Sunday, March 06, 2016

Bethesda construction update: Tara Thai (Photos)

Last week, I showed you the outdoor facade and patio of the future Tara Thai under construction at Westfield Montgomery Mall. Today, here's a look at the interior dining room build-out. You can see a few final interior design touches, such as the stone surface along the front of the bar.






28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seems like a lot more places have closed at Montgomery Mall, in a much shorter time period, than "Hans Riemer's 9 closed Bethesda bars".

Robert Dyer said...

8:52: Wrong. Plenty of businesses have closed at the urban town centers in the County. Retail turnover is a separate issue from the nighttime economy.

Anonymous said...

"Retail turnover is a separate issue from the nighttime economy."

Please explain the distinction. Most people would find it arbitrary.

Anonymous said...

Retail turnover is not really addressed in the county's plan, only in the needs further evaluation section, and then only barely.

Hope this link is ok to post.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/NighttimeEconomy/Resources/Files/NETFImplementationSummary.pdf

Anonymous said...

So when Tapp'd opens up where Union Jack's used to be, will Dyer do a ceremonial rolling back from "9", to "8" bars closed under Riemer?

Robert Dyer said...

10:39: Uh...maybe because Smart Toys and alpaca clothing have nothing to do with bars and nightlife? Grasping at straws again.

Robert Dyer said...

12:26: Nope.

Anonymous said...

@ 5:20 PM - why not?

Anonymous said...

@ 5:19 PM - why doesn't "retail turnover" apply to bars that close and then reopen under a new name?

Anonymous said...

What's the count of bars/nightspots that have opened? Or does Dyer just focus on things that help is "moribund" propaganda?

Robert Dyer said...

6:01: Not only have at least 9 nightspots closed under Hans Riemer, but there are less nightspots today than there were before his nighttime economy initiative. It's not very productive to just keep denying the facts.

Robert Dyer said...

5:30: Very simple - bars are not retail.

Anonymous said...

Let's see that list of 9, Dyer.

Anonymous said...

Leave Robert alone. The real concern here is that all restaurants in this area stink. Period. My wife and I racked our brains the other day on where to go and finally went all the way to the Del Rey section of Alexandria. There ain't nothing around here close to where we ate, Cheesetique. Look it up. Been there many times and it's incredible. Tara Thai had it's time and was ok at the start. But it's been there and done that. Not nearly interesting enough and will close. Trust that.

Anonymous said...

So you're saying you drove all the way from Bethesda to Alexandria because there weren't any good options in Bethesda? So in a driving area like Westbard then more options would be great and contribute to fewer cars on the road? Less emissions? Less traffic? Etc.?

Anonymous said...

5:25, don't bother. Robert has already proven his logic is skewed and biased. That's the only fact he has provided that has supporting evidence.

Anonymous said...

"Not only have at least 9 nightspots closed under Hans Riemer"

Wow. Looks like he's pivoted from unfounded opinions to utter falsehoods. What "9 nightspots" closed?

Do you realize that 10 times that number closed in DC, and about 3 or 4 times as many in Arlington and Alexandria?

Anonymous said...

Better restaurants period. That would be nice. Why do so many close? Cause they aren't good enough.

Anonymous said...

8:23 - We just listed the night spots in a different post. Bars and restaurants. Keep up.

We drive to VA to eat all the time. Would love it if downtown Bethesda could get places like those. But those places could never afford Bethesda anymore.

5:30 - Retail does not include restaurants and bars; they're a separate category.

Anonymous said...

It's not the rent here it's gotta be something else. Rent in NOVA is as much or more in some areas.

Anonymous said...

@ 10:36 AM - perhaps you could explain why the principle of "turnover" magically does not apply to night spots?

Anonymous said...

11:14 - I'm not William, sorry. I did not list the places, others did. You can find the comments yourself over the past week.

1:20 - where did I mention anything about the principles of turnover?
I do see that earlier someone mentioned "retail turnover," which would not apply to nightspots since they are not retail.

Anonymous said...

2:37 PM - keep spinning, distorting and outright lying. That's what it takes to be a pathetic shill for Dyer.

Anonymous said...

3:15pm sounds nasty. Probably one of the Friends of White Flint or affiliated negative folks.

Anonymous said...

@ 5:13 PM sounds like a whiny little crybaby. Definitely fits the profile of a Dyer fanboy.

Robert Dyer said...

If somebody is so disengaged from what's going on in Bethesda that they don't know which bars have closed in recent years, how can they argue against what I'm saying? You expect us to believe you truly don't know what's going on, but you are super-passionate about defending a failed councilmember in the same jurisdiction you claim you don't know anything about? Come on.

Anonymous said...

3:15 - please explain how I am outright lying? Why are you attacking me on a blog? How dare you call me a pathetic shill. You are the one accusing me when you have zero idea who I am. All I posted was TRUTH.
Name the time and place. You want a showdown, I'm in.
---2:37PM + 10:36AM + 11:46AM : All me

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