New– Isaac’s Poultry Market: Isaac’s Poultry Market opened its second location at 15785 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville Crossng. The restaurant opened its first location in February 2023 at 12167 Darnestown Rd in Gaithersburg and gained recognition by winning the Restaurant Association of Maryland’s “sandwich competition” for its fried chicken sandwich featuring “Isaac’s sauce,” dill pickles, and broccoli slaw on toasted potato bread.
New– Playa Bowls: Playa Bowls opened in Burtonsville Crossing (15701 Old Columbia Pike Unit 180). The bowl, smoothie, and juice spot officially opened on March 1st.
New– Chipotle: Chipotle has moved into the longtime vacant, former KFC/Taco Bell space at 15701 Old Columbia Pike in the Burtonsville Crossing shopping center– giving customers the opportunity to dine-in or pick up their order at the drive-thru. KFC/Taco Bell closed approximately 15 years ago and was painted with a new color scheme soon after, which prompted plenty of speculation about if something new was coming. It took about a decade and a half for that to come to fruition with this Chipotle.
New– Phowheels: Phowheels has announced that the DMV’s first drive-thru Vietnamese restaurant will open at Burtonsville Crossing on Friday, April 18th (it will also feature the option to dine-in). The restaurant soft opened on Wednesday.
New– Moby Dick: Moby Dick House of Kabob signed opened Burtonsville Crossing shopping center (15783 Old Columbia Pike) last June.
Coming Soon– BWW GO: Buffalo Wild Wings introduced its first ‘Buffalo Wild Wings GO’ (BWWGO) location, a scaled-down version of the restaurant that focuses on the to-go and delivery format, in Georgia back in 2020. Now, the company has signed on for its third location in the county– in Burtonsville. BWWGO will take over the space that was recently home to Subway at 15500B Old Columbia Pike, in the Burtonsville Village Center that’s also home to Biryani Joint, Maiwand Grill, and more.
Coming Soon– Eggspectation: An “early 2025” opening has been listed since late 2024. Also in later 2024,, a $1.2 million permit was issued for the interior construction of the space and permanent signage recently went up at the restaurant. Eggspectation should open relatively soon Burtonsville Crossing shopping center (15701 Columbia Pike).
Coming soon– Quickway: ‘Khana a Claypot Grille’ closed permanently at the end of September after approximately ten years at 15616 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville. Its replacement did not take long to sign on at the once again fully leased Burtonsville Town Square shopping center with Quickway signing a lease to open a new restaurant. An opening timeframe is not yet available.
Coming soon– Wawa: In November 2023, we let you know that plans were submitted to convert the current site of 7-Eleven (15585 Old Columbia Pike) and the adjacent Mattress Warehouse (15595 Old Columbia Pike) in Burtonsville into a Wawa. Construction plans were approved in January for what will be Montgomery County’s second Wawa. This Wawa likely won’t open this year.
Coming soon– Domain Fitness & Performance: Domain Fitness & Performance is a fitness center founded by local businessmen and former NBA players Jason Miskiri, David Vanterpool (NBA Assistant Coach, Portland Trailblazers and Brooklyn Nets/Associate Head Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves) and local sports and performance trainer Myron Flowers, who has trained leading elite local and national NFL and NBA athletes. We expect Domain to open at some point this year.