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New year brings extended calendar to downtown’s outdoor markets

Jennifer Deseo — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:00:06 +0000

Resolved to eat more fruits and veggies in the new year? Silver Spring's farmers market can hook you up starting this weekend. Want some cool tchotchkes for your crib? The Fenton Street Market hits you with that in the spring.

Vendors, visitors flood Fenton Village craft mart

Jennifer Deseo — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:00:38 +0000

The market was the brain child of Hannah McCann, an area resident who wanted to inject a little vitality into a neighborhood of squat buildings and vacant lots.

South Silver Spring coffee house to close

Jennifer Deseo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:00:51 +0000

The Mayorga Coffee Co. is closing its Georgia Avenue coffee house, according to a press statement on the company's website.

Fenton Village restaurateur says no to charcuterie, yes to bar

Jennifer Deseo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:24:21 +0000

Restaurateur Jackie Greenbaum canceled plans to convert extra space at her Sligo Avenue building into a charcuterie. Instead, she's tricking it out into a new bar, she told The Penguin at Saturday's snowy farmers market on Ellsworth Drive.

Downtown pizzerias show varying signs of progress

Jennifer Deseo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:22:03 +0000

On one end of downtown Silver Spring, a franchise pizzeria is poised to fling open its doors and sling a few pies into its ovens. At the other end, a locally owned parlor sprouts slowly from scratch. It's the tale of two pizzerias on different tracks of development.

County, developer reach agreement on Fillmore music hall

Jennifer Deseo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:06:26 +0000

Stick a fork in it — negotiations to build a Fillmore music hall in downtown Silver Spring are done. Or as MoCo exec Ike Leggett exclaimed after a town-hall meeting Thursday night, “It’s done, done, done!”

Purple Line could pose problem for Bonifant St bar

Jennifer Deseo — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:59 +0000

Bonifant Street retailers and restaurateurs don't want Purple Line tracks to impede automobile access on that road. One business -- the Quarry House Tavern at the corner of Bonifant and Georgia Avenue -- is particularly worried.

Music-hall talks move closer to a deal, Leggett says (again)

Jennifer Deseo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:37:24 +0000

Negotiations between the county and one landlord to develop a music hall in downtown Silver Spring were close to wrapping, MoCo exec Ike Leggett declared.

Expect an official announcement in about six weeks, Leggett told The Penguin last Saturday at ye olde library's book fest. Exactly what would be announced was unclear.

Gratuitous Shot

Jennifer Deseo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:09:08 +0000

Around 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Discovery HQ staffer and Penguin Twitter buddy @joshourisman peeked out his office window and noticed changes to a Colesville Road storefront. "Some of the paper covering the windows at the upcoming Flippin' Pizza has come down!" he tweeted.

Also around 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Penguin editor Jennifer Deseo was trudging up Colesville Road towards Georgia Avenue when she noticed the same thing.

Ethiopian restaurant to replace Mexican cafe on Georgia Ave

Jennifer Deseo — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:51:08 +0000

Say adios to one Mexican dive, and hello to another Ethiopian restaurant.