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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Community opens in Bethesda (Photo)

The eagerly-anticipated upscale diner Community officially opened last night in Bethesda. Founded by successful local restaurateur Mark Bucher (BGR, Medium Rare), the restaurant will take on the venerable Tastee Diner that it faces across Veterans Park, as well as newcomer Silver off Bethesda Row.

Community will initially serve dinner, starting at 5:00 PM tonight, according to the website. They will then add breakfast, lunch and late night hours. Service should be good, because the staff has benefited from one of the longest soft-opening periods I can recall in Bethesda.

7770 Norfolk Avenue
301-272-9050
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14 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:46 AM

    This is Dyer at his best. You scooped the other site THREE TIMES already today. They have no reporting on Community, Westbard, or the self-storage.

    Funny one is Community since their offices are right next to it.

    I guess they're scrambling to write up their own versions of your reports now.

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  2. Anonymous7:41 AM

    It's gonna be awesome I predict. Tastee better step their game up a bit. I love the diner and don't want it to go anywhere but I do take issue with the fact that their coffee is among the worst I've ever had and their corned beef hash comes out of a can. Ah, no that won't cut it in Bethesda 2016.

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  3. Anonymous8:01 AM

    Remember how "The Crab House" opened up about 15 years ago in the old Bish Thompson's site, and quickly drive the Bethesda Crab House out of business?

    Me neither.

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  4. Anonymous8:05 AM

    Just a rehash of what has been published already, with the addition of one crappy photo.

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  5. Robert Dyer8:10 AM

    8:05: Sorry, knucklehead - I broke the story that it has opened.

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  6. Roald8:18 AM

    Give Mr. Dyer credit for breaking a lot of news this morning...not just scraping Washington Post articles.

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  7. Anonymous8:21 AM

    "Roald" = UnsignedDyer

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    1. Robert Dyer8:38 AM

      8:21: Wrong. I put my name on every comment I post, unlike you, coward.

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  8. Curt Shackelford9:52 AM

    Tastee Diner and this new place are catering to different crowds I think so they should peacefully coexist? Love this blog--keep up the good work!

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    1. Anonymous12:44 PM

      Community will siphon off some Tastee business because Community will be higher quality. Will they drive Tastee out of business? Probably not but Community didn't open across the street by accident.

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  9. Anonymous4:48 PM

    Just looked at the menus.

    1. Interestingly, the breakfast and lunch menus are far more interesting than the dinner menu. Looks like I'll focus my visits on breakfast and lunch.

    2. They need to change the name of the so-called "Poor White Trash" burger. Not funny. Confirms the worst stereotypes of smug, urban elitism.

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  10. Anonymous5:35 PM

    It's interesting that diners are closing in NYC yet opening in Bethesda. I love diners!

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    1. Anonymous10:02 AM

      @5:35 as the owner points out, Community isn't a diner. Why they don't embrace that word I don't know. It is a throwback NYC style coffee shop speaking of NYC. The problem in the Big Apple is many places are closing sir to rent. Sad but true.

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