Diners can celebrate Bethesda’s rich and diverse dining scene during the annual ‘Savor Bethesda’ restaurant week from Feb. 19 to March 1, when more than 35 restaurants, cafés, shops and eateries will be offering dining deals and special menus.
The restaurant week is hosted by Bethesda Urban Partnership and aims to spotlight downtown Bethesda as a “culinary hotspot,” the downtown management organization said in a press release. Thirty-six restaurants are expected to offer lunch, dinner and sweet treat menus for $10, $20 and $35.
This year’s Savor Bethesda marks the sixth year the event has been held. The event was launched in October 2020 as a way to support downtown Bethesda restaurants during the pandemic, according to Stephanie Coppula, director of marketing and communications for Bethesda Urban Partnership.
From tuna tartare tacos at Pisco y Nazca and steak frites at Mon Ami Gabi, to buffalo wings at Caddies on Cordell and Ukrainian borscht from RUTA, eateries are expected to offer a world of cuisines and flavors during the 11-day event.
Here is a list of the participating eateries and offerings organized by cuisine, according to the partnership:
As of Thursday, not all participating restaurants have restaurant week menus available online. Check back at Bethesda Urban Partnership’s website for updates and more details.
American
Woodmont Triangle’s neighborhood sports bar, Caddies on Cordell, is offering $10 and $20 lunch deals plus a $35 lunch/dinner menu featuring one cheese pizza, six buffalo wings and fried Oreos. The bar is at 4922 Cordell Ave.
Fast-casual chain DIG INN will participate with $10 lunch and $20 dinner offerings. A restaurant week menu for the eatery at 4733 Elm St. is not yet available.
Dog Haus Biergarten, a casual American restaurant centered on craft beer and creative hot dogs, burgers and sausages, is offering a $10 lunch or dinner meal with a Haus burger and fries; $20 lunch or dinner consisting of an order of two burgers, fries and sodas; and $35 lunch or dinner with two burgers, fries, cookies and sodas. The eatery is at 7904 Woodmont Ave.
The Papa Johns pizza chain at 7200 47th Street is offering a small pizza with one topping and a 20-ounce soda for $10 and a large one-topping pizza, breadsticks and a 2-liter soda for $20.
From Feb. 20 to March 2, The Salt Line, a New England-style seafood restaurant at 7284 Woodmont Ave., is offering a three-course lunch menu for $35 and a dozen Dancing Molly Oysters for brunch, lunch or dinner, also for $35. The lunch menu can be viewed at this link.
Seventh State Restaurant, the modern mid-Atlantic restaurant and lounge on the ground floor of the Marriott Hotel at 7707 Woodmont Ave., will offer a $20 lunch special featuring chicken shawarma pizza, an eggplant Milanese sandwich and a shrimp cobb salad.
Silver, a modern American brasserie at 7150 Woodmont Ave., will offer three-course meals for lunch for $20 and for dinner for $35. Each meal includes a starter, entrée and dessert.
Smoke BBQ, a locally owned barbecue spot at 4858 Cordell Ave., will offer a full rack of ribs with two large sides, coleslaw and two pieces of cornbread for $20 during lunchtime.
Asian
Sushi restaurant chain Kusshi, at 7820 Norfolk Ave., is offering a $20 lunch that comes with a sushi roll Bento Box and a $35 dinner with miso soup, edamame, one specialty roll and one order of seared salmon.
Oishii Ramen Café, a casual Japanese restaurant at 4901 Fairmont Ave. in Woodmont Triangle, is offering a $20 lunch with a choice of tonkotsu (spicy or mild) or vegetable ramen and pork or veggie gyoza.
Pho Viet USA, a casual Vietnamese restaurant chain with a downtown Bethesda location at 4917 Cordell Ave., is also participating. A menu is not yet available.
Ramen Menri (formerly ZAO Stamina Ramen), a Japanese ramen bar at 7345 Wisconsin Ave., will offer a $20 special that includes a bowl of ramen and a small side.
Baked goods and sweets
Nothing Bundt Cakes, a bakery specializing in bundt cakes at 8209 Wisconsin Ave., is offering an assortment of a dozen “signature bundtinis” – the miniature, cupcake versions of a bundt cake – for $20.
The Original Velatis Caramels, a locally owned sweets shop at 4928 Hampden Lane, is offering deals on sweets such as 1-pound boxes with caramels, toffee and truffles for $35.
