Weekend to Weekend Adding New Feature

>Out On The Town

Occasionally we hear about specials being offered at our Rockville restaurants. I don’t know about you, but I like a little extra bonus when I go out. This time of year, we often make plans with family and friends.

So, when I hear about special offers, I’ll pass them along under a new section of Weekend to Weekend called Out On The Town. Please let me know if you have any favorites to add!

Austin Grill – Rockville Town Center

This Monday, December 3rd they are launching a new Express Lunch Menu at the Rockville location. Between 11:30 AM – 2 PM, if you buy a drink, buy an appetizer, buy a desert, or buy anything, your Express entree is FREE!

The Express Menu includes the Austin Chicken Sandwich, Roadhouse Burrito, Chalupa Salad & Soup Combo and more. They can all be ready in 10 minutes any weekday. Keep Austin Grill in mind if you need a quick lunch. Take advantage of this freebie on Monday.

Stonefish Grill – Rockville Town Center

This is their first week open. They will be having ongoing Happy Hour specials at the bar:

Every Monday to Friday 3 pm to 7 pm
Sunday 1pm to 5 pm
$1 Off Draft Beer
$ 1 Off Rail Liqour
25% Off Appetizers

Please send info to: cindycgblog@gmail.com
Special offers must be in our coverage area and inclusion of any info is still at my discretion. Send info ready to be posted with links. Be nice!

What's Still to Open in Rockville Town Center?

>[Editor's Note: This listing continues to be updated as stores open and CLOSE. Last Updated 3/10/09]

While shopping in Ten Thousand Villages for a housewarming gift today, I met the manager of the Stonefish Grill. His restaurant opened last weekend. There’s still lots of construction in Rockville Town Center (map) so I wondered how many more businesses were going to open. Unfortunately, when I checked the City of Rockville website, the retail information had not been updated since 8/1/07.

Just in time for your holiday shopping and celebrating, I’ve updated the information from the City’s website for you. (Those in italics are not open yet.)

Also, here’s a special offer to keep in mind this week. The Stonefish Grill is offering 99₵ draft beer all day on Thursday 11/29, Friday 11/30, and Saturday 12/1. There will be a complimentary Grand Open Sampler with any entrée. The menu has seafood, salad, meat and pasta choices, which all sound delicious. Po’ Boys are listed for lunch. If the rest of the staff at Stonefish Grill is as nice and friendly as the manager, it will be a great place to eat!

Retail:

Bedheaders Home: Boutique offers “life-enhancing products” including dishware, glassware, bed linens, leather goods, occasional furniture and fine stationery.

Cloud 9 Clothing: Clothing store that carries great denim as well as handbags and accessories.
Cottage Monet: Offers Vera Bradley handbags, belts, and umbrellas; Italian Vietri ceramics;
Thymes lotions and Zutano’s children’s clothing.

CVS Pharmacy: Offers healthcare products and pharmaceutical needs.

Love Your Eyes: Upscale optical boutique.

The Papery: Specializes in boutique stationery from designers in the United States and Europe.

Pomegranate & Co.: A home furnishings and design store.

Red Orchard: Seller of artisan-crafted jewelry, bags, belts and accessories.

Superfresh: Grocery store is not yet open.

Ten Thousand Villages: A company dealing with more than 100 artisan groups in more than 30 countries and offering fair trade jewelry, home décor, gifts and more.

Town Square Jewelers: Offers repair and engraving services, as well as the sale of fine jewelry and watches.

Toy Kingdom: Offers unique toys for boys and girls.

The Waygoose: This former Town Center tradition is returning to Rockville. A unique craft gallery and gift store with a wide variety of handcrafted items from jewelry, pottery, glass and wood.

VisArts: Arts Center, galleries, artists’ studios, classes, wedding receptions, conferences, scouting requirements, and much, much more.

Authorized Cingular Wireless dealer with 11 locations in the Washington metro area.

