Za'Atar Shawarma & Pizza at 8021 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda has closed. Signage has been removed from inside the front windows, which are now obscured. The restaurant only opened three months ago. Replacing Cheesy Pizzi, which closed last August, Za'Atar is the latest victim of Montgomery County's moribund economy and anti-business climate.
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Robert, On October 15, 2025 you wrote, "Za'Atar Shawarma & Pizza is opening at 8021 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. Their menu will feature Middle Eastern cuisine and artisanal pizza. The restaurant will replace Cheesy Pizzi, which closed in August. Work is underway inside the space" [emphasis mine] https://robertdyer.blogspot.com/2025/10/zaatar-shawarma-pizza-opening-in.html
If they can't last even four months, is it possible there might be something else at play, rather than the old whipping horse of moribundity?
12:39: Or you could turn that around and say that the economy is so moribund, and the policies of the County Council so anti-business, that a new restaurant couldn't survive three months (they opened late November). Anecdotally, there has been a modest increase in the number of businesses that close after only a few months in MoCo over the last two years.
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