Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Tato's potato bar opens at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda


A first-of-its-kind eatery has just opened at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. Tato's is a potato bar that flips the script on the usual fast-casual bowl concept. Here, proteins are what you add to your choice of starch, not the other way around. Menu boards help you build your ideal loaded potato, but it seems Russia was overlooked on the international options menu, despite being an obvious choice. This space was formerly home to 7-Eleven at a busy entrance to the Dining Terrace food court.








7 comments:

  1. I have to say, this looks good. I see a baked sweet potato as a dessert. I wish they offered sweet potato instead of the traditional tater. Maybe they do. Major carb load but looks darn tasty.

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  2. Anonymous7:44 AM

    Amazing how people fail to SPELLCHECK these days. Hint: slide #6.

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    1. Anonymous6:28 PM

      Good catch! It's getting worse by the day. It drives me crazy.

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  3. Anonymous8:08 AM

    Nothing new here Potato Valley Cafe was the first of this kind in the area, with a location in the Penn Quarter (DC) 2009. Originally from Las Vegas, they had a reasonable run before escaping to Annapolis. It will be interesting to see how long they last.

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  4. Little pricey if that's the per potato cost.....

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    1. Isn't $10.49 for a potato somewhat inflationary?

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  5. Anonymous7:12 PM

    The Owings Mills Mall in Baltimore
    county had a similar concept in the 80s and 90s called 1 Potato 2. So not a new or novel concept at all.

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