Another sushi option is on the way in downtown Bethesda, particularly for those who reside in the Bradley Boulevard/Crescent Plaza/Seasons area. Douglas Development has just filled one of the vacant spaces at the under-renovation Shops of Wisconsin mall at 6831 Wisconsin Avenue. No, it's not Shake Shack.
Maki Bar, a sushi restaurant, has leased #300 at the retail center. The 1551 SF space also adjoins an outdoor terrace that will allow patio dining. Owner Xiong Li is a Montgomery County resident.
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Build-out of Maki Bar's
interior is underway |
Other recent additions at the Shops of Wisconsin include very cool LED lighting that was just installed on parts of the facade, including the space-age elevator.
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Watch the colors
change |
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Purple LED strip looking
toward the future Maki Bar |
On the less-positive side, one of downtown Bethesda's most notorious parking situations has gotten worse. Quite a few spaces are currently taken up by the construction work going on in the parking structure. You may want to sit down before I finish this paragraph, however. A source tells me the parking construction will be done in sections, and will be ongoing over the next year.
It may be time to stash some of those stress-relief balls in your glove compartment, Trader Joe's fans.
