s no timeframe for when they’ll open.


They will offer a hand picked selection of fine, small-batch, and affordable wines from around the world. They’ll host wine tastings and educational classes to enable wine drinkers at all levels to better understand and enjoy their favorite selections.

In addition to retail wine, they’ll offer a selection of tapas-style dishes, salads, sandwiches, cheese/charcuterie boards, and seasonal plates for you to enjoy at the bar/restaurant.


Their Rockville restaurant, located at 201 E. Middle Lane in Rockville Town Center, is now known as Sushi King and will offer made-to-order, all-you-can-eat sushi. Lunch will cost $16.99 and dinner will cost $22.99.The restaurant will still offer ramen.

The attached Pearl Lady Tea remains unchanged.


​BurgerIM, an Israeli burger chain that translates to “many burgers” from Hebrew, will be opening soon in Wheaton Mall. The first BurgerIM opened in 2011 and the burger chain has already expanded to over 160 stores worldwide in just over 5 years.

They sell mini-burgers (not sliders) using 2.8 ounce patties that are larger than a slider sized patty. Their selling point is variety, and there’s plenty of it. They offer 11 different types of patties, including beef, dry aged beef, Wagyu beef, merguez, Turkey, lamb, chicken, salmon, veggie, Spanish beef, and falafel.


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