Asian food halls are a popular new take on the classic food court, and Montgomery County is hopping on the bandwagon. The Spot is a case in point. When the 6,200-square-foot, 200-seat food hall—featuring poke bowls, fresh pulled noodles, Hong Kong waffle cones and more—opened in downtown Rockville in July, it drew crowds. At the Edmonston Crossing shopping center on Rockville Pike in Rockville, Pike Kitchen, a 6,200-square-foot, 100-seat hall, opened in October. Eateries there—offering Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches, pho, poke, ramen, bibimbap and more—include Pike Chicken & Beer, K Street Food, Viet, Bowl Play, Monster Snowcream & Tea, Kogyro, Japomen and Pike Bakery. Coming up later this year is another Asian food hall, also on Rockville Pike. The Block, at Pike & Rose, will be an 8,500-square-foot, 250- to 300-seat outpost of the wildly popular food hall of the same name in Annandale, Virginia, and will feature Taiwanese shaved ice and poke among its eight stalls, plus a bar.
The Spot, 255 N. Washington St., Rockville, thespotdmv.com; Pike Kitchen, 1066 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 301-603-2279, pikekitchen.com
