Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Chuy's signage finally removed in Rockville


It took more than two years, but the signage has finally been removed from the abandoned Chuy's restaurant at 12266 Rockville Pike at Federal Plaza. No more will out-of-state drivers pull in to the shopping center for an Elvis Presley Memorial Combo, only to find themselves rattling a locked door. The Tex-Mex restaurant opened in October 2016, and remained untouched like a post-apocalyptic time capsule years after its pandemic-era closure. Why the chain gave up on Rockville when it is still packing customers in at other area locations remains a mystery. An Olive Garden would be the perfect tenant for this space!




9 comments:

  1. Olive Garden pleeeese!!!

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  2. Yes, Olive Garden. Or Carraba's.

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  3. You do know that Olive Garden is not permitted to open any other locations in MoCo, and why they can't.

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    1. Yeah Why? Don't leave us hanging!

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    2. He's obviously lying

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    3. MoCo has a law on the books dating back to the fifties that permits national chain restaurant to open only one location in the county as a protection of mom and pop establishments. We only have one of any of those chains willing to open singularly, such as Olive Garden, Bob Evans, etc. due to the rule. Some skirted the law like Houston's aka Woodmont Grill, by opening one under the east coast managment, and the other under west coast control. This law is kinda like the liquor law.

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    4. This is, of course, not true. Off the top of my head- California Pizza Kitchen had a location in Montgomery Mall and Rio; Not Your Average Joe's in Bethesda and Gaithersburg; International House of Pancakes in Wheaton, Rockville, Gaithersburg; Five Guys locations all over; not to mention plenty of quick serve restaurants with multiple locations around the county.

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  4. Olive Garden or Applebee’s would be a good addition

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