DUNKIN' DONUTS TO CLOSE MAY 31 AT BETHESDA ROW - BUT RETURN ON ELM ST. THIS FALL (PHOTOS)

EXCLUSIVE!

We knew Dunkin' Donuts was going to close on Bethesda Avenue this summer, but now I have the exact date from the local franchisee - May 31. But Bethesda is still going to have 3 Dunkin' Donuts stores anyway: Dunkin' Donuts will move into a vacant spot on Elm Street early this fall (but they declined to identify which one at this moment). The two that are currently available are the other half of the former Ri-Ra, the other half of which was recently leased by Noodles & Co., and the former Kraze Burgers a block east.

Kraze Burgers seems a bit oversized for a Dunkin' Donuts, making Ri-Ra seem to be the frontrunner.

Dunkin' Donuts opened stores at Bethesda Metro Center, and in the Norfolk-Cordell II building on Cordell Avenue, just this year.