Mimi King’s Kitchen is Coming to the Clarksburg Outlets
The local food truck will be in the Clarksburg Outlets parking most starting this Friday, July 3rd.
Retail
Back in April, Attman’s Deli announced that they had closed their Cabin John location and were planning to move into a new spot, somewhere nearby. At the time of the announcement, no official location was disclosed.
There have been rumors that they might potentially move into Park Potomac, in the spot previously occupied by Zoe’s kitchen. Today, we heard that there appeared to be people loading furniture and equipment from an Attman’s truck into that space.
Gumbo Ya Ya has closed permanently in Rockville Town Square.
The Puerto Rican/Cajun fusion restaurant moved to Rockville from its previous location in Germantown. It opened in November of 2019 and unfortunately wasn’t able to make it through the COVID pandemic after closing its doors in March.
Guapo’s in Rio temporarily takes over some of the recently closed Union Jack’s to offer more patio seating.
Photo courtesy of Andy Green
Per a press release by Federal Realty, Bark Social, the first “dog bar” in the Mid-Atlantic region, is coming to Pike & Rose! According to the plans for Bark Social, there will be a professionally monitored off-leash dog park in addition to a space with a craft beer and coffee bar. Bark Social will be open year round, as the space will be indoor/outdoor.
Bark Social plans to open in September and will be located at 935 Prose Street, which is adjacent to Rose Park and next to Julii and Jinya.
PR at Partners hair salon announced that their Pike & Rose location is closing permanently. In an email that was sent out to their clients, they stated that they are closing due to the “health and financial crisis” that COVID-19 has created.
They plan to keep their Reston VA and Mazza Gallerie (Friendship Heights) locations open.
Last week, we shared with you a list of Black-owned, MoCo-based restaurants compiled by MoCo resident Sydney Williams. This week, we wanted to share a list of a wider variety of Black-Owned businesses as well. This list consists of businesses that MoCo Show readers suggested to us, plus some businesses that were listed on SupportBlackOwned.com. We realize that this does not cover all Black-owned businesses in our community, so please feel free to comment with any that we might have missed (or if you notice anything that should be corrected).
Union Jack’s in Rio to Close Permanently Union Jack’s in Rio has posted a goodbye message on Facebook letting everyone know that the Gaithersburg location will be closed as of […]
The Beach at Pike & Rose has a new addition– a sign stating that there are plans for it to be demolished. This may come as a surprise to many, but the intention was for The Beach to be temporary. It was constructed right before Summer of 2018 and was only supposed to last until Labor Day of that year. Due to popular demand, the beach was kept open much longer.
We are told that even though The Beach is disappearing, something equally fun and entertaining will replace it. We don’t have any official word on its replacement just yet.
La Tasca has closed permanently in Rockville Town Square.
A few days after the Washington Business Journal announced that La Tasca filed for bankruptcy, the Kensington-based restaurant sent out an email stating the following:
The Block in Pike & Rose has reopened with an entirely new menu and two new chefs. The new menu has a fresh take on dim sum, Chinese street food, sandwiches, tacos, and more.