Barrel and Crow now serving lunch – Bethesda’s new American restaurant Barrel and Crow launched lunch service last week. The Cordell Avenue restaurant opens at 11:30 a.m. for lunch service. The menu includes salads, appetizers such as Maryland crab beignets and lunch entrees such as pappardelle pasta with meatballs and sautéed shrimp with grits croquettes.
The restaurant opened May 8 and the owners, Laura Houlihan and Patrick Forest, said then they wanted to wait about a month before starting lunch service. The menu is focused on American cuisine and the bar offers an extensive beer list.
Rockville Town Square kicks off Thursday night concerts – Starting June 4, Rockville Town Square will feature live musical performances every Thursday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. through August. Each month is geared around a theme—June is acoustic performances, July is military appreciation month featuring the Air Force, Navy and Army bands, and August will feature musical duos. Dawson’s Market will offer $5 small plates and $5 wine tastings during the concerts. You can view the full Thursday night summer concert series schedule here. The town square also hosts Friday night concerts, which started in May.
Image to the left of Rockville Town Square summer concerts via Vistitmontgomery.com
Caribbean restaurant headed to Westfield Montgomery – A Washington, D.C., Caribbean food truck operator plans to open a new storefront in August at Westfield Montgomery mall, reports the local retail blog Store Reporter. Jamaican Mi Crazy will offer jerk chicken, fried plantains, goat curry, steamed fish and other traditional Jamaican dishes. Owner Nya Radway told the local blog, “Doing the food truck has been great, but I’ve been looking for something bigger with more foot traffic.” Radway started the truck in 2012 and typically sells food at different D.C. locations Monday through Friday.
The Market at River Falls begins monthly charitable donations – This month, The Market at River Falls in Potomac started a new charitable giving effort. On the first day of each month the market is planning to donate 25 percent of its sales to local food-centric organizations that fight hunger, support small farmers and fishermen, or promote nutritional education. In June, the market donated proceeds to DC Greens, which works with farmers markets and schools in the capital region to create a healthier food system.
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The Market at River Falls in Potomac. Credit: Andrew Metcalf
