Food, Wine & Co. closed yesterday in the Apex Building at 7272 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda. The owners said the closure was due to the construction of the Purple Line, and future demolition of the Apex Building. Their other area dining ventures, Fish Taco and Don Pollo, remain open. Food, Wine & Co. had been in business for six years.
Developer Carr Properties has a
plan to redevelop the Apex Building site, while MTA contractors build the Purple Line light rail station beneath it over the next several years. The new development will accommodate a larger rail station sought by Montgomery County and MTA engineers and planners.
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ReplyDeleteIs the closure specifically because of the pending construction? Or were they having troubles?
ReplyDeleteOther than what the owners say publicly I mean. Do they plan to reopen elsewhere?
DeleteThis Purple line is gonna suck. Disruptive as hell, expensive and no one will ride on it.
ReplyDeleteThis is a shame. We did not see this coming. We would have dinner from Food and Wine co brought to the house at least 4 times a month. We may have to get Persimmon more in order to make up the difference.
ReplyDeleteDyer is not allowing comments on the article about the moribund Greenhill property. LOL
ReplyDeleteHahah. And he gives crap about council members being in developers' pockets.
Delete"no one will ride on it"
ReplyDeletePeople said the same nonsense about Metro in 1972
Persimmon will be thrilled to have more fictional diners and imaginary money.
ReplyDelete@ 5:28 AM - "Heavier-than-air flight? What utter rubbish!"
ReplyDeleteLooks like both the latest posts have comments disabled. Kudos to finally a good decision! Watch readership nosedive though as those here for the popcorn munching fun stop coming by. :(
ReplyDelete10:49: Sorry, but I'm not going to spend my Memorial Day deleting the same guy's repetitive comments about Greenhill over and over again.
DeleteMore evidence that Dyer has been paid off by Greenhill. Just like the county council and developers.
DeleteSell Orville Redenbacher stock now!
ReplyDeleteIf the comments are disabled, The Bored Guys At Work can always migrate to Rockville Nights. That blog now has only two visitors per month.
ReplyDelete11:03: Sounds like more sour grapes about your multiple failed ventures into the Rockville market, while RockvilleNights.com remains the leading source of Rockville news.
DeleteMaybe Greenberg asked Dyer to disable comments because of the all the negative opinions posted about him and his properties?
ReplyDeleteAnd Dyer has the gall to talk about developers controlling politicians!
Delete"The Bored Guys At Work". Is that what Hull is calling his staff these days?
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ReplyDeleteMy take: Part of the anonymous negative man's psychosis is his firm belief that he is Dyer's sole reader across all of the sites Dyer edits.
ReplyDeleteHe consistently posts this this idea of being the singular reader. I think it's an attempt to convince Dyer that he is indispensable and worthy of Dyer's attention.
This is a joke, right?
Delete@ 3:08 AM - You just did. LOL
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps I should say "Baba booey".
If Dyer is going to delete comments solely on the basis that it's "repetitive", then he needs to delete about 80% of his own posts.
ReplyDeleteHe so wildly inconsistent you can't trust him much less vote him into office.
Delete6:12 PM Your child-like mind amazes me. You have terrible impulses that require you to repeat the same weird comments on here.
ReplyDeleteGet the help you need!
This is a post about a restaurant closing, but you just can't help yourself.
Hi Elm, I am 6:12. Because I think Dyer is inconsistent and not trustworthy that makes me "child-like"? Can you explain that one?
DeleteBack on topic. The excuse for them closing sounds weak. If Purple Line's arrival in a few years means they'll get kicked out, that's all the more reason financially to stay open until the very end. The reason is the landlord will basically give them free or heavily discounted rent just to keep the place occupied. If Food & Wine moves out, the landlord will find it impossible to get a new tenant since the tenant would have to move out in a few years (the VUK pinball place is the exception -- they went into it knowing that and built a business plan around it).
ReplyDeleteI think that place was just in trouble. Same with their City Burger, which they closed and are reopening as a Fish Taco. On that note -- how many months has City Burger been closed? It seems like it's taken an awful long time to renovate an existing place to convert it -- they already have a working kitchen and permits in place.. so what's the excuse?
Don Pollo next door, also owned by them, does amazingly well so I think it's just a matter of finding the right concepts and executing well.
Historically, this was a good spot for a restaurant since it is right next door to the movie theater.
ReplyDelete@ 7:02 PM - So good that Pizzeria Uno closed there after over two decades.
ReplyDeleteMovies are ridiculously overpriced nowadays, there are only a tiny handful worth seeing every year, and no one wants to sit in the dark with strangers talking, on their smartphones or having sex, when they can watch the movie on streaming video on a large screen at home.
Also, Elm is not suggesting that you are "unique". You might want to check UrbanDictionary.com.
"Don Pollo" is the nickname I give to my dick.
ReplyDeleteFanboys. All Dyer all the time. Imagine if these people took their brains and enthusiasm and applied it to research? We could have a cure for ALS.
ReplyDeleteNah, with this bunch, we'd just get graffiti.
Says Fanboy of Fanboys. LOL
ReplyDeleteWhen will you learn? I point out what I see here. I see you're a fanboy of me. Cool.
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