After over 30 years Chuck E. Cheese has decided to close its Gaithersburg location. Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal reported that the company was $1 billion in debt, but the company has avoided filing for bankruptcy so far. We are told the Rockville and Takoma Park locations will remain open for carry-out and will be re-opening their arcades this coming Monday.
Photos of the equipment being backed up by Instagram user @Sammie.m03
Washington Sports Club Bethesda South (Bradley and Wisconsin) is closing permanently, effective immediately, per an e-mail sent out to all current members. All current members will be upgraded to […]
It appears as though Bagel City in Rockville may have closed. As first reported by ABC7’s Kevin Lewis, the light up sign with the restaurant’s name has been taken down, there is a “For Lease” sign in the window, and the restaurant seems to have been emptied of all tables and equipment.
Bagel City, located in the Pike Center shopping center off of Rockville Pike, had been in operation in that location for almost 40 years.
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.
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:
Should lap swimming be allowed while pools are closed?
Kelly Elliot of Clarksburg started a petition to open outdoor Maryland pools for lap swimming. In just a week, the petition has been signed by over 3,000 people.
Tortacos Germantown reopened today, but sadly the Gaithersburg location has closed permanently.
In an announcement made today, the popular taco spot announced that it would be reopening the Germantown location (13024 Middlebrook Rd.) this morning at 11am.
P.F. Chang’s has closed its Chevy Chase location permanently, according to the company’s website.
The American-based, Asian-themed restaurant moved furniture out at the beginning of April and removed the location from the company website in early April, according to PoPVille.
UPDATE: The White Flint Lord & Taylor was included in the list of Lord & Taylor stores Forbes released of locations that will be closing in the coming months.
Reuters reports that Lord & Taylor “plans to liquidate inventory in its 38 department stores once restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus are lifted as it braces for a bankruptcy process from which it does not expect to emerge.”