Construction is advancing quickly inside the future Shake Shack at 7535 Old Georgetown Road, in the ground floor of the Element 28 apartment tower in Bethesda. Tile application is well underway on the completed walls and counter. A mural has already been installed, as well. The restaurant has a Montgomery County liquor license hearing scheduled for May 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM. Next on the Shake Shack agenda should be a drive-thru location on River Road or Wisconsin Avenue - it's got to happen!
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There are some new and local players to the burger scene which is great. That place at Pike and Rose was very good. But Shake Shack is beyond legit. The good thing is they've opened so many locations that few are busy with long lines. Having a great burger option in downtown will be welcome indeed.
Downtown Bethesda is an incredible walkable, pedestrian friendly, transit-oriented neighborhood. The last thing this area needs is more drive-in restaurants.
4:29: River Road is certainly automobile oriented, Westbard is a transit desert where 95% drive. I would completely agree that drive-thrus wouldn't make sense in the Bethesda Row area or the Woodmont Triangle, but as the "main drag" through Bethesda, it would be logical to place gas stations and drive-thru restaurants on Wisconsin Avenue.
A Chick-fil-A drive thru would do huge business on Wisconsin Ave. Same on River Road or Westbard.
Dozens of cars idling in line to pick up fast food is a bad idea anywhere. If you can’t walk there, drive and park nearby and pick up your food. Better yet, dine in or at an outdoor table. Our society to way too obsessed with the ease of driving thru and picking stuff up from your car, at the peril of our planet and your own physical health. If you claim you don’t have time, just order Uber Eats and have it delivered.
6:38: I think it's just the opposite. I rarely patronize fast food restaurants that don't have drive-thrus. The food travels poorly in the new "green packaging" that replaced the Styrofoam that actually retained heat, so it's not going to be hot by the time DoorDash drives there, picks it up, and ultimately delivers. Finally, the People have spoken: over 80% of fast food sales are generated via the drive-thru.
8:02 - Robert, I agree on the packaging and delivery drivers. Are we that lazy? Whether pickup, curbside or drive-thru, going yourself is going to result in much hotter and fresher food.
All these grocery stores around here compared to the food desert in Marion Barry's hood and people can't even stay in a cook a damn meal (or 2, or 3) anymore and as a result, we are forced to deal with all the negative aspects of one of the worst cultural shifts going back several generations. #Sloth is one of the 7 deadly sins.
12:10 - Fair point. I tried Medium Rare for the first time last night. Interesting. Not great but decent. Nothing wrong with eating out on occasion. But another aspect of eating out is knowing/controlling what's in your food. Even the best restaurant is liable to flavour the food with salt and everything else unhealthy to make it more palatable. Better off at home.
A new business opening? In my Montgomery County moribund economy?
Can’t wait. Across the street from my office. But will be packed with students from BCC.
3:31: You're clearly not an economist. There are restaurants that operate for decades in failed cities and depressed neighborhoods. Individual businesses open and close all the time. But as the federal government statistics clearly show, Montgomery County's economy is indeed moribund, and has been since the turn of the century. Your guys suck. They blew it. Bigtime. But the first step is admitting you have a problem.
McDonald’s dropped styrofoam packaging in 1990. That’s 36 years ago. It’s time to accept that and move on with your life.
They're opening moribundedly, of course.
@12:10 what is bro yapping about
Some people that comment here are very pressed about driving everywhere, but that's just not gonna happen in a city as dense as Bethesda anymore.
What I would like to see is some windows where people can walk up and order carryout without having to go inside the restaurant. There have been times where I wanted to pick something up while walking my dog but I don't want to bring him inside while I order.
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