Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Signage installed at Yamachan Ramen/Pearl Lady Tea in Rockville (Photos)

The permanent signage is up at Yamachan Ramen/Pearl Lady Tea at 201 E. Middle Lane in Rockville Town Center. It is located in the ground floor of the Cambria Suites/The Upton building. This will be the first Pearl Lady location outside of Japan.

Monday, July 9, 2018

Asian food hall The Spot opens in Rockville

The Spot looked ready to open any minute last week, and now it has. And it's already picked up a large following this weekend. Crowds of people were walking down N. Washington Street, headed to the new Asian food hall in the ground floor of the Metropolitan at Rockville Town Center apartments.

Tenants operating opening weekend included raw fish bowl favorite Poki DC, the bubble teas of Gong Cha, Cheers Cut fried chicken, Mian Pull noodle, and the sweet finish of Hong Kong waffle ice cream from Alpaca Dessert. Several more vendors are coming soon. The Spot is located at 255 N. Washington Street.

Friday, July 6, 2018

Rockville woman missing

Montgomery County police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing Rockville woman. Tabet Ndortabi Tarh of First Street, age 33, hasn't been seen by her family since early in the morning on June 28 at her home.was last seen by family members in the early morning hours on June 28 at her residence on First Street in Rockville.  Police describe Tarh as an African-American female, 5′ 3″, 130 pounds, with brown eyes and dark brown, shoulder length hair that she is known to sometimes wear in a bun. 

When last seen, Tarh was wearing a white scarf and a long, dark blue dress. However, detectives have not yet been able to obtain a photograph of her to release to the public. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Tabet Ndortabi Tarh is urged to contact police at 301.279.8000.

Thursday, July 5, 2018

New Starbucks at Pike & Rose expected to open Friday

The new Starbucks under construction in The Henri at Pike & Rose is finally ready to open. A reader tells me that the current Starbucks at the Federal Realty property has closed, and that the new one is expected to open tomorrow, Friday, July 6, 2018.

For GPS purposes, the street address of the new Starbucks is 11860 Grand Park Avenue. Will this one be a Starbucks Reserve? We're still awaiting the first Starbucks Reserve in Montgomery County (but I will settle for a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf). Whatever the case, this is the only Starbucks in MoCo where you can take your icy Starbucks drink to The Beach at Pike & Rose.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Demolition begins for Aldi in Rockville (Photos)

If you thought Aldi was just going to convert the old Circuit City/hh gregg building on Rockville Pike into their new Rockville grocery store, think again. Instead, major demolition is underway at the site. I'm starting to question if they will meet the projected 2018 store opening as promised at this point. The store site is located in the Congressional North shopping center.



Monday, July 2, 2018

Signage installed at Rockville Asian food hall The Spot (Photos)

The signs are up at The Spot, and the interior is rapidly coming together as well. You can see the seating, and individual stalls of the hall's tenants. Of three Asian food halls opening in the next 12 months in Rockville, The Spot looks the closest to completion. The Spot is located in the ground floor of The Metropolitan at Rockville Town Center apartments at 255 N. Washington Street.






Friday, June 29, 2018

Rockville Pike tree massacre

There's been a tree massacre on the east side of Rockville Pike near Talbott Street. An unidentified crew clearcut all of the trees along the access road in front of the Bassett Furniture and former funeral home. Once a shady stretch, it's now like a desert, as these before and after photos and video show.
Compare this Google Street View photo
to the photo of the same scene yesterday at
the top of this article
More scenes from before the environmental destruction that has taken place, above and all photos below: