AROMA ESPRESSO BAR UNVEILS DESIGN FOR FUTURE OUTDOOR PATIO AREA AT WESTFIELD MONTGOMERY MALL

Aroma Espresso Bar is having a soft opening tonight in Bethesda, but the new coffee hotspot is already planning an expansion of its space at Westfield Montgomery Mall.

Located near the mall's Entrance 4 (Old Navy wing), Aroma will claim space outside its walls this summer - literally.  The new expansion will be an outdoor patio, where customers will able to enjoy food, coffee, beer and wine on summer and fall days with good weather.

Seating will be at high tables with stools, or on stylish outdoor chairs complete with low coffee tables.

Aroma expects construction on the outdoor space to be completed by this summer. Click to enlarge the photo below for a preview of the new patio:

AIR FLAMENCO IN DOWNTOWN BETHESDA AT PLAZA DEL SOL (PHOTO)

You may have caught the weekly flamenco performance by guitarist Miguelito - and his revolving cast of talented dancers - at Plaza del Sol restaurant.  But you've never seen the show like this, from several stories in the air, above the restaurant's St. Elmo Avenue patio last Saturday night:

Click photos to enlarge!

MAGGIE'S FINISHED OUTDOOR TIKI BAR (PHOTOS)

A while back, I posted the first photo of the new outdoor tiki bar at Maggie's on Cordell Avenue.

But now the bar is actually finished, and it's time to have a look at the final product.

It's not just a wood framework anymore!

The finishes tell you this isn't your
great grandfather's tiki bar

The brackets hold large flatscreen
TVs when the bar is open

By the way, Maggie's Tiki Bar is actually the second outdoor tiki bar to open this year in downtown Bethesda.  The first?  The tiki bar at Black's Bar and Kitchen on Woodmont Avenue.