South Street Steaks papered over in Bethesda

Paper has been put up over the windows at South Street Steaks on Cordell Avenue. The restaurant has been closed since June 25, when it was condemned by a Montgomery County inspector for structural damage, after a car struck the side of the building.

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This is the second time this decade the restaurant has closed after a car ran into it. They managed to reopen the first time. Rumors at this time remain pessimistic about its survival. I had also heard that the owners would have to have received a successful insurance claim to be able to repair the damage. Stay tuned. In the meantime, try the cheesesteak at Peter's Carry-Out on Wisconsin Avenue...

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BETHESDA'S

BIG PLANET COMICS

IS MOVING

What may soon be the last bastion of comic books in Montgomery County is moving. Fortunately, true believers, Big Planet Comics will be moving just a couple of blocks from its current location at 4908 Fairmont Avenue.

On April 18, Big Planet will reopen in a brand new spot at 4849 Cordell Avenue. So they're staying right here in Bethesda.

That block of Fairmont Avenue is undergoing perhaps the biggest upheaval of any street in "Old Town" Bethesda. Except for Relic and Bold Bite, and a few who may stagger around from BlackFinn, it is dark and dead at night. A number of storefronts are vacant, and one building is even condemned - "Do not go in there," as Ace Ventura once said!

JBG is building a new residential building at the corner of Fairmont and Norfolk, and there are some complaints that the ground floor will not have active businesses at night on Fairmont. That is indeed something to fix about that project, as the whole point is to activate a dead block there at night.

Expect more tear downs on that block of Fairmont in the next 1-3 years. But the street is a great location with lots of promise.