Ooh La La Bakery opened its second Montgomery County location this morning in Bethesda. The authentic French bakery is located at 8231 Woodmont Avenue, across Battery Lane from Harris Teeter. A public parking garage can be found across Woodmont from the bakery. Ooh La La has an existing location in Wheaton.
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Not the greatest location, one. And two, how many "authentic" French places can we fit into the immediate area? Isn't there any business person interested in opening any other type of concept? There must be at least 6 French places and probably more, 10 pizza joints, 15 coffee shops and 20 banks within a five mile radius. No BBQ that's any good. No sandwich shop work a darn. No burger joint that's interesting and different and that list goes on.
Here here! Plus, having gone there this morning, it’s not half as good as Tout de Sweet for pastries, although Ooh La La has sandwiches that I didn’t try, so maybe it’ll be the sandwich shop that you’re looking for. Personally, I like Jetties.
They ran out of Creme' Brulee before I got there and they stuck me with the 3rd alt version of a Napoleon & the receipt printer didn't work but the Vanilla Eclair was delicious. I'll chalk it up to "opening day experiences." One caveat was that the pricings were 1 or 2 dollars LESS than listed on their SS website. I'll definitely go back again and try some more pastries.
Yet again, JAC sounds off on a new business without appearing to have visited it. At least this time--as opposed to with the Hungarian restaurant Ruta (still here, on Cordell!)--JAC waited until the establishment actually opened for business.
Go ahead and what you want to have. Why not risk your own money and do it instead of sitting on the sidelines complaining about it and not having enough confidence in yourself to do what those who do?
Isn't Ruta Ukrainian? Also, Smoke BBQ on Cordell is good, and their people are very friendly.
1:13 - Did I say this place was horrible? No. Did I say it was doomed to fail? No.
It is a convenient walk from NIH. Hear, hear about the lack of good barbecue.
Does Smoke make their own sauces?
My mistake--yes, Ruta is a Ukrainian restaurant.
It is good to know who is actually making a comment. Instead of using the default "Anonymous" tag, please use a real, made-up name, and stick with it, if you are a regular or even an occasional commentor.
Smoke bbq is garbage - can’t believe they’re still in business.
"I would prefer not to."
(Call me Bartleby.)
(Two literary references for the price of one!!)
12:54 - Thank you! I know BBQ very well and more than most.. Yep, that place is way worse than garage.
Know the ... Yes, exactly. Great point. Make up a handle. It takes two seconds.
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Mr. Bartelby (sorry if I mis-gendered you), I guess I'm not high-browed enough to understand your 'reference.'
Would you like a Merlot or Pinot with that?
High-brow references: "Bartleby, the Scrivener," and "Moby-Dick," both by Herman Melville.
(Somewhat-)lower-brow reference: "Melville's" was the name of the (fictional) restaurant upstairs from tv's "Cheers."
Smoke has some of the worst bbq I've ever had, and I've given them a number of chances.
I tried this bakery the day after they opened hoping for a grand opening discount but found none. I parked at Harris Teeter, which was convenient enough. I bought two decent bagettes for $3.50 each, which seemed to be as good a price as anywhere in Bethesda. I expect new eateries to last less than a year in downtown and am usually right. However, it seems they get decent foot traffic from locals who might walk to Harris Teeter. I miss the vibe of the salon, the Shop, they replaced, though as I think of that area as having been the funkier part of downtown.
Macaroon was good as was the mini Napoleon, but were out of the featured full size.
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