Gaithersburg

True Food Kitchen at 221 Rio Blvd Ste 0221 in Gaithersburg (former Joe’s Crab Shack location) has announced it will be opening on April 25. The restaurant posted the news on Facebook:

The wait is almost over. True Food Kitchen is bringing healthy and delicious to Rio Lakefront on April 25 for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. We can’t wait for you to experience the delicious seasonally-inspired dishes, handcrafted beverages, and warm hospitality.


Rockville

Per the City of Rockville:

Members of the public will, at two community meetings in April, have an opportunity to review and comment on the Mayor and Council’s preferred concept for the future of the 131-acre RedGate Park.


Event

Beautiful venue; great art, gifts and hand-crafted items; refreshments; and meet the award-winning painters, photographers, mixed media artists, ceramicists, fiber artists, and more – some 40 artists in all. It’s an extraordinary array of framed wall works, 3-d media including sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, and fiber pieces, and unframed prints.

Among them, you’ll see:


Potomac

Back in November we let you know that The Pretzel Bakery, which opened it’s DC location at 257 15th Street SE in DC back in 2012, is coming to Cabin John Village in Potomac.

The restaurant will be taking over the space formerly occupied by the Hair Cuttery at 7961 Tuckerman Ln and is currently in the “home stretch” of being ready to open, according to an Instagram post from 2 weeks back.


Bethesda

Connecticut-based Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana  officially opened its first DMV location at Bethesda’s Westfield Montgomery Mall (7101 Democracy Blvd) on Monday, March 28.

“It may have taken nearly a century for America’s best pizza to arrive in the DMV, but we are thrilled to finally be here.” said Jennifer Kelly, granddaughter of Frank Pepe.  “These are our family’s original recipes,” she added.  “We even replicated our signature coal-fired, hand-built brick oven using iron castings from the original restaurant.”


Uncategorized

Last month we let you know that Korean corn dog restaurant “Kong Dog” is set to open up soon at the Glenmont Shopping Center (12335-H Georgia Avenue). Now, the company has announced via Instagram that it will be opening this week.

The soft opening will be taking place on Wednesday, April 6th and Thursday, April 7th. During the soft opening, 200 corn dogs will be given away each day between 3pm-6pm.


Bethesda

Back in December we let you know that DC’s Butter Me Up will be opening a Montgomery County location in Westfield’s Montgomery Mall.

HalfSmoke, which should be opening its first MoCo location in either Bethesda or Rockville Town Square soon, created Butter Me Up as a breakfast sandwich pop-up during the pandemic so that customers can pick up or order breakfast sandwiches for delivery.


Restaurants

We first let you know that Two Hands Seoul Fresh Corn Dogs would be coming to Westfield Wheaton Mall all the way back in November, 2020. The restaurant is now officially open in Wheaton Mall (11160 Veirs Mill Rd)- it opened on April 1st.

The Korean Corn Dog restaurant is located in the former Teavana space in the mall’s upper level. Two Hands currently has locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Virginia (Centreville).


Education

Per Montgomery College:

Montgomery College has been awarded a $350,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for its project, New to ATE: Improving Biopharmaceutical Technician Education with Cell and Gene Therapy Credentials (NSF 2155187), that begins July 1, 2022.