Office Depot to Close on November 15th, Amazon Taking Over
A couple weeks back we were told Office Depot in Gaithersburg would be closing permanently and that something Amazon-related would be taking over (based on a few Office Depot employees we spoke to).
UPDATE: The previously reported opening date has been confirmed (10/22).
Ulta Germantown Opens Tomorrow (Friday, 9/25)
Ulta is having their Grand Opening on Friday, September 25th in the Neelsville Shopping Center in Germantown (20938 Frederick Road).
Aery is Now Open in the Gaithersburg Lotte Market
The owners of Ichiban, which has been in Gaithersburg since 1985, have opened Aery– a new restaurant in the Gaithersburg Lotte food court (located at Festival in Muddy Branch).
Crumbl Cookies Opening 10/1 in Rockville
Back in July, we let you know that Crumbl Cookies was planning to open in Rockville’s Federal Plaza. We just learned that their grand opening will be on Thursday 10/1 (next week). They will be offering free cookies on their “Free Cookie Day” on Friday, October 2nd.
Starting today (Tuesday, 9/22) popular Downtown Silver Spring restaurant, El Sapo, will reopen its indoor dining room.
The restaurant announced on social media that it’ll offer the full menu along with a few new items and will be adding a 20% service charge to every check for the security and welfare of staff.
Spirit Halloween Now Open in Rio
Back in January Pier 1 Imports announced it’ll be closing hundreds of stores across the country, including both MoCo locations (Rio and Rockville).
Money Muscle BBQ, a new food truck and takeout operation based out of All Set Restaurant and Bar in Silver Spring, is now serving MoCo and Prince George’s County.
The Money Muscle truck is available for carryout and it currently parked outside of All Set on 8630 Fenton Street in Silver Spring and is expected to start making its rounds soon.
Dustin Construction recently announced the substantial completion of Seneca Valley High School in Montgomery County– now the largest high school in the state of Maryland.
This 452,500 SF replacement high school was constructed while the current school remained operational on the same site.
Grill Kabob Making Some Progress at Research Row
Back in January we let you know that the fast-casual restaurant would be coming to Research Row (1409 Research Blvd). This week we checked in and saw that some progress has been made with the construction of The new location.
Soulfull Cafe, powered by Dawson’s Market, will have its socially distanced ribbon cutting on Wednesday, September 16th at 11:15am.
Per their press release: