Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Kabob Zone opens in Bethesda


Kabob Zone
has opened at 4924-A Del Ray Avenue in downtown Bethesda. The fast-casual Afghan restaurant is in the former Avenue Cafe space. Kabob Zone is open until 2:00 AM Sunday through Thursday, and until 4:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. This is the first Maryland location for the Virginia-based chain.

8 comments:

JAC said...

Another garbage establishment that doesn't, in any way, cater to the demographic of the area. As was said in your other piece about condo/rental. Those people will be patrons of this place? Folks that live in Edgemoor? You can answer that. It's a blight more than anything else and makes downtown Bethesda look more like SS or Wheaton. Who is the customer here, cab drivers if that. This, thankfully, will fail within a year or shorter.

Anonymous said...

Hey JAC, last I checked Moby Dick (which is famous for its Kabobs) is probably one of the more successful Bethesda originating food chains (that came out of a similar hole in the wall) and is doing just fine. Its customers are definitely not cab drivers (not that anything is wrong if they were). Rather than judging, why don’t you go support a Bethesda business and if you find you don’t like the food or atmosphere then feel free to criticize it.

Anonymous said...

you're sounding a little racist

JAC said...

5:39 - I hear what you're saying and I'd be happy to be proven wrong but I doubt it. And for the record, I was mainly keying onto the Hookah Lounge part of this. Lastly, every business on that block is terrible.

Anonymous said...

Not everything needs the racist label. Overused.

Anonymous said...

I don't write to defend JAC in any way at all, but. . . whatever the demographics of their profession, cab, Uber, and Lyft drivers might well constitute a significant segment of the population that's interested in dining somewhere in Bethesda during the wee hours of the morning during which this establishment (and how many others in this area, besides Tastee Diner?) will be open. (Not counting police officers.)

Cinco de Mayo said...

Tastee is no longer 24/7, and is not listing hours on their website. I believe they are open 6am-10pm.

Anonymous said...

Moby Dick, which I think is excellent, btw, is too smart and mainstream to have a Hookah Lounge. Gotta go with JAC on this one.