Colony Grill closes in Potomac

Colony Grill has closed at 11325 Seven Locks Road at Cabin John Village in Potomac. Signage for the restaurant has been stripped from the building. Colony Grill opened this location in June 2023, but the chain says it has "decided not to continue our lease at this location." Apparently, a high score from Dave Portnoy wasn't enough to impress diners in Potomac. An 8.4! 

Two broad-daylight assaults in two days in downtown Bethesda

Montgomery County police responded to two assaults in broad daylight in downtown Bethesda over the weekend. On Friday, August 28, 2026, an individual was jumped by multiple assailants in the 7400 block of Wisconsin Avenue at 3:44 PM. The suspects physically assaulted the victim, and robbed them of unspecified property. Yesterday afternoon at 4:28 PM, officers responded to a 2nd-degree assault in the 4800 block of Cordell Avenue. No descriptions of any of the suspects involved have been released as of this writing. Both incidents again highlight the disturbing 2026 trend of violent crimes increasingly being perpetrated during daylight hours.

USPS closing News Express postal facility in Bethesda

The United States Postal Service will close its facility inside of News Express at 4853 Cordell Avenue in Bethesda permanently Tuesday, September 1, 2026. This mini post office has been operated under contract within the convenience store for many years. The operating hours, and convenient location, made this facility preferable to the U.S. Post Office at 6900 Wisconsin Avenue for many in the Woodmont Triangle and East Bethesda neighborhoods. Once again, the failure of Montgomery County elected officials to ensure adequate postal facilities - when two downtown Bethesda post offices were closed last decade - continues to bite local residents.

Cornucopia Specialty Food Market closed until September 15 in Bethesda

Cornucopia Specialty Food Market at 8102 Norfolk Avenue in Bethesda is temporarily closed. The store will reopen on September 15, 2026. A sign in the window explains that unanticipated travel to Italy for family reasons is the cause of the closure. Imported Italian foods and ingredients are the specialty of the market, but their fresh deli sandwiches make it a popular lunch spot for those in-the-know.

Car stolen from home in Spring Hill neighborhood of Bethesda

Montgomery County police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in the Spring Hill neighborhood of Bethesda early yesterday morning. The theft was reported at a home in the 5200 block of Cammack Drive at 8:41 AM Thursday. Police believe the vehicle was taken sometime between 4:49 AM and 5:49 AM. They have not released a description of the missing vehicle.

VEG ER for Pets, Method Room sign on at Westbard Square in Bethesda

Regency Centers has found its first ground floor retail tenant for the Greystar-developed apartment building now under construction at Westbard Square in Bethesda. VEG ER for Pets, a chain operating 24-hour emergency rooms for animals, has leased a Westbard Avenue-facing storefront in the future building. Meanwhile, reformer-based fitness studio chain Method Room has signed on to fill the final ground-level space in the existing Giant building at the property. This will be the second location for the Washington, D.C.-based high-intensity, low-impact fitness concept inspired by traditional Pilates, but employing modern reformer equipment.

Woodmont Grill to become Ted's Bulletin in Bethesda

Restaurateur extraordinaire Steve Salis has purchased the former Woodmont Grill restaurant building at 7715 Woodmont Avenue in downtown Bethesda. He plans to turn it into a Ted's Bulletin, one of several concepts within his hospitality portfolio. The location served Woodmont Grill - and Houston's before that - well, as it was widely considered to be the highest volume restaurant in downtown Bethesda prior to its abrupt closure last year.

Salis has experience in the downtown Bethesda market, ranging from the very successful &Pizza to the innovative but short-lived Ensemble. But the question of placing a modern homage to diners next door to the real-deal Tastee Diner could be his boldest challenge yet. News of the real estate transaction and Salis' plans were broken by UrbanTurf.