Openings
Bethesda Bagels at 14929-D Shady Grove Rd in Rockville, the former site of GameStop, is scheduled to open this Friday, January 21.
The family-owned business started in 1982 and is known for its New York style bagels.
Back in August, we let you know that Yirasai Sushi would be moving from its Westbard location in Bethesda to Park Potomac (12525 Park Potomac Ave Building G), following a conversation with restaurant management.
From August: “Earlier today we spoke with a manager at Yirasai Sushi, located at 5110 Ridgefield Road in the Westwood Shipping Center in Bethesda, who told us that the tentative plan is to close to the current location later this year as they prepare to move in to the old Elevation Burger spot in Park Potomac that became available last month.”
Construction has started at Lapu Lapu in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg.
Back in October we let you know that Lapu Lapu, which will be the sister restaurant of popular Rockville/North Bethesda/Kensington restaurant Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly, announced via Instagram that it was coming soon.
This past summer we let you know that El Mercat Bar De Tapas will be taking over the spot that was most recently home to Gumbo Ya Ya, at 101 Gibbs Street Unit C in Rockville Town Square.
Now we know the restaurant will hold a special friends & family dinner where guests can purchase $75 tickets to the event.
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Update: Pupuseria Mama Emilia is now open
Pupuseria Mama Emilia at 785-H Rockville Pike in the Ritchie Center is now open. The new restaurant takes over the location that was formerly home to Dokiya Ramen and Pho 95. Pupuseria Mama Emilia comes to you from the owners of Pupuseria La Familiar, which has locations in Beltsville, College Park, Falls Church (Virginia), and Wheaton in MoCo and boast of Mama Emilia’s family recipe. The menu at the existing restaurants consists of a variety of beverages, Pupusas, soups, and a multitude of Salvadoran dishes.
Hook & Reel at 11160 L-10 Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton, (Wheaton Mall), is now looking at a February opening, according to a representative from Westfield Wheaton. The restaurant is currently waiting on final inspections.
Hook & Reel is taking over the two vacant storefronts between Party City and the old Bar Louie.
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Last year Kohl’s announce a major partnership with Sephora that would open 850 Sephora “shop-in-shops” in Kohl’s locations across the country by 2023, in a similar deal to the one struck between Target and Ulta. Sephora previously had a partnership with J.C. Penney that has been slowly winding down ever since J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy in 2020.
Kohl’s has Montgomery County locations in Aspen Hill, Calverton, Gaithersburg, and Germantown, and is about to start construction on the first Sephora shop-in-shop location at the Calverton location, which is in the orchard Center on Cherry Hill Road. This will be the first Kohl’s location in Maryland to add a Sephora.
Back in November of 2020, we let you know that Jongro BBQ, a popular New York Korean BBQ restaurant, is opening up shop at Wheaton Mall. The latest update we have received from Westfield Wheaton is that the restaurant is on schedule to open next month.
The restaurant received its alcohol license from the county on January 6th.
The Green Rooster Truck is now open in the parking lot of the Still Point Spa at 6 Grant Avenue in Takoma Park.
Feature photo courtesy of @greenroostertruck on Instagram.
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12/19 Update: We were told by a klnb representative that Boston Market is no longer opened in Towne Plaza.
Boston Market will be opening a new Rockville Pike location, according to signage that has been put up at the old Katsu Go location in Towne Plaza (the shopping center that’s home to Navy Federal Credit Union and Bambu). The address is 12238 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852. Boston Market previously had a location just a couple miles away– on Randolph Road in Loehmann’s Plaza. That location closed back in February of 2019 and has since been replaced by Toosso.