Sunday, May 08, 2016

Cleo's Oil Bar closes at Westfield Montgomery Mall (Photos)

Cleo's Oil Bar, an upscale kiosk offering cooking oils, vinegar and spices, has cleared out at Westfield Montgomery Mall. Their Annapolis location remains open. I checked their website, and the Bethesda location is not listed.

Still need high-end olive oil and vinegar? Secolari at Bethesda Row is the place to go.




16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like some new food trucks at the Bethesda Women's Farm Market.. One was Indonesian, but I didn't get close enough to see the name.

Anonymous said...

Can you reall refer to somethings sold at a kiosk as "upscale"?

Anonymous said...

How far is this from the scene of Friday's shootings?

Anonymous said...

In today's Washington Post:

"Far from the city, far from recovery:

"Loudoun County’s distant suburbs were the D.C. area’s hottest market — until nightmare commutes and a revitalized District flipped a housing switch."

Looks like we won't need that new bridge across the Potomac.

Dyer's Bridge To Nowhere.

Robert Dyer said...

8:16: "Nightmare commutes" and a struggling housing market - those are actually two of the best arguments for building a new bridge across the Potomac.

Ironically, without the bridge, much of the development in Loudoun has been of cookie cutter town centers more than SFHs. Apparently the market has spoken. Build the bridge! Reopen Klingle Road!

Anonymous said...

"'Nightmare commutes' and a struggling housing market - those are actually two of the best arguments for building a new bridge across the Potomac."

Please explain.

And what does the closure of Klingle Road have to do with the moribundness of Loudoun County?

Robert Dyer said...

1:26: The commute is a nightmare precisely because the Potomac River crossing north of the Legion bridge (Outer Beltway) was never built.

Building the bridge would make the commute faster, thereby boosting property values in Loudoun County.

Klingle Road is more related to Westbard - the Greater Greater Washington crowd who played the race card against opponents of the Westbard plan just happen to also favor the permanent closure of Klingle Road. That closure is primarily about preventing folks from the east from coming through that wealthier area to the west, making it a racially motivated closure. Nobody ever calls out the GGW/Smarter Growth folks out on their racist statements and policies in the District.

#ReopenKlingleRoad

Anonymous said...

Which commute are you talking about? I thought it was Montgomery County that was a "bedroom community for NoVa". And why should MoCo or Maryland subsidize anything for Virginia?

Robert Dyer said...

8:18: Uh, not every single person who lives in Virginia works in Virginia, and some are trying to reach the jobs in the District, as well.

How is reducing traffic congestion on I-270 and the Beltway, and boosting economic development by creating direct access from MoCo to Dulles Airport, subsidizing Virginia?

Currently, the MoCo Council essentially is the Fairfax and Loudoun Economic Development Corporation.

Anonymous said...

How would building a new bridge across the Potomac and "Outer Beltway" aid Loudoun County residents commuting to jobs in Washington DC? That would be a very indirect route for such a commute. And why is it any business of Montgomery County and Maryland taxpayers to subsidize the commutes of people who neither live nor work in our county nor in our state?

Anonymous said...

I agree with Dyer on the outer beltway thing -- we desperately need it. Not only is there substantial traffic between places like Germantown and Gaithersburg to Loudoun, that are forced to drive all the way down to cross the river, then back up again... but this would be a great benefit for Maryland overall. Think of goods coming from Frederick and upper MoCo that are being shipped via Dulles -- it would shave the travel time in half.

In reality, any such project would receive a large portion of Federal funding, and then MD and VA would kick in at the state-level, since a project like this would have benefits both state-wide and nationally.

I disagree with Dyer on Klingle Road, but that's another story.

Poppy said...

This is precisely why we need a new Westbard. Artisan truffle oils should be sold in permanent locations, not kiosks.

Anonymous said...

This pictures are top notch! Thanks Dyer! NOT! Dweeb

Anonymous said...

That is too small of a niche to be profitable, and be "upscale". Pike & Rose has a much better brick and mortar version "Seasons Oils and Vinegars" that provides an even better quality product.

Anonymous said...

Dyer you would be obsessed with an "oil" bar. Weirdo

Anonymous said...

So we should cement or status as a bedroom community for Northern VA by building a bridge???