Service:

Aquanails: Nail salon offering services including manicures, pedicures, acrylic sets, waxing and more.

Chevy Chase Bank: Offers financial products and services.

Gold’s Gym: The largest co-ed gym chain in the world. Offers the latest equipment and services.

Hair Cuttery: A unisex salon whose services include haircuts and color to facial waxing and texturizing services.

Hollywood Tans: Offers both traditional-style tanning booths and UV-free tanning.

HSBC Bank

Jouvence Aveda Lifestyle Salon and Spa: Offering complete relaxation for the body and total escape for the mind.

RTS Cleaners: A dry cleaning business.

Dining/Entertainment:

Austin Grill: Original Tex Mex cuisine. They make 25 salsas, sauces and dressings from scratch.

Bobby’s Crabcakes: Seafood in a casual environment specializing in crabcake sandwiches, and lobster rolls.

Cosi: Serving coffees, salads, sandwiches, pizzas, soups, bagels, gourmet beverages and desserts.

First Watch Restaurant: Breakfast and brunch concept that serves omelets, French toast and other favorites.

Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries: Began as a family run business in 1986 focusing on serving the best burgers possible.

Fractured Prune: This “design-your-own-donut” shop now has locations throughout Maryland. Their specialty is hot, hand-dipped donuts.

Gifford’s Ice Cream and Candy Co.: Washington, D.C.’s oldest and most distinct ice cream parlor.

Gordon Biersch: Specializes in fresh, hand-crafted beer that is brewed on site.

Greystone Grill: A Maryland-born restaurant featuring entrees of fresh fish, salads, pasta, chops, ribs and Black Angus steaks.

Jerry’s Subs and Pizza: Known for its cheesesteaks and authentic New York style pizza.

La Flor de la Canela: An upscale, full-service Peruvian restaurant.

La Tasca: This Spanish restaurant specialty is tapas—individual dishes that offer a very flexible and sociable way of dining.

Lebanese Taverna: Has bread ovens where fresh pita bread is baked all day. Also known for the shawarma and many mezza combo platters.

Moe’s Southwest Grill has CLOSED. Temporarily the Ice Skating Shack selling tickets and renting skates for the rink.

Noodles & Co.: [NOW OPEN]

Oro Pomodoro: Italian restaurant whose name translates to “Golden Tomato”.
(Tom Siestna of The Washington Post has written a very descriptive piece.)

Primo Italiano: Eat in or carry out restaurant that serves gourmet pizza and subs.

Robeks Fruit Smoothies and Healthy Eats: Offers fruit smoothies freshly squeezed vegetable juices, sandwiches, healthy snacks and nutritional supplements.

Spice Xing: [NOW OPEN]. Fine Indian Cuisine.

Starbucks Coffee: Offers fresh, rich-brewed, Italian-style espresso beverages, a variety of pastries and confections and coffee-related accessories and equipment.

Stonefish Grill has CLOSED.

Sushi Damo: Trendy sushi bar with an extensive menu of sushi and sashimi, as well as other Japanese favorites such as tempura and teryiaki.

Taste of Saigon: (New location Open) Offers authentic Vietnamese dishes, ranging from black pepper soft shell crab to braised lamb shank with spicy sauce.

The Thai Pavilion: Offers authentic Thai cuisine.

Leave a comment if you have an update. Let us know about your favorite specials in Town Center!

For more information about everything at Rockville Town Square, click here.

Rock, Paper, Scissors at California Tortilla

If you can keep a poker face, out-think the competition, and have a swift wrist, get ready to go head-to-head on June 20. That’s the date, according to >The Business Journals, that our favorite locally-based fast Mexican food restaurant, California Tortilla (located right next to the Regal Theaters), will be holding an all-day Rock, Paper, Scissors contest.

Just challenge the cashier to a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. If you win, you get $1 off your meal. Lose, and you pay full price.