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It’s been a challenging year for restaurants, but as more people are getting vaccinated more new restaurants are opening. Plaza Oaxaca, a restaurant that serves authentic Mexican food, will open in Rockville Town Square on Saturday. It is located on Gibbs Street, which is now a new outdoor streetery. MyMCM spoke Josue Bastida, an employee […]

Vaccine development company Novavax, headquartered in Gaithersburg, announced Monday that it expanded Phase 3 clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate to include adolescents. The trials will include up to 3,000 youths ages 12-17 at up to 75 sites in the U.S., the company said in a press release. “Through the expansion of our PREVENT-19 […]

La Comisión de Seguridad de Productos para el Consumidor de EE.UU. (CPSC) anunció el miércoles un retiro voluntario de las máquinas de ejercicio “The Peloton Tread+ y Peloton Tread”. La comisión ya había advertido a los usuarios en el mes de abril. “Cualquier persona que tenga cualquiera de las dos cintas de correr debe dejar […]

All Sardi’s Chicken locations closed Wednesday in honor of CEO and co-founder Philip Sardelis, who died from complications developed from having COVID-19. Sardelis, 48, lived in Derwood. He founded the Peruvian chicken chain with his cousin, also named Philip Sardelis. Family was the single most important thing in his cousin’s life, Sardelis told MyMCM. He […]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Wednesday a voluntary recall of the The Peloton Tread+ and the Peloton Tread. The commission already had warned users in April. Anyone who has either treadmill should stop using it immediately and contact Peloton. A full refund is available for those who return the machines. About 125,000 units […]

The 11th annual “Taste the World in Fenton Village” celebration will spotlight the diverse selection of restaurants of Downtown Silver Spring with an in-person, week-long event taking place Sunday, May 16 through Saturday, May 22. The event will include locally and independently owned restaurants located mainly in the southern section of Downtown Silver Spring, consisting […]

Friends of White Flint are asking Montgomery County to rename the White Flint Metro Station to the North Bethesda station “to reflect the community’s preference, history, and redevelopment plans,” wrote Executive Director Amy Ginsburg. In a letter to Executive Marc Elrich and Councilmember Andrew Friedson, Friends of White Flint explained that following a public meeting […]

Sardi’s Chicken — which has restaurants in Gaithersburg, Olney, and Takoma Park — will close on Wednesday, May 5 to honor the passing of its late CEO and co-founder, Philip Sardelis. The restaurants will reopen on May 6. Sardelis, who resided in Derwood, died from complications related to COVID-19. He was 48. A message on […]

Rockville Town Center is making it easier to dine outside. The City of Rockville closed Gibbs Street and partnered with Federal Realty to create Streetery on Gibbs in Rockville Town Square. The streetery provides 15,000 square feet of outdoor dining space for people to take advantage of when eating at popular restaurants like Finnegan’s Wake, […]

Olazzo, an Italian restaurant in Silver Spring, announced that they will be closing permanently this weekend after serving the community for 15 years. The restaurant located on Georgia Avenue in Downtown Silver Spring made the announcement through a Facebook post, where they thanked the community for their support. “Words cannot describe how appreciative we are […]