4935 BAR AND KITCHEN SOFT OPENING PARTY TONIGHT

The hottest party in town tonight will be the soft opening at 4935 Bar and Kitchen, in the former Tragara space on Cordell Avenue in Bethesda.

DJ Groove will be spinning from 8:00 PM until 2:00 AM, there will be special cocktails to celebrate the occasion, and you'll get to sample the chef's menu before it officially opens.

Dress code of "Dress to impress" will be strictly enforced at tonight's event.

VINO VOLO SIGNS ARE UP AT BETHESDA ROW, EXCLUSIVE INTERIOR PHOTOS!

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive

The construction of the (not-so-distant) future Vino Volo wine bar at Bethesda Row is picking up steam.

Now many of the interior details hinted at in the renderings I previously posted are in place.

SKYLANDERS GIANTS TOUR STOPS AT BETHESDA'S WESTFIELD MONTGOMERY MALL (PHOTOS)

MALLGOERS GET

HANDS-ON PREVIEW

OF SOON-TO-BE-RELEASED

VIDEO GAME

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive

The Skylanders Giants mall tour made a stop at Bethesda's Westfield Montgomery Mall recently.  A video game and toy line, Skylanders can best be described as a cross between Pokemon and Captain Power from the 1980s.  Like Pokemon - to many parents' chagrin, I'm sure - collecting all of the characters is the goal.  And like Captain Power, your toy purchase interacts with the game, by placing your character figure onto a platform that puts it into the video game.

Once again, the great American indoor mall is not dead yet.  When's the last time you found a video game set up outdoors in a mixed-use town center?

THE DRYBAR AT BETHESDA ROW SNEAK PREVIEW - EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS!

A BLOW DRYER

LIGHT FIXTURE?

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive

Okay, ladies, I know how excited you are about The Drybar opening at Bethesda Row, so once again, I'm delivering the goods with these exclusive shots.

You won't find these anywhere else:  exclusive photos of the interior of the future Drybar at Bethesda Row!

By golly, that light fixture really is
made of blow dryers!  Nice theming

Would you believe, the word "drybar"
is in raised letters on the front counter?

NEW BETHESDA CALIFORNIA TORTILLA TO OPEN OCTOBER 3 [PHOTOS]

ORIGINAL LOCATION

CLOSED LAST FRIDAY

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive

Cal Tort fans: "Keep your fingers crossed" for a Wednesday, October 3 Grand Opening of the new location at the corner of Cordell and Norfolk Avenues.

Last Friday, the legendary original Cal Tort closed its doors forever across Cordell.

Regular readers have already gotten an exclusive sneak preview of the new Cal Tort's slick interior here on the blog.

Remember the large sun that hangs from the ceiling inside?  Get this:  it lights up!

Now that's impressive.