Thursday, February 11, 2021

Ghostly sign of Bruce Variety in Bethesda


A ghostly sign of the legendary Bruce Variety remains in downtown Bethesda. It is not at the store's original location in the Bradley Shopping Center, which was a landmark for decades. Rather, it is located at the store's fateful final location at 8011 Woodmont Avenue. 


A window facing the public parking lot to the right of the building continues to bear the stenciled Bruce Variety logo, even though the structure was converted into a school after Bruce Variety closed in 2015. 8011 Woodmont Avenue has its own storied history, as the location of Bethesda's outpost of the famed Sir Walter Raleigh Inn steakhouse chain.



2 comments:

SocialNorm said...

My memory may be fading, but I recall going with my parents to dinner at the Sir Walter Raleigh Inn in the Wildwood Shopping Center back in the day. Was the Woodmont Avenue address a second location?

Anonymous said...

They had 7 of them. That window was put on the side because a car went through the wall