YoCake, Crate and Barrel Close At Montgomery Mall

Two Westfield Montgomery Mall mainstays have closed their doors.

Popular home goods store Crate and Barrel is now a vacant storefront at the Bethesda shopping hub. So, too, is sweets eatery YoCake in the mall's food court.

Crate and Barrel, the furniture, kitchenware, and bedroom and bath accessories store that's become a wedding registry destination, has two other locations near Bethesda -- in Tyson's Corner and in upper northwest Washington, DC.

YoCake, which serves up cupcakes topped with frozen yogurt, has locations in Rockville and Dupont Circle. The shop also recently began offering the "yokie," a frozen yogurt cookie sandwich.

The YoCake closure comes amidst changes at the mall's food court, where renovation began several weeks ago to raise the ceiling and expand the seating area. Westfield recently which will be located above the food court.