Friday, May 10, 2013
With Friday morning's ribbon-cutting ceremony, the gaping vacancy in the middle of the upscale shopping block, The Collection at Chevy Chase, was filled.
Friendship Heights' newest restaurant—Mi Cocina—opened on Friday with a 10:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. The upscale Tex-Mex restaurant opened in the former M Cafe/Famoso/Piazza Sempione spot, which shuttered unexpectedly on April 19, 2011, Patch reported. The space has been vacant since then. Mi Cocina is located in The Collection at Chevy Chase (5471-5481 Wisconsin Ave.), between Christian Dior and Bulgari. It's open for lunch and dinner, seven days a week. Attending Friday's ribbon-cutting ceremony were Max Sagatizado, general manager of Chevy Chase's Mi Cocina restaurant; David Smith, president and CEO of The Chevy Chase Land Company; Del. Susan Lee (D-District 16); Lindsay Camacho, representative for Rep. Christopher Van Hollen (D-…
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. 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 and Bulgari—making it ideal for those who work up big appetites …
New York City may have Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night," but Bethesda's got the David van Go-berg one.
New York City's Museum of Modern Art may have Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night, but Bethesda's got the David van Go-berg original. And, van Go-berg's Starry Night is a lot bigger, and may be seen from the street, free-of-charge. The 146-inch-by-96-inch mural is affixed to the side of Union Hardware (7800 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda)—see it around the corner on Norfolk Avenue. Union Hardware co-owner David Goldberg—aka van Go-berg—created the mural out of left-over hardware stock (more than 1,250 door knobs, levers and backplates from Germany, Italy and the U.S.), according to the description at the side of the mural. Goldberg describes his creation as "Post-Door Hardwareism," in homage to van Gogh's Post-Impressionism. Read more about Goldberg…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Marketplace Fairness Act would require all online retailers to charge sales tax.
For most of Union Hardware's 99-year history, its biggest challenges were other hardware and appliance stores. But since the recession, a new competition has emerged, stronger than any of its predecessors: online businesses that don't collect sales tax. David Goldberg, co-owner of Union Hardware (7800 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda), represents the third generation of his family to own and operate the store. To compete with online retailers not collecting state sales tax, he started stocking European imports not readily available online. He'd rather be stocking and selling American-made products. The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013—which would require online retailers to charge sales tax just like bricks-and-mortar stores must do—recently …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Washington Post reports that Marriott International will eliminate 34 of its technology jobs in its Bethesda office.
Marriott International—one of the top employers in the Washington, DC, region—is eliminating 34 technology jobs in its Bethesda office, The Washington Post reported. Many of the workers holding those jobs will get new jobs, either with Marriott or with vendors to whom Marriott outsources, a Marriott spokesperson told Patch. Other jobs will be eliminated from Marriott's Frederick and Gaithersburg offices, The Post added, but many of those workers will find new jobs with the company or its vendors. "By December 2013, the number [of jobs eliminated] could rise to 'several hundred' across the three offices," The Post reported. Read more about the job eliminations—including when they will start to take effect—on The Washington Post's website. …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The new restaurant in The Collection at Chevy Chase will feature traditional Tex-Mex food in elegant surroundings decorated with one-of-a-kind artworks.
Come Friday, the vacant space next to Christian Dior on Wisconsin Avenue in Friendship Heights no longer will be vacant. Mi Cocina will open at 11 a.m. Friday at The Collection at Chevy Chase (5471-5481 Wisconsin Ave.). Its ribbon-cutting ceremony (at 10:30 that morning) will be attended by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-District 18) and Sen. Brian Frosh (D- District 16). The restaurant is the latest location for a popular Tex-Mex chain that originated in Dallas, TX, more than 20 years ago. Management saw the Chevy Chase area as a good place for growth, a restaurant spokesperson told Patch. Mi Cocina's menu focuses on traditional Tex-Mex dishes made with fresh ingredients. On the menu: classics like tacos "de brisket" and fajitas, as well as …
A collection of food trucks in Montgomery County organized a collective website, www.mocofoodtrucks.com.
The grown-up lunch line is just as likely to be outside, on the corner of a busy intersection as it is inside of a strip mall restaurant. (And it's been that way for years now.) And while residents and workers in places lousy with food trucks may enjoy the variety and speed of mobile food offerings, keeping up with what's available and when can be a challenge. A new website, www.mocofoodtrucks.com, organizes about a dozen food trucks within the county and includes a comprehensive calendar of when some of the trucks will be in which area. Here's how the organizers describe the site: "This site will tell you the three "Ws" of food trucks: Where we are, Who we are and What we serve. Our trucks operate throughout Montgomery County, MD from …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Laurie Webber will travel to Paris as part of her prize for winning la Madeleine's "Recipe to Paris" contest.
Bethesda resident Laurie Webber will take a trip to Paris soon, thanks to her culinary creation, tomato basil mini pochettes. Webber created the pochettes—purse-shaped pastries—as her entry into la Madeleine's "Recipe to Paris" contest, which the French cafe chain held to celebrate its 30th anniversary. La Madeleine received more than 200 recipe entries—all of which were required to use the restaurant's signature tomato basil soup. Nearly 5,000 votes were cast in the contest, according to a restaurant news statement. "Webber’s recipe pays homage to the fine art of French cooking by combining delicate, buttery layers of puff pastry filled with rich and creamy ricotta, sharp Parmesan and la Madeleine’s famous [tomato basil soup]," the …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Washington's stiff fashion image is being erased by a confluence of forces that are putting DC on the fashion map.
By Anamika Roy, Capital News Service The nation’s capital has long been known as a place full of stuffy gray suits and neatly pressed ties, but these days, designers are loosening the top button. “There has been a stigma with DC fashion,” said Michelle Gibson, a fashion designer and Howard University senior. “It’s gray, tacky and uninspiring.” That stiff image is being erased by a confluence of forces that are putting DC on the fashion map: Up-and-coming, home-grown designers, showcase venues in DC Fashion Week and the DC Fashion Incubator, plus a young, hungry, well-heeled consumer market. In Chevy Chase, a strip of high-end stores that include Christian Dior, Cartier and Ralph Lauren was dubbed "Rodeo Drive of the East" by developers. …
Friday, May 3, 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 closure of two popular Bethesda businesses takes center plate. One meat: Bethesda tea shop Zen Tara Tea is shutting down operations later this month, citing the sluggish economy, disruptive construction nearby and the loss of nearby parking as the main reasons for closing up shop, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch reported. Nearby, Ri Ra, an Irish pub in downtown Bethesda, will close in early September. "The popular gathering spot, which opened 10 years ago, is not renewing its lease, confirmed bar manager Paul Corey," Bethesda Magazine reported. Three sides: The popular Korean food truck Seoul Food DC will …
Kbaker
12:04 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
Exceptional piece of art! Very clever. Always enjoy walking by! Thanks, Mr. Goldberg! more ›