The space that was home to the short-lived Mandi Mediterranean Bar Grill Lounge at 4906 St. Elmo Avenue in Bethesda has a new tenant. El Pike Restaurant is "coming soon," according to signage posted in the window. There's an existing El Pike Bolivian Restobar in Arlington, but the Bethesda menu is promising a fusion of dishes from several Latin American countries, including tacos, pupusas, quesadillas, churrasco, salteñas (definitely Bolivian), pollo a la brasa, pique macho (Bolivian), bistec encebollado, salmon a la plancha, and sopa mariscada. El Pike should be an interesting addition to downtown Bethesda, which hasn't had a restaurant of this type since The Parva closed in 2016.
2 comments:
Just incredible the crap that continues to open in Bethesda. Yes, there are some very good new ones but the awful ones sadly far outweigh them. Yes, I know this has yet to open and why kick them when the reviews haven't even come in. Well, I'm happy to be proven wrong but I don't think I will be.
The Mandi restaurant deserved to close quickly. I went there once and that was enough. The menu was limited and even with the few items available the order came back wrong. When the food did arrive it was poor. The new restaurant has to be better that what went before.
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