More Bethesda restaurants reopening as Stay-at-Home confusion increases traffic

The botched messaging of DC-area governments' reopening strategies has combined with slightly warmer weather to bring more Bethesda residents out of coronavirus lockdown. Many local media outlets also strongly emphasized Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's lifting of his Stay-at-Home order - effective today - without equally emphasizing that it did not apply to Montgomery or Prince George's County, with TV stations in some cases only mentioning that fact in a separate report minutes later. "Hogan to lift Stay-at-Home order Friday" certainly was more clickbait and retweetable than the full story, but the deceptive messaging has a bright side for struggling restaurants: there were more people out in downtown Bethesda yesterday.

Cubano's has reopened their Bethesda location at 4907 Cordell Avenue for takeout orders, with curbside pickup. That includes their "Mojito-to-Go." Their takeout hours are 4:00-8:00 PM daily.

Matchbox has also returned at Bethesda Row. They are also operating as takeout-only, with curbside pickup.