Expectations should be high, as this is yet another venture from the growing restaurant empire of brothers Alonso and Alvaro Roche. They already operate several successful restaurants in the Woodmont Triangle: Bold Bite, 202 Donuts and Coffee and Tapabar, with the latter two only steps away from TACOAREPA on Fairmont Avenue.
TACOAREPA will be a fast-casual restaurant, and will also serve beer and wine. As natives of Venezuela, the Roche brothers certainly have the qualifications to produce authentic arepas, an increasingly popular menu item in the D.C. area.
No mention of the lawsuit?
ReplyDeleteTheir other places have been good, so I'm hoping this one will too. I'll certainly try it for lunch when it's open.
ReplyDeleteDyer got the scoop -- expect this to be reported on the other website later today.
I love tacos! Great addition.
ReplyDeleteGlad something is finally filling that Greenhill vacancy.
DeleteLooking forward to this.
ReplyDeleteYummy! Great scoop!
ReplyDeleteTim at 6:16am, please stop posting as me! This wasn't a scoop, all media got the same press release #FAKETIM
ReplyDelete7:32: Sorry, there was no press release for this, old sport. Just old-fashioned shoe leather journalism.
ReplyDeleteNow that Greenhill is closer to getting a settlement from Bainbridge, how much longer will it be before this building is torn down and replaced with a high-rise?
ReplyDelete7:43: I believe they already settled, but don't hold me to it, I don't have it in front of me. The latest decision was in regard to legal fees. There's a short term plan to do a low-density renovation and redevelopment of the whole Lot 667, which is what is already underway now (this building, former BlackFinn, etc.).
ReplyDeleteI heard they decided to pause that plan because the county didn't agree with their partial wall counting as a renovation vs new construction or something like that?
DeleteBOOM!
ReplyDeleteDo you know if Experimac down the street is officially closed for good? It hasn't been open in months.
ReplyDeleteWhat an ugly building! Glad it's finally getting a tenant though.
ReplyDeleteI concur.
Delete12:41: It hasn't closed, but according to a business-for-sale ad, the owner has health issues and was trying to sell the business a few months back.
ReplyDelete9:10: I think that just covered the part on St. Elmo. 4901-A Faimont and these are already done.
ReplyDeleteAh so we're going to have an Exxon empty lot situation with the St. Elmo side for how long do you know?
ReplyDeleteYeah this empty lot is just as bad if not worse for downtown Bethesda, especially since it's right smack in the middle of Woodmont Triangle.
DeleteTell the county to reduce the financial burden for a 2500 square foot building or tell Bangkok Garden to sell. They are holding up the sites max density
ReplyDeleteWhat can the county do to reduce the financial burden for a 2500 square foot building?
DeleteAnd what about Greenhill selling instead?