Also not previously known: Fashion Time, a watch sales and repair kiosk on Level 1 in the Old Navy wing, is closing. They are currently having a 40-90% off closing sale. Future watch sales at the mall may involve a term-limit-ousted County Councilmember opening his or her jacket to display a variety of timepieces on the sidewalk outside the building, shortly before being removed from the premises by security while screaming, "Do you know who I am?!?!"
Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria closed Saturday night, the news of which I was the first to report last week. The closing not only generated questions about the future of the Dining Terrace at the mall, but also several plagiarized versions of my story in unethical local media outlets, which failed to attribute the scoop to me. Shameful.
American Classic Clothes shut down this weekend, too. According to a commenter on my original report that it would be closing, the company is planning to continue sales online until it can find a new bricks-and-mortar location with lower rent.
Finally, Bethesda apparently wasn't ready for Freddy, as the closure I already reported came to pass. Like ACC, you can still order Freddy apparel online.
#ThanksTrump
ReplyDelete#TheDarkSideOfMontgomeryMall
#LitanyOfStDyer
Any word on plans for a massive redevelopment like White Flint, or even better-Westbard?
ReplyDeleteWashington Business Journal had a good article on the Westbard proposal on Thursday. (Hat tip - GGW)
ReplyDelete5:54: Important to keep in mind: GGW is funded by developers.
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ReplyDelete5:55: #InstallUber
DeleteCrave is next. I was there on Sunday at lunchtime. Cheesecake Factory was so packed there were people waiting for a table. Meanwhile, Crave, which is just next door to them, was empty.
ReplyDeleteWhat they do at Tysons is there's a part of the mall that's all sit-down dining, and I think they even keep that wing open later at night than the rest of the mall. That's the only way I see that wing of Montgomery Mall surviving, but they'll need more than just Cheescake Factory to draw people in.
Yep, always follow the money with sites like GGW.
ReplyDeleteThey really need to bring more traffice into this mall, no?
ReplyDeleteI thought GGW was funded by a guy who worked at Google early on and got rich when they went public? My friend was neighbors with the guy (Halpert or something like that), right when GGW stated.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the other website just reported the Thai ice cream place.. almost a week after Dyer broke the story.
7:02: Alpert was asked by the Post what his funding sources are, and he declined to identify them. If he was self-funded, he would have just said so, I assume.
ReplyDelete8:42AM You do all this insulting of GGW on an assumption?
ReplyDeleteSo you want to play that game now? Challenge accepted.
What are Dyer's funding sources? Even Goodwill doesn't give away trench coats for free. The money has to come from somewhere.
ReplyDelete8:19AM Judging by the content, I'll say the has no funding.
ReplyDelete6:05: Considering I'm the only local media outlet that's ever exposed wrongdoing by County elected officials, an underground fuel spill, and is the most copied and plagiarized journalist in Montgomery County, the content is damn ****ing good, moron.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the small and slightly failing magazine known best for fake news was tweeting that the bobcat was a threat to Chevy Chase yesterday. #FakeNews