Batik Dumpling Bar in Gaithersburg Closing June 12
Batik Asian Cuisine and Dumpling Bar at 200 Main St. in Gaithersburg (Kentlands), announced the following on their Facebook page on Sunday:
Restaurants
Progress at Kogi Asian Grill in Gaithersburg Square
Kogi Asian Grill will be one of the new additions to the renovated Gaithersburg Square shopping center. We were told that the restaurant will be a Korean/Asian fast-casual restaurant.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Sets Opening Date at Aspen Hill Shopping Center
Tropical Smoothie Café will open on June 22nd in the Aspen Hill shopping center. It will be taking the place of the old My Eye Dr. location, which has recently moved within the shopping center.
Tropical Smoothie Café is Coming to Germantown
Tropical Smoothie Café has opened many new locations in MoCo in the last couple years and their latest location will be at 19828 Century Blvd in the Germantown Town Center, according to InvenTrust Properties. The location was formerly home to Verizon.
Ela Mesa Taste of Greece Hopes to Open This Summer in Spectrum Town Center (Gaithersburg)
Ela Mesa Taste of Greece hopes to open this summer, according to a conversation we had with one of the owners earlier today.
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Kobe Japan Hibachi And Sushi Coming to Takoma Park
Kobe Japan Hibachi And Sushi is coming to the Hampshire-Langley Shopping Center at 1163 University Blvd E in Takoma Park according to its website. The location used to be home to Chinatown restaurant. No time frame has been provided for the opening.
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Starbucks in Montgomery Village Update
Back in October we first reported that Starbucks was coming to the redeveloped Montgomery Village Shopping Center. We can now confirm that it will be located at the former site of the Montgomery Village Denny’s (19290 Montgomery Village Ave), directly facing the new Lidl grocery store that is currently being built across the street at the site of the former Montgomery Village Professional Center.
Daily Grill in Bethesda Will Not Reopen
Bethesda Beat is reporting that the Daily Grill inside the Hyatt Regency at 7400 Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda has closed permanently. The restaurant, which is still listed as “temporarily closed” on the company’s website, initially closed back in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Montgomery County Begins Final Phase of Reopening Tomorrow at 6 a.m.
Per Montgomery County:
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Fast food chain Cook Out is coming one step closer to us, as a new location is expected to open at 8502 Centreville Road in Manassas Park. The location was formerly home to a Roy Rogers.
In 2020, the MoCo Show made the 60 mile trek down to Fredericksburg, VA to visit the areas closest Cook Out location. We left Gaithersburg, located in the approximate center of MoCo, at 6:14pm and arrived an hour and twenty minutes later, at 7:34pm. The Manassas Park location is a little over 30 miles from the center MoCo, about half the distance of Fredericksburg.
Remembering Shakey’s Pizza Parlor
Shakey’s Pizza Parlor had multiple locations in MoCo back in the 70’s and 80’s, including in Gaithersburg on Beauru Dr. and in Rockville on 355.