1 Meat, 3 Sides

Foodie News: 90-Year-Old Restaurant Closes, Restaurant List Announced for Hometown Holidays

Restaurant news from around the county and adjacent 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 a popular seafood restaurant celebrating its 90th year takes center plate. One meat: O'Donnell's Sea Grill—which recently celebrated its 90th year in the Washington, DC, area—announced on its Facebook page that this year will be its last, Gaithersburg Patch reported. "...[We] have made the purposeful decision to officially close our doors and exit on a most high note," the restaurant stated. The restaurant originally opened in DC, at 1207 E St. NW, in 1922. In the second half of the 20th century, a Bethesda location was opened, and the DC locations (by then there were two) were closed. In 1997, …

• Photos (1)

Foodie News: Tex-Mex Joins Tony Shopping Block, Inspections Close Down Restaurants, Edible Cicadas

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…

• Photos (4)

Foodie News: Apizza Coming to Silver Spring, Just Cakes Leaving Bethesda

Restaurant news in Montgomery County and nearby Washington, DC, neighborhoods.

Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and nearby 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 Montgomery County 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 …

• Photos (3)

Foodie News: Scion in Silver Spring, Pacci's Backstory, Modern Irish Cooking and More

Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.

Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and nearby Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, a popular DC restaurant's plans 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 "…

• Photos (6)

1 Meat, 3 Sides

Foodie News: County Restaurants Get Poor Showing in Post's 'Top Dishes' List

In Chevy Chase, meat-centric Range cooked up a vegetarian feast for two Washington Post reporters.

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…

• Photos (1)

Report: Barnes & Noble Chairman Seeks to Buy Retail Stores

Leonard Riggio has made a bid for the store's retail assets, including locations close to Potomac.

Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio is seeking to buy the bookselling giant's retail assets, CNN Money reported. According to the report, the bookstores have struggled as the popularity of e-readers increases. Holiday sales at the company's bookstores and websites dropped nearly 11 percent last year, according to the report. Barnes & Noble said it has put together an independent committee to review the proposal and to oversee any negotiations, The Los Angeles Times reported. The company in January said it would close some of its retail stores over the next 10 years, though a spokeswoman told Patch that there were no plans to close the Bethesda location. The potential sale wouldn't include the division that oversees Barnes & Noble's…

•  1 Comment
• Photos (1)

1 Meat, 3 Sides

Foodie News: Bethesda Gets a Jazz and Supper Club, Takoma Gets a Busboys

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 …

• Photos (7)

Virtual Tour: Houses for Sale in Montgomery County This Week

In the market for a new house? Just curious? Check out these recently listed houses for sale in Montgomery County.

  These videos of Montgomery County houses for sale recently were uploaded to YouTube. Each listing links to a YouTube video (also attached to this article). Each house also is shown on the map attached to this article.   Houses for sale this week: 18511 Reliant Dr., Gaithersburg 5981 Valerian Ln., Rockville 15100 Interlachen Dr., No. 4-903 Silver Spring 10796 Symphony Park Dr., North Bethesda 4412 Stanford St., Chevy Chase 8917 Falls Farm Dr., Potomac  1118 Lancaster Rd., Takoma Park    Check back next week for more virtual tours. 

• Videos (7)

1 Meat, 3 Sides

Foodie News: DC Metro's Top 40, Food Service Inspections Go Digital, $5 Food Challenge

Food and restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.

Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, DC searches for its top-40 foods, Montgomery County puts food service inspection reports online, a $5 food challenge and more.   Last year’s “40 Essential Eats” list from the Washington Post drew quite a buzz out here in the ‘burbs – 25 percent of the area’s 40 must-try burgers, shakes, entrees and appetizers were from Montgomery County and Prince Georges County alone.  Duck confit in Bethesda, deli fare in Silver Spring, popcorn in Potomac, mashed potatoes in Hyattsville, tacos in Gaithersburg – the list goes on. The paper is enlisting your help again to find the best foods of the area. “The time has come to revisit …

• Photos (1)

Restaurant Inspection Reports Now A Click Away

View data from health inspectors online at dataMontgomery.

Montgomery County health officials are now posting restaurant inspection data online at the dataMontgomery website, launched last month as a part of the county’s open government efforts. The website also includes residential permits, completed 311 requests, cable complaints, county contracts, and employee salaries, according to a county press release. Users will be able to view inspection results online for restaurants and other food service establishments, including compliance with food safety requirements, nutritional labeling, the trans fat ban, and the posting of non-smoking signs, according to the release.  Users will also able to sort data by restaurant name or location and view violations and closures, according to county Health and…

• Photos (1)