Incredible news from the White Flint area of North Bethesda: Shake Shack will be the new tenant in the fast food restaurant building recently vacated by Arby's at 11710 Rockville Pike. Shake Shack is also opening a location not far away at Westfield Montgomery Mall. But what makes this new location just revealed by the Washington Business Journal so exciting, is that it will have a drive-thru. The line will likely be backed up onto the Pike when the restaurant first opens.
Alas, the New York-based burger chain continues to avoid downtown Bethesda. Speculation about a Shake Shack downtown dates back almost a decade to 2012. Real estate firm Douglas Development began acquiring several restaurant spaces around town that year, after having just brought the D.C. area's first Shake Shack to the District.
Some good movie titles to commemorate this:
ReplyDeleteArby's: The Resurrection
Arby's 2: Electric Boogaloo
Although Arby's has passed on, it will now live and thrive in greater form as a Shake Shack.
I don't understand Shake Shack's aversion to locating in Downtown Bethesda either. Doesn't make sense to me why they'd pass up all that easy business. Not everyone wants Five Guys.
Great news indeed. That drive-thru may be a first for them. They don't usually have drive-thru. They will do extremely well there. Awesome!
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ReplyDeleteProbably because they'll do just as much or more business in "northern" Bethesda and North Bethesda without having to pay higher rents or worry about parking constraints.
@1:12 PM - I thought the same thing, until I thought about the wait time for orders indoors. That drive-thru line is gonna be looooong.
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