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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Le Creuset to close at Bethesda Row

Le Creuset has been holding a 50%-off sale, and the showroom inventory has been dwindling significantly in recent days, with a number of empty shelves. I have now confirmed that the store will be closing, as soon as this week. A final day has not been announced yet, however, so there is still time to get some bargains.

The high-end cookware store has been open at 7116 Bethesda Lane for a decade. It is among the brand names that gave cachet to Bethesda Row as an upscale retail destination.


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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:33 AM

    I never understood how they stayed in business so long. I find their stuff overpriced and I can buy it online if I really need it anyway. It's so heavy -- who wants to lug it out from the store?

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  2. Anonymous5:34 AM

    How many vacant spaces will that be in the "alley" area then? Redwood out, Creuset is out. Who's next?

    Dolcezza seems to do OK, as does that hair salon.

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  3. Ruslev5:58 AM

    Williams Sonoma is around the corner. Bethesda Row is having a tough time - much like the collection at Chevy Chase..

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  4. Anna7:05 AM

    Like 5:33 said, people are still shopping, just not in stores. It's not overpriced, it lasts forever and cast-iron is perfect for even-heating. I inherited a 40+ year old LC pan, well used and in near perfect condition...works just as well as my newer ones.

    Plus, people don't cook much anymore, including me. ;)

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  5. Anonymous8:39 AM

    Williams-Sonoma also sells LC. I guess folks living in Chevy Chase and the south end of Bethesda are too lazy to cross Bethesda Avenue.

    Bethesda Lane is the next Lakeforest Mall. Just a matter of time before criminals, drug addicts, gang members and homeless start hanging out there.

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  6. Anonymous10:30 AM

    It seems that a lot of ten year leases are expiring now that Bethesda Row is ten years old. Who knew? The churn of retail and restarant tenants is a constant. As long as new ones rotate in, this is a healthy event. Amazon Books, Anthropolgie and Co, Joe and the Juice, Philz Coffee, Fish Taco, are all new, Lululemon relocated. The sky is not falling.

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  7. Maloney Concrete10:50 AM

    Class 520 is still the most popular new place in the Bethesda Row area, and it's in Shoppes of Bethesda.

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  8. Anonymous2:11 PM

    When Bethesda grows up it wants to be like Silver Spring. I frequently go to the AFI theater, and the downtown area is always crowded. Federal Realty continues to add expensive who cares merchants and so-so restaurants.

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  9. Anonymous2:20 PM

    Bethesda Lane is now the place to go for quiet. It will be antique stores and a hair salon.

    No nightlife in Bethesda but we got a bunch of super sized "B" letters around town.

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  10. Anonymous2:34 PM

    Federal Realty continues to add expensive who cares merchants and so-so restaurants.

    ^ This. No reason Bethesda Lane can't be outstanding, but if even Lebanese Taverna says toodles, the problem is Federal Realty.

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  11. Anonymous5:34 PM

    So only the 16th brand new Amazon Books in the world, and one of the very few new large Anthropologie & Co. department stores with cafe, and one of the east coast’s first Philz Coffee Shops are all signs of Bethesda’s demise? I hated Redwood, never bought a Le Cruset pot, or wine from Cork and Fork or Vino Volo. This turnover of tenants seems to be healthy to me. Yes B&N was handy and easy to kill time without buying stuff, but I’m surprised they lasted as long as they did. Federal Realty sure found a new anchor very quickly.

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