It was a very short run for Brio's Chicken at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. The Peruvian chicken restaurant opened this past April, and has now closed. Now we can once again hope that this space will one day be filled by Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse, or Chili's.
Every jurisdiction in America has one of each of those chains, except Montgomery County. A truly bizarre situation, that can be quickly remedied by Westfield. As Montgomery County taxes rapidly go up, and average income level goes down, more and more residents need affordable dining options. The Charlie Palmer Steak crowd has fled for lower-tax points west of the Potomac.
Are you comparing Brio's Chicken to Charlie Palmer's? Also, have you compared Cheesecake Factory's prices in the mall?
ReplyDeleteThey should not have let Legal Seafood escape.
ReplyDeleteIf it is not fresh it is not Legal!
DeleteRobert, that space is cursed number one. Number two, the places you mentioned are national chains but not all that good in my opinion and would work better on a stretch of Rockville Pike or Gaithersburg than within the mall. I said it before many times, but a place like Slades, which I believe used to be at the mall, would possibly do well. There's nothing like that and is much needed.
ReplyDeleteJAC, I do hear many positive memories of Slades from people who dined there.
Delete8;06 How are prices at CheeseCF? I noticed Thanksgiving dinners at regular and even the fast casual places were like $40-50 and needed to be ordered in advance. Tastee Dinner had em for $15 and darn good pie too.
ReplyDeleteRobert, yes, it was a Houston's knockoff but a darn good one. Think Clyde's or Chadwick's. Same thing. That concept would do very well.
ReplyDeleteI'm at Montgomery Mall nearly every week, and I never spotted Brio's. Did it have an interior entrance?
ReplyDeletePining for Olive Garden and Chili’s? Bizarre.
ReplyDeleteSbarro’s too?