Gaithersburg

Update: A representative from Royal Farms informed us today that the Gaithersburg location will be opening this February. We will let you know the exact date when it becomes available.

12.6.21: Signage has been installed at the upcoming Royal Farms at 690 Watkins Mills Road in Gaithersburg.


Burtonsville

Per Dunkin’:

Dunkin’ today announced that it is celebrating the grand opening of its first Next Generation store in Burtonsville at 15640 Old Columbia Pike on Saturday, December 4. From 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on December 4, the store will reward the first 100 customers with Free Coffee for a Year!


Gaithersburg

Signage is now up at the upcoming Chopt location in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg. The new restaurant is located next to MOD pizza on Commerce Square.

Previously, the Kentlands Chopt aimed to open in October. We spoke to representatives from the Rockville Chopt today and were told us the new Kentlands location is now scheduled to open in January.


Gaithersburg

Update Thursday, December 2nd: Wawa was granted approval for its final site plan by the City of Gaithersburg’s Planning Commission. The approval was based on four conditions, that include:

Wawa will now be able to apply for building permits, which would allow construction to begin over two years after the decision to open in Gaithersburg was made.


Restaurant

Updated on 1/31 with information on the restaurant’s ABS hearing

Willie T’s Seafood Shack and BRB (be right burger) are both moving in to 9326 Georgia Avenue (joint restaurant), between Islands Tropical Ice Cream and Goldberg’s New York Bagels, in the location that was formerly home to Andy’s Restaurant (h/t @SilverSpringEats).


Bethesda

It has been nearly two years (December 2019) since we learned that Frank Pepe’s would be opening its first Maryland pizzeria right here in MoCo– in Montgomery Mall.

After many delays, we learned this past summer that the restaurant was back on track to open, as they were given their beer and wine license in a hearing that took place at 10am on September 2nd.


Gaithersburg

Eyewear brand Warby Parker, which does most of its business online, has opened a brick and mortar location in the old Hair Cuttery location at 136 Crown Park Ave in the Downtown Crown neighborhood in Gaithersburg.

The Crown store, which is MoCo’s second after Bethesda Row opened in 2017, carries the brand’s full optical and sun eyewear offerings including its first brand of daily contact lenses. The store will offer eye exams and children’s glasses that are only available in store.


Kensington

A husband and wife team of DJs are opening Love People Records, a record store, that’ll be located inside of Antique Village I at 3758 Howard Avenue in Kensington.

The couple, Rita (Reets) and Quartermaine, lives in MoCo. Reets grew up in Takoma Park and Quartermaine grew up in Brooklyn, NY. They’ve been DJing in the area for a combined 20+ years.


Montgomery Village

Village Center Beer & Wine is now open at 9991 Stedwick Rd in the Montgomery Village Shopping Center.

The store is located next to Metro by T-Mobile, at the former site of Splash and Dash Groomerie & Boutique. This is the second beer and wine store in the shopping center, the other being Grape & Grain at 19233 Watkins Mill Rd.


Restaurant

Life shouldn’t be about views, likes, and shares, but this article will be as we take a look at the upcoming restaurants that have created the most buzz on our website and associated social media accounts.

A couple weeks back we created a list of all the upcoming restaurant openings in the county, but today we’re going to highlight the ten that have generated the most buzz in terms of views, likes, and shares.


Darnestown

Playa Bowls is having its Grand Opening on Saturday, November 20th at 11am and is offering free bowls and t-shorts to the first 50 customers in line.

This location, known as Playa Bowls Darnestown, is located in the Potomac Valley shopping center in the storefront that was recently home to Subway (12193 Darnestown Rd).


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