A ghostly sign of the legendary Bruce Variety remains in downtown Bethesda. It is not at the store's original location in the Bradley Shopping Center, which was a landmark for decades. Rather, it is located at the store's fateful final location at 8011 Woodmont Avenue.
A window facing the public parking lot to the right of the building continues to bear the stenciled Bruce Variety logo, even though the structure was converted into a school after Bruce Variety closed in 2015. 8011 Woodmont Avenue has its own storied history, as the location of Bethesda's outpost of the famed Sir Walter Raleigh Inn steakhouse chain.
My memory may be fading, but I recall going with my parents to dinner at the Sir Walter Raleigh Inn in the Wildwood Shopping Center back in the day. Was the Woodmont Avenue address a second location?
ReplyDeleteThey had 7 of them. That window was put on the side because a car went through the wall
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