Great Shoals Winery Tasting Room, which opened in Takoma Park in 2018, will close at the end of the year and the space taken over by a shop featuring bubble tea, according to an announcement from Main Street Takoma. Leandra Nichola, a longtime Takoma Park resident, will open Main Street Pearl at 7050 Carroll Ave. serving bubble tea and other “bubble” drinks including beer, wine, cider, kombucha and scratch soda.
Mrs. K’s Restaurant and Barrel Bar, a Silver Spring institution for 90 years, is now being offered for lease. “The owners want to take the time to find the right operator to take it to the next level,” said the leasing agent, who asked to remain anonymous. The Mrs. K’s name may or may not live on, he said, depending on what that operator decides to do.
The county has announced its schedule of closings for the Thanksgiving Day holiday Nov. 26. All county offices, libraries and the Alcohol Beverage Services retail stores will be closed, as will all recreation programs and facilities.
The county has announced the following holiday schedule for Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11. County offices and libraries, along with state offices and courts, will be closed, though the Alcohol Beverage Services stores will be open noon–7 p.m.
Washington Sports Clubs has permanently closed its downtown Silver Spring location at 901 Wayne Avenue, according to a reader tip received this afternoon.
FVCBank has permanently closed its branch at 7901 Eastern Ave. in Silver Spring, according to bank president Trish Ferrick. The community bank, based in Fairfax, had closed all of its branches due the pandemic, she said, while accepting night deposits and electronic banking.
Regal Cinemas is once again shutting down all of its locations across the country, as upcoming movie releases are being postponed.
Society Restaurant and Lounge at 8229 Georgia Ave. was declared an “unsafe facility” and a closure order issued on Sept. 29 by Dr. Travis Gayles, the county’s health officer. The restaurant will remain closed for 30 days “or until notified by the County Health Officer that the Unsafe Facility is allowed to continue operations under modified conditions.”
Eggspectation, located at 923 Ellsworth Drive in Downtown Silver Spring, has permanently closed, according to Twitter reports and signage posted at the restaurant.
Downtown Silver Spring mainstay Sergio Ristorante Italiano, tucked inside the Doubletree Hotel at 8727 Colesville Road, has permanently closed, according to a report from Bethesda Beat.
Montgomery Parks will close two sections of Sligo Creek Parkway tomorrow, Sept. 18 to vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians from 8 a.m.–2 p.m. The sections are:
Parkway from Colesville Road to Wayne Avenue, and
Parkway from Kennebec Avenue to Maple Avenues.
The Revere Bank branch located in the Lee Plaza Building at 8601 Georgia Ave. will close as of tomorrow, Aug. 14, according to a sign taped to the ATM on the site. The ATM itself will no longer operate as of 2 p.m. Friday. The sign directs customers to refer to sandyspringbank.com to find a Sandy Spring Bank branch or ATM location.