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With that said, Rio lost Macaroni Grill a little over 2.5 years ago (it hasn’t been replaced), Cafe Deluxe closed almost 2 years ago (it hasn’t been replaced), and just a couple days ago; Joe’s Crab Shack closed permanently.

Over the course of the last year, possibly 6 months, Crown has lost Smashburger, Voniks, and Yogiberry. Venti Tre, the restaurant that described itself as the “Italian Chipotle,” closed less than a year after opening in Downtown Crown (that makes two different fast casual restaurants that have opened and closed in the same location in Crown in ~3 years).

I’m sure there will be a bunch of terrible parking lots that I’ll miss (this isn’t a list of every single bad parking lot, just a lot of the worst ones). I’m also pretty sure that some of these parking lots aren’t too bad at certain times, but when they’re bad…they’re the worst.

Since there are a bunch of these that could fit, I’ll mention Wheaton strip mall parking lots and Bethesda parking garages before going into the more specific list.

Yesterday, the once-great mall was sold at auction for $19.1 million, a fraction of its former worth according BizJournals https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/08/22/gaithersburgs-lakeforest-mall-sells-at-auction-for.html?ana=e_du_prem&s=article_du&ed=2017-08-22&u=PStc0FDDRxlswl2ZiLhz7w0f9c8187&t=1503431887&j=78732181

I parked in a smaller lot next to where the larger lot used to be (now unavailable and under heavy construction). Here’s the mural that was visible on the side of the building as I exited my car.

I walked towards Filippo’s, formerly Marchone’s, one of the most popular delis in MoCo. As I approached, I noticed the lights were off. I was an hour too late– the deli closes at 2pm on Sunday. As I was reading the store hours on the door a gentleman walked by and said “They have the worst hours…but I’m addicted to their subs.” The plan was for my friend and I to get a little bit of food at a couple places. Unfortunately, my streak of not eating their Italian sub continues (6 years and counting).

For over 25 years, Athens Grill has served Upper Montgomery County with some of the most delicious Greek food in the area.

I have friends in Silver Spring that drive across the county on a monthly basis just for a taste of one of their famous gyros.

The rides and games have pretty much remained the same since I was a kid, but one thing that has definitely evolved is the fair food.

As always, you can have the more traditional funnel cake, lemonade, hot dogs, corn dogs, nachos, etc.

​Per their website “The 2018 Best Public High Schools ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. Ranking factors include state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality, and high school ratings.”

Nationwide, Poolesville High School is the highest ranked MCPS high school coming in at #61.

There are currently 25 high schools in Montgomery County (not counting specialty or alternative programs), but some of our schools have been around before much of anything else was. Here’s […]

Enjoy tax free shopping in Maryland from August 13-19th. More info here: http://comptroller.marylandtaxes.com/public_services/agency_information/office_of_the_comptroller/comptroller_initiatives/shop_maryland_tax-free_week/

Silver Spring Books on Bonifant Rd. has closed permanently.
https://www.silverspringinc.com/2017/07/dirt-july-2017/

​On May 20th, 2017, Gio Managadze published an article on LinkedIn claiming that he was dropping out of the University of Maryland two weeks before graduation. On top of that, he claimed that he was the Valedictorian that would be giving the main commencement speech at graduation.

​www.linkedin.com/pulse/valedictorian-university-maryland-drops-out-school-two-managadze

After a couple years of being widely considered an app for teenagers and young adults, Snapchat users ages 25 and above now make up almost 40% of all users.

What does this mean? Snapchat is for everyone, but in case you’re unfamiliar…