Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The 10th annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival will be held May 11 and 12 at Woodmont Triangle, with more than 20,000 expected to attend.
The Bethesda Fine Arts Festival will take place the weekend of May 11, with its 10th anniversary celebration featuring more than 100 artists from around the country. The festival, which is produced by the Bethesda Urban Partnership and the Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District, is slated to draw more than 20,000 attendees during the weekend. Last year, there were somewhere between 20,000 and 25,000 people on the streets of Bethesda partaking in the festival. The attending artists cover a wide variety of artistic mediums, such as ceramics, glass, printmaking and photography. A complete list of artists who will be at the event can be found online at the Bethesda Urban Partnership’s website. In addition to the 130 artists, the festival …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
With a Dunkin' Donuts and a new restaurant by the owner of Tommy Joe's planned, what else would you like to see in the new building?
Developers of a building that will house a Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins and a new restaurant featuring a rooftop deck by the owner of Tommy Joe's are looking to round out its retail concept. The commercial project, located at the corner of Norfolk and Cordell avenues and dubbed Norfolk-Cordell II, is being developed by Park Place Properties. Construction is moving along at the site with renovations and additions to an existing commercial building. A sign outside the new building advertises a remaining 4,000 square feet of "prime first floor retail space" in the 10,000-square-foot building. The owner of Tommy Joe’s will lease the second floor and the roof deck, and there’s space for up to three more restaurants on the first floor, …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Indian restaurant displaced by a Bethesda development has found a new home just around the corner.
A favorite Bethesda Indian restaurant has re-opened in the Woodmont Triangle after being displaced by construction of a Fairmont Avenue high rise. Haandi has re-opened at 7907 Norfolk Avenue, in the former Uptown Deli space. The construction of a 17-story high-rise displaced the former Fairmont Avenue eatery, along with other Bethesda mainstays Sweet Basil and Foong Lin. Demolition at the high-rise project site is expected to begin soon. Foong Lin was recently re-incarnated as the House of Foong Lin in the former Moon Gate space, Bethesda Magazine reported. Haandi managing partner Madan Sundriyal told Bethesda Now he was glad to find a nearby location and had hoped to stay in Bethesda to serve his loyal patrons. Correction: This article …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
A roundup of the top food headlines this month in Bethesda.
February was a newsy month in the Bethesda food scene. Patch broke the news this month that Harris Teeter has signed a lease to be the grocery tenant at a new mixed-use development at 8300 Wisconsin Ave. The new grocery store is expected to open in 2015. Also this month, we reported that Dunkin' Donuts is closing its Bethesda Avenue location after Bethesda Row management company Federal Realty did not renew their lease, which expires in May. The coffee shop has two new downtown Bethesda locations in the works. There was more news out of Friendship Heights from celebrity chef Bryan Voltaggio, Bethesda favorite Persimmon re-opened with a new look, Aroma Espresso debuted at the Montgomery Mall, and the new Prohibition-style bar and grill …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Harris Teeter will "elevate the project to its full potential and will be a great addition to the surrounding neighborhood," developers said in a Thursday announcement.
The mixed-use residential development at 8300 Wisconsin Ave. that will bring a Harris Teeter to the Woodmont Triangle is set to open in spring of 2015, developers StonebridgeCarras said Thursday in a press release. Patch broke the news Wednesday that Harris Teeter had finalized a lease with Stonebridge, though developers would not confirm that the North Carolina-based grocery chain was the project's grocery tenant. More details emerged today as Stonebridge confirmed the news in an announcement. Harris Teeter has signed on to a 20-year lease for a 50,000 square-foot store planned as a part of the nine-story, mixed-use residential and commercial building, according to the statement. The project is set to break ground in April. The store, …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The much-anticipated restaurant is open for business and is planning a grand opening celebration Feb. 8.
The much-anticipated Brickside Food & Drink opened its doors to customers today at 4866 Cordell Ave. The restaurant was launched by the owners of Adams Morgan’s Grand Central and Villa Mozart Restaurant in Fairfax. The Prohibition-style bar is "bolstered with a vintage, distillery atmosphere unlike anything in the Montgomery County neighborhood," reads a statement released by the restaurant. “We wanted to make a place where you can get together with the guys, impress a date, hang out with co-workers, bring the family or watch games and still have great food and drink options,” said Grand Central co-owner Brian Vasile, the restaurant's general manager, in a statement. Villa Mozart owner and Brickside chef Andrea Pace will serve up pizzas, …
Sunday, January 20, 2013
A new barbeque restaurant has debuted in the Woodmont Triangle, Bethesda Magazine reports.
Friday, January 18, 2013
A new barbeque restaurant has debuted in the Woodmont Triangle, Bethesda Magazine reports.
Bethesda's long-awaited Smoke BBQ opened Thursday at 4858 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda Magazine reports. The barbeque restaurant, headed by meat smoker, architect and woodworker Martin Hage, will feature pulled pork, beef brisket, pulled smoked chicken and ribs, according to the report. Smoke will also serve up alocholic beverages and sides like macaroni and cheese, baked beans and collard greens. Read the full story at Bethesda Magazine. Will you check out Smoke BBQ? How do you think Smoke will fare in the Woodmont Triangle restaurant scene? Tell us in the comments.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Seventeen-story apartment building is under construction at 4800 Auburn Ave.
The Gallery of Bethesda, a 17-story retail and residential tower under construction at 4800 Auburn Ave., will begin offering apartments for lease in December. The lower floors of the high-rise will be complete when leasing begins, said Jad Donohoe, development director with developer The Donohoe Cos., at a Friday meeting of the Woodmont Triangle Action Group. The development will feature 234 apartments and more than 4,600 square feet of ground-floor retail facing Del Ray and Auburn Avenues. The Gallery of Bethesda will boast amenities including a rooftop pool, sundeck and clubroom, a fitness room and coffee bar. When complete, it will mark the first phase of a 580,000-square-foot development plan known as Woodmont Central. Plans call for …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Prohibition-style American restaurant is planned for Cordell Avenue in the space formerly occupied by Bubby's Deli.
Brickside Food & Drink, an American restaurant and bar planned for the former Bubby's Deli space at 4866 Cordell Avenue, is set to open later this month. The 85-seat restaurant will make its debut Jan. 21, Jeff Burton, Bethesda Urban Partnership deputy executive director, said at a Woodmont Triangle Action Group meeting Friday morning. The kitchen at Brickside will be headed up by Andrew Pace, chef and co-owner of Villa Mozart in Fairfax, The Washington Post reported. Brian Vasile, co-owner of Adams Morgan's Grand Central, will serve as general manager, according to the report. Pace told the Post the restaurant will have a "Prohibition" feel, complete with black garage doors, brick walls and dark leather booths. Brickside will serve up …
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