DOUGH ROLLER OPENING IN ROCKVILLE!

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Legendary Ocean City, Maryland pizza and pancake restaurant Dough Roller is expanding to Rockville. Dough Roller's first location outside of OC will be in the King Farm Village Shopping Center, at 403 Redland Boulevard. The restaurant will be near Safeway, and next to Kick's Karate.

Voted "OC's Best Pizza" for the last 13 years, Dough Roller is also one of the resort town's top breakfast spots. The menu at the Rockville Dough Roller is expected to be more like their 3rd, 41st, and 70th Street locations than the S. Division Street outlet (meaning, no Dayton's Fried Chicken). There will be their classic pizza and pancakes, omelets, sandwiches and subs.

Stay tuned for an opening date. Depending on your level of obsession with Ocean City, this could well be the biggest DC-area restaurant story of 2014. Is Thrasher's next?

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NEW YORK MART TO TAKE OVER COLLEGE PLAZA MAGRUDER'S SPACE IN ROCKVILLE (PHOTOS)

The vacant former Magruder's store in College Plaza on MD 355 finally has a tenant. New York Mart has leased the space, and will be the latest competitor in the international groceries category now flourishing in Rockville. New York Mart will literally be just up the road from Kam Sam Supermarket, Great Wall Supermarket and Maxim Gourmet Oriental Market along the Rockville Pike corridor. The burgeoning Asian population in Rockville has made it one of the prime spots for Asian food markets, and restaurants, in the DC area.

ROCKVILLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL STRESS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING TO MOCO COUNCIL PRESIDENT CRAIG RICE

School construction was the major focus for Rockville's mayor and council, during a presentation by Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice Monday evening. While Rice said the council made an effort to obtain additional funds from the state, "the end result wasn't what we wanted." The plan was rebuffed by politicians in the Maryland General Assembly during the 2014 session.

"We are ready, willing and able to join with you...to get to Annapolis" to testify for additional funds, Mayor Bridget Newton said.

Councilmember Tom Moore asked Rice for "every consideration" for construction of Richard Montgomery Elementary School No. 5. The cluster's elementary schools are "greatly overcrowded," Moore noted, and the new school is desperately needed.

Rice said, based on his review of Rockville's priorities, that the county council is "trying to adhere to many of the same policy goals," as the city. He also stressed the importance of assisting workforce development for those with special needs, and organizations such as Jubilee and ARC.

Ultimately, the holdup of construction funds for Rockville schools "is a joint problem," Rice said, that can only be resolved by working together with the city and the state.

NIGHTSWATCH: ROCKVILLE CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Rockville on May 5-6, according to crime data:

MAY 5

Assault. 12900 block Twinbrook Parkway.

Theft from vehicle. 1500 block Rockville Pike.

Theft. 1500 block Rockville Pike.

Theft from vehicle. 1600 block Rockville Pike.

Theft. 1800 block Rockville Pike.

Assault. 1200 block 1st Street.

Theft. 1 block W. Montgomery Avenue.

Assault. 7700 block Eagles Head Court.

MAY 6

Assault with deadly weapon. 14500 block Avery Road.

Sexual assault. 8100 block Needwood Road.

ZHANG APPLIES FOR LIQUOR LICENSE IN ROCKVILLE

The future Zhang Restaurant and Bar at 1560 Rockville Pike has applied for a Montgomery County liquor license. Zhang will serve Chinese and Thai cuisine, and offer sushi as well. The location used to house a Chicken Out, which moved up the Pike to College Plaza.

TUTTI FRUITTI TO OPEN AT PIKE AND ROSE IN ROCKVILLE

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Frozen yogurt chain Tutti Fruitti is the latest tenant to sign on at the under-construction Pike & Rose development, in the White Flint area of south Rockville. But the shop won't be in the newer Federal Realty buildings going up right now. Tutti Fruitti will be located in an existing retail building at the corner of Old Georgetown Road and Rockville Pike.

That structure will be getting a makeover to better fit with the newer development on the site. Tutti Fruitti will move into the space next to Bank of America and Chipotle. Montgomery County has 3 Tutti Fruittis already, located in Wheaton, Germantown and Damascus.

BANQUET CHICKEN FINGERS MEAL REVIEW (VIDEO)

Here's a TV dinner with no pretenses of being a health food choice. No vegetables are to be found. Just three things many Americans enjoy eating: fried chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese, and a brownie.

You can find this meal for about $1 in the grocery store. How does it taste? Watch my review to find out.