Clyde’s sues Tennessee restaurant company over trademark infringement
Clyde’s Restaurant Group, which operates Clyde’s Tower Oaks and Clyde’s Chevy Chase in Montgomery County, filed a lawsuit earlier this month against a Tennessee restaurant company that recently opened its second Clyde’s restaurant in the state. The lawsuit alleges the Chattanooga company—MF Restaurant Group—infringed on Clyde’s name and logo trademarks by opening Cylde’s on Church in Nashville and Clyde’s on Main in Chattanooga, according to the Baltimore Business Journal. In the complaint, Clyde’s, which has 14 restaurants in the D.C. area, requests that company change their restaurants’ names.
North Bethesda Market to host home and garden market on Saturdays in June
North Bethesda Market. Photo va Clark Construction
Bozzuto’s North Bethesda Market development along Rockville Pike will start hosting outdoor home and garden markets on Saturdays in June. The free markets will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and feature the sale of flowers and home decorations, plus food vendors and live music. Gardeners will also be hosting presentations on gardening and flower arranging. North Bethesda Market tenants including Whole Foods, Arhaus, Seasons 52 and Brio Tuscan Grille are planning to participate.
&pizza launches new menu items
The regional fast-casual chain &pizza added three new pizzas to its menu Thursday. The salad pizza comes with chopped romaine, cucumber, tomato and feta croutons, pickled red onion and “Moon” cheese, which is topped with ranch dressing and cracked pepper. The pineapple jack is the restaurant’s take on a Hawaiian-style pizza and it is topped with barbecue sauce, mozzarella, salami and pineapple. The Elvis is a dessert pizza topped with chocolate hazelnut-peanut butter spread, banana, bacon and grape jam.
Downtown Crown to start weekly summer concert series in June
The Gaithersburg development Downtown Crown is launching a weekly summer concert series next month at Crown Park on Ellington Boulevard. The weekly concerts will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays from June 15 to Aug. 31 and will feature cornhole competitions and Downtown Crown restaurants selling food. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.
