There were previously rumors of Matchbox also replacing Ted’s Bulletin In Downtown Crown (Gaithersburg), but they never materialized before Matchbox sold off the Ted’s Bulletin brand last year.

Matchbox currently has a location in MoCo on Rockville Pike. The new Silver Spring location is expected to open by Spring 2019.


inride, a new car subscription service in Silver Spring, allows subscribers to drive a fleet of cars for one monthly payment.

Subscribers are able to schedule a flip at the press of a button and keep the car for as long, or as little, as they’d like.


Rockwood Capital and Petrie Richardson Ventures, the sellers, were represented by Newmark Knight Frank. Petrie Richardson is also rumored to have purchased Lakeforest Mall a few months back, but representatives have not commented on the rumored acquisition.

The five-story Mall was purchased by GBT Realty Corp. In the purchase, the Tennessee-based company has also bought the rights to build 250,000 sq ft. higher (air rights).


El Sapo will be “unmistakably Cuban, full of instense flavors, laughter, music, colors and aroma.” The food will be inspired by the foods Chef Mendizabal ate at home and on the streets of La Habana while he was growing up as well as his journey as a chef throughout the years.

Happy hour will last from 4pm-7pm and will consist of half-price mojitos and specials on beer, wine, and Cubano sandwiches.


Hart grew up playing basketball for the Montgomery County Bearcats, where his coaches praised him for his heart at an early age. He made the varsity basketball team as a freshman at Wheaton, eventually becoming a starter in the second half of the season.

Even though he transferred to Sidwell Friends and played there the last three years of his high school basketball career, his ties to MoCo remained strong. His mother has been a long-time employee at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville and his father is a retired caterer.


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