Friday, December 7, 2012
The health department will need to complete an inspection before the coffee shop re-opens, according to fire and rescue officials.
The East-West Highway Starbucks remains closed following a Friday morning fire in a ceiling fan in the coffee shop's rear bathroom, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. The county health department must complete an inspection before it allows the shop to open, according to Beth Anne Nesselt, a county Fire and Rescue spokeswoman. Responders arrived around 10:13 a.m., Nesselt said, and quickly extinguished the small electrical fire. The office building above the Starbucks was evacuated, and the workers had returned to their desks by about 10:30 a.m. A rapid intervention team was also dispatched, Nesselt said. It wasn't yet clear when the Starbucks would re-open. "There's a pretty comprehensive cleaning that needs to take …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Restaurants, a Starbucks and a dry cleaner are among the new retailers, according to a City Biz report.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Residents and patrons of the greater White Flint Metro development will soon have more choices when it comes to dining or grabbing a prescription or a coffee, according to a CityBizList.com report. Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar, Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, CVS, Starbucks and Potomac Valet Dry Cleaners will all open at the North Bethesda Market in 2012, according to the report. The Market houses a Whole Foods, among other storefronts, and the tallest luxury apartment building in Montgomery County, at 24 stories. The estimated opening times, according to the report: Read the full report here.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
A Wisconsin Avenue Starbucks served as an oasis for power-deprived residents on the hunt for WiFi access and battery boosts.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
As residents struggle to cope with the downed power lines and blown transformers courtesy of last night’s lightning blizzard, many hanker after power sanctuaries — outlet oases for their sapped smart phones and laptops. But options are slim for the power-deprived: The snow storm has crippled establishment after establishment, they say, and Pepco’s track record leaves them uneasy and mulling a night's sleep in a nearby hotel. Still, there is one place, an establishment of hustling baristas and trademark ambiance, where local residents are finding power refuge: the Starbucks at 7140 Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda. The Starbucks — whether it is the first establishment to come to a resident’s mind, or just turns out to be the only option available…
Erin Donaghue
10:44 am on Friday, January 28, 2011
Thanks for letting us know, Monica -- some places opened later than usual after the snow so they might not have been open when the people we spoke with for the story stopped by. more ›