Capital One Financial Corp. will close two of its local branches later this year, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Source. The last day of operations for the locations at 8740 Arliss Street (Takoma Park Shopping Center) in Long Branch and at 8676 Georgia Ave. (corner of Georgia and Cameron Street) will be April 28.
Though the restaurant is closed, Krazy Steve’s Comfort Cuisine will continue its catering operations, according to a post on its Facebook page.
The Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op (TPSS) has partnered with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to become the first in Maryland to support the award-winning Fair Food Program (FFP), a worker-driven human rights initiative ensuring basic protections for tens of thousands of farmworkers along the East Coast.
A Silver Spring brother-sister team has created a way to represent the area while raising funds for a local non-profit. Pete Tantisunthorn and his sister Rhena will begin selling a small line of clothing for men, women and kids featuring the tagline “There’s Only One Silver Spring.”
Sears in White Oak has been included on the latest list of 10 stores to be closed by parent company Transformco, Forbes reported over the weekend.
Islands Tropical Ice Cream has rebranded to Tropics Ice Cream & Jerk and expanded its menu, according to a post on the outlet’s Facebook page.
The Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation will begin accepting applications for a second round of relief grants for county restaurants on Monday, Feb. 1, the corporation announced. Restaurants, food trucks, caterers, wineries and breweries that did not get a Phase 1 grant are eligible for an award of $10,000 from $4.9 million in state funds the county received.
Montgomery County residents can learn more about the programs, events, and people in their County through the What’s Happening MoCo podcast, hosted by Derrick Kenny of County Cable Montgomery.
Sweet Sweet Kitchen, which specializes in the cuisines of Jamaica and Sierra Leone, is coming to 904 Bonifant Street in the space formerly occupied by Khyber Kitchen. The company also operates a food truck and offers catering services.