Sunday, May 12, 2013
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, a new Tex-Mex restaurant on the 'Rodeo Drive of the East Coast' takes center plate, with a side of paella and guacamole from La Malinche in Silver Spring. One meat: On Friday, Chevy Chase's newest restaurant, Mi Cocina, opened in the middle of the ritzy Wisconsin Avenue shopping block, The Collection at Chevy Chase (5471-5481 Wisconsin Ave.)—also known as the 'Rodeo Drive of the East Coast.' Mi Cocina is a popular upscale Tex-Mex chain that opened 20 years ago in Dallas. Its Chevy Chase location has one-of-a-kind art, a lofty private dining room and an outdoor dining space. Flanking Mi Cocina are Christian Dior…
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, awards for Montgomery County restaurants take center plate. One meat: "Rockville restaurateurs were embraced by the glitterazzi of Maryland foodies on Monday night," Rockville Patch reported. Three city restaurants won awards at the Restaurant Association of Maryland’s Fire & Ice awards gala, Bethesda Magazine reported: Read more on Rockville Patch and . Three sides: The much-anticipated opening of La Madeleine in Silver Spring took place on Thursday, Silver Spring Patch reported. In addition to the store's traditional menu, the downtown Silver Spring La Madeleine has free wi-fi and a laptop cruisers area near…
Monday, April 15, 2013
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, a cookie shop closure takes center plate. One meat: If a mouse gets a cookie...that mouse could close down the bakery. The owner of Bethesda's Cookies by Design cookie shop has had her franchise agreement revoked because of a WUSA9 report on a mouse infestation at the bakery, the station reported. Cookies by Design National President Jack Long told WUSA9 he revoked the owner's franchise following the report, saying he was "appalled that an owner could allow this to happen." Read more at Bethesda Patch. Three sides: Two new shops—one selling wine and the other selling frozen yogurt—opened on Tuesday, April 9, in…
Sunday, April 7, 2013
And, one Bethesda bakery closes over mice.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, a new noodle and dumpling bar in Silver Spring takes center plate. One meat: The family behind Washington, DC, restaurants Jenny's Asian Fusion and Scion is testing a new food concept in Silver Spring: NaiNai's, a casual noodle and dumpling bar at 1200 East-West Highway, Silver Spring Patch reported. The restaurant, which is connected to Scion's second location, will offer a variety of handmade dumplings, including pork, seafood, chicken and veggie. NaiNai also will offer steamed baos—an Asian delicacy that owner Joanne Liu compares to Portuguese sweet bread with different fillings—as well as a variety of …
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, the shuttering of an iconic Gaithersburg restaurant takes center plate. One meat: Gaithersburg's Roy's Place has shuttered its doors for good, Gaithersburg Patch reported. In December, Patch reported that Roy’s Place—once home to a dizzying array of more than 200 sandwiches—was seeing its business “dying off a little bit” and would cut its hours. "Roy’s was obviously one of Olde Towne’s signature establishments," Gaithersburg Economic Development Director Tom Lonergan said. "While understanding that few things last forever, it’s always sad when a place like Roy’s closes its doors for good." Read more on …
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, a Connecticut-style pizza restaurant's upcoming opening in Silver Spring takes center plate. One meat: The wait for an authentic taste of Connecticut pizza in Silver Spring will continue for a few more weeks, Silver Spring Patch reported. Joel Mehr, one of three owners of Pete's New Haven Style Apizza, said he's now shooting for a June 1 opening for his company's fourth location. The Silver Spring location, near the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Wayne Avenue, will feature the same menu offerings as the company's current locations in Columbia Heights, Friendship Heights and Clarendon, VA. Read more on …
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, a popular DC restaurant's plan to open a second location in Silver Spring take center plate. One meat: The popular Scion Restaurant in Dupont Circle, DC, will open a second location this spring at 1200 East-West Highway in downtown Silver Spring. "Scion will be quite similar to what we have in Dupont as far as the menu is concerned," owner Joanne Liu told Silver Spring Patch. It'll be brunch, lunch and dinner with a focus on American craft beers—at least 12 on tap and lots of bottles, Liu added. Liu said that Silver Spring was the perfect place to expand and that she's sure her food, which she describes as "…
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods. Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, Montgomery County's lackluster showing in The Washington Post's list of top 40 dishes in the DC area takes center plate. One meat: Only three Montgomery County restaurants made made The Post's list of "40 dishes Washingtonians shouldn't live without in 2013," released last Thursday, Bethesda Patch reported. The fried potato tots at Bethesda's Food, Wine & Co., the fried chicken with spiced salt and basil at Rockville's Jumbo Jumbo Cafe and the Mongolian beef with cumin at Joe's Noodle House, also in Rockvile, made the list…
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, a new jazz and blues supper club in Bethesda takes center plate. One meat: The Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club (7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda) opened on March 1 in a circa-1938 Art Deco movie house, Bethesda Patch reported. The club underwent a $6 million renovation by the Bozutto group in 2007. To that, operators added a two-level, 1,800-square-foot kitchen and a 35-foot bar that will serve beer, wine and cocktails. The theater seating was replaced with two tiered levels of table seating for 300 and 200 theater seats to the rear of the space, Bethesda Patch added. The menu features Creole and American …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Restaurants in Wheaton and Rockville get high marks from DC foodies, a Bethesda bar re-re-brands itself, cold weather shutters a popular Bethesda crepe stand and Bryan Voltaggio expands his empire in Chevy Chase.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, Montgomery County's growing recognition as a dining destination takes center plate. One meat: As we all know, DC's suburban food scene frequently outshines that of DC itself. But getting District-dwellers to dine out in the 'burbs is another story. Eater DC's special guide to dining in Wheaton should help with that. Tim Ebner reports that: [Wheaton is] a neighborhood strewn together by small businesses, many serving cheap, authentic and simple food. Walk a few blocks and there's a plethora of pupusas, dim sum, salteñas, ramen, gyros, cannolis, haggis and sushi. Wheaton is a haven for the adventurous diner. …
