Several small businesses that have been fixtures at the Westwood Shopping Center in Bethesda for decades are saying goodbye to their longtime customers, as they prepare to permanently close in late November. Anglo Dutch Pools & Toys, Fashion Craft Cleaners, and Relaxed Nails & Spa have posted farewell messages on their storefronts at the strip mall, which will be demolished this winter. None of the three businesses will make the transition to the Westbard Square development that is replacing the 1959 shopping center.
Anglo Dutch will close November 30, 2023, after 38 years in business at the shopping center. Fashion Craft will shut down a couple of weeks before that, on November 15, after 33 years there. The last day to drop off clothes will be November 5. And Relaxed Nails & Spa will close forever on November 27. Giant, the Westwood Barber Shop, Starbucks, Voorthuis Opticians and the Montgomery County liquor store will move across the parking lot into the new Westbard Square development over the next few months.
4 comments:
Robert - will CapitalOne have a branch or ATM in the new Westbard?
5:17: They have not signed a lease as of this morning. I'm sure some bank will if they don't, now that both bank branches are gone.
I'm glad the barbershop has survived, but it just won't be the same without the dingy 1960s bare fluorescent lights and ceiling tiles. A bit of atmosphere that we all took for granted until suddenly it was gone.
@ 5:17 PM - CapitalOne is closing branches left and right across the region. They are probably gone for good in Westbard. They are the anti-Chase.
Very sad to see these long-time retailers depart. They have served our community well. The loss of many of the small businesses serving Westbard was predicted when the redevelopment of Westbard was proposed, and we are now seeing that prediction come to fruition.
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