Monday, September 02, 2019

Jeff's Best closes in Bethesda

Jeff's Best, a small self-serve ice cream and coffee shop at 8004 Norfolk Avenue in Bethesda, has closed. The business, which used vending machines to dispense both products, was open for exactly one year. Both machines have been removed, and much of the interior has been dismantled. Work men have been going in and out of the store all weekend, and some would-be customers arrived to find it had closed. They did seem to do a decent amount of business, but apparently not enough to remain open.


14 comments:

Anonymous said...

This seemed like a ridiculous concept to me. Self served ice cream and coffee dispensed from publicly accessible machines. Questionable cleanliness of milk based equipment in an un-air conditioned storefront niche. Sounds like a nice place to get food poisoning.

Anonymous said...

Just think, if the Regal had been replaced, this place would have had TWENTY THOUSAND CUSTOMERS EVERY WEEKEND!

Anonymous said...

Whats BTB going to do for treats now while gallivanting around Woodmont Triangle at night taking pics and scaring old ladies while walking their dogs?

Anonymous said...

Sounds rather disgusting.

Anonymous said...

"Jeff's Best...was open exactly one year."

Your previous article stated that they opened on or before August 21, 2018. So your report on their closure is at least 12 days late. Or else you don't know what the word "exactly" means.

Woodmont said...

8:35am having a bad day?

Anonymous said...

9:53AM What do you have against telling the truth?

Anonymous said...

@8:35 and 10:00: You’re absolutely correct. Your commitment to exactness is commendable, and your willingness to devote your valuable time to correcting gross errors of fact is beyond praise. Please keep up the good work.

Anonymous said...

Still waiting for a report about a much bigger closure in Gaithersburg.

Anonymous said...

I called this when they opened. You have a Baskin Robbins around the corner that was arguably cheaper, and that's an accomplishment. All the toppings to choose added 50¢ a crack and were always stale as hell. Fantastic when the machine didn't dispense a spoon too.

@ 6:05AM- The space was conditioned, had A/C

Anonymous said...

I mean...

duh.

Anonymous said...

So a business with basically 0 employees still can't succeed given the rents. Got it.

Anonymous said...

This place had good soft serve. Sad to see them closed.

I'm not about to go to Crapskin Slobbins, but I'm glad there are at least a few more places here you can get ice cream from.

Anonymous said...

Ledos sells good soft ice cream from a legit soft serve machine.