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Bethesda

Restaurants Opening in MoCo in 2022

By Patrick Herron

Below you’ll find a list of restaurants that plan to open in Montgomery County in 2022. Please let us know of any restaurants we may have missed.

&pizza was founded by Michael Lastoria and Steve Salis (Ted’s Bulletin, Federalist Pig, and Ensemble) in 2012 with their first location on H Street in D.C. The growing chain now has over 36 locations across the east coast including MoCo locations in Bethesda, Gaithersburg (Crown), Germantown, Pike & Rose, Silver Spring and a second Gaithersburg location coming soon.

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Gaithersburg

December Update on True Food Kitchen’s Rio Location

By MCS Staff

It has been over two years since we let you know that True Food Kitchen would be taking the place of Joe’s Crab Shack in Rio.

True Food Kitchen has a 10:30am hearing on January 6th, 2022 with Alcohol Beverage Services, to obtain a license to sell alcohol at the new location (221 Rio Boulevard, Suite 0221, Gaithersburg, MD 20878).

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Gaithersburg

Shake Shack Kentlands has ABS Hearing on January 6, 2022

By MCS Staff

Construction at the upcoming Shake Shack (150 Kentlands Square Place) in the Kentlands neighborhood has not begun just yet, but the burger chain will have its Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) hearing, which would give them a license to sell beer and wine on the premises, at 9:30am on January 6th.

Included in the site plan were renderings (shown below) of what Shake Shack will look like when it’s built as a standalone restaurant between the new Starbucks and the existing Chipotle across the parking lot from Lowe’s. Plans were approved this past summer.

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Restaurant

NY’s Jongro BBQ Expected to Open First MoCo Location Next Month

By MCS Staff

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 (this past October) is that the restaurant is expected to open in January, 2022.

On January 6th at 10am, the restaurant will have an ABS hearing for the alcohol license application on behalf of Jongro BBQ Corporation for a Class B, Beer, Wine, and Liquor License, On Sale Only, for the premises known as JongRo BBQ.

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North Bethesda

Carl M. Freeman Companies, Prudential and ACA Group Moving to Pike & Rose Neighborhood

By MCS Staff

Federal Realty announced today that three new tenants, Carl M. Freeman Companies (CMFC), Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) and ACA Group, have committed to 909 Rose, located in the award-winning, transit-oriented Pike & Rose neighborhood in North Bethesda.

These new tenants will join ESAB, Emagine IT, OneDigital, United Solutions, Industrious and Federal Realty. With the addition of these three tenants, the building is now 89 percent leased.

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Potomac

Many Upcoming Openings at Park Potomac; At 100% Capacity For First Time

By MCS Staff

Park Potomac, a 705,000 square foot mixed-use development located in Potomac, Maryland, has announced that it has reached 100% retail lease occupancy.

“Park Potomac has signed leases for each of its retail spaces, welcoming a wonderful variety of shops and restaurants to further enhance the already amenity-rich neighborhood developed by Foulger-Pratt. “

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Potomac

Kruba Thai Coming to Park Potomac

By Patrick Herron

Collins + Co. has announced that Kruba Thai will be coming to Park Potomac in the second quarter of 2022. It will be taking over the former Wine Harvest location at 12525 Park Potomac Ave B.

Kruba currently has a location at 301 Water St. near Nationals Park in Washington, DC. Their menu features sushi and traditional Thai dishes such as Panang and Drunken Noodles.

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