Tout de Sweet Pastry Shop, a French bakery at7831 Woodmont Ave. in the Woodmont Triangle neighborhood, will offer four macarons for $10 and a medium-sized drink, a toast dish and two macarons for $20.
The Red Bandana Bakery, an all gluten-free bakery at 8218 Wisconsin Ave., will offer a $10 sweet pastry assortment with six cookies, brownies and macaroons; any sandwich and soup or salad, plus a pastry of choice for $20; and a $35 option with a 12-pastry assortment of sweet and savory baked goods including brownies, cookies, donuts, cupcakes, cheesy breads and pizza quiche.
Cafés
Ceremony Coffee Roasters, the small Baltimore-based chain’s café at 7475 Wisconsin Ave., is offering a lunch consisting of peanut butter toast, a latte or signature beverage and a pastry for $10.
Fresh Baguette, a café and bakery chain at 4919 Bethesda Ave., is offering sandwich deals for lunch and dinner, charging $10 for any sandwich on the menu and $20 for any two sandwiches.
Maman, a French coffee shop and bakery at 7140 Bethesda Lane in Bethesda Row, is planning to participate with a $10 cookie trio and a $20 lunch. Check out the menu at this link.
Bubble tea shop Teazzi at 4941 Elm St. in downtown Bethesda will offer several different beverage and food combinations for $10, $20 or $35. One $10 deal includes a house special milk tea and a mochi waffle.
At Tropical Smoothie Café, a smoothie chain with a location at 4371 Elm St. near Bethesda Row, diners will be able to purchase any 24-ounce smoothie plus an entrée for $10.
European
Woodmont Triangle’s longtime Spanish restaurant Guardado’s, at 4918 Del Ray Ave., is offering a $35 restaurant week menu with the choice of two tapas plus a dessert or cocktail.
Mon Ami Gabi, downtown Bethesda’s French bistro, is set to participate in the local restaurant week with a $35 “express lunch menu” available daily until 4 p.m., according to the restaurant. The three-course menu can be viewed at this link.
Mussel Bar & Grille, a Belgian bistro at 4903 Cordell Ave. in Woodmont Triangle, will offer two-course lunch and dinner menus, for $20 and $35, respectively. The menus feature charbroiled oysters and a variety of mussels dishes.
RUTA Ukrainian Restaurant, located at 4862 Cordell Ave., will offer a $20 lunch featuring beef or vegetarian borscht, the varenyky (a Ukrainian dumpling) of the day and honey cake for $20, and a $35 dinner including borscht, signature samplers and a stuffed cabbage dish called Holubtsi.
Vegan/Vegetarian Friendly
Planta, a plant-based restaurant at 4910 Elm St. in Bethesda Row, will offer a three-course $20 lunch menu featuring kimchi bao and spicy rigatoni, as well as a $35 dinner menu that features sushi rolls, pasta dishes and loaded tater tots topped with torched miso, kimchi, chili flake, cilantro and Thai basil.
Indian
Delhi Spice, a casual Indian restaurant at 4925 Bethesda Ave., will participate in the restaurant week; a menu is not yet available.
Kadhai, an Indian restaurant in the Woodmont Triangle neighborhood, is offering a $20 lunch buffet. The eatery is at 7905 Norfolk Ave.
Tikka Masala, an Indian restaurant at 4929 Elm St., will offer a $20 lunch consisting of one appetizer and entrée and a $35 dinner that includes two appetizers, one entrée and a dessert.
Italian
Aventino, a modern Italian restaurant at 4747 Bethesda Ave., is offering a three-course dinner consisting of one appetizer, pasta and dessert for $35.
La Panetteria, an Italian restaurant at 4921 Cordell Ave. in Woodmont Triangle, is offering a $10 lunch consisting of one appetizer and any pasta, a $20 dinner including one appetizer, any pasta and dessert and a $35 dinner with one appetizer, entrée and dessert.
Casual Italian American eatery Olazzo, at 7921 Norfolk Ave. in Woodmont Triangle, is offering a $20 lunch with a choice of any sandwich, one cannoli and a soft drink, plus a $35 dinner with calamari or bruschetta, one entrée and a scoop of gelato or a cannoli for dessert.
Pizzeria Da Marco, a Neapolitan-style pizzeria at 8008 Woodmont Ave., will have a three-course dinner menu with dishes such as margherita pizza, baked rigatoni and Tuscan bean soup available for $35. The menu can be viewed at this link.
Latin
Gringos & Mariachis, a restaurant serving authentic Mexican street food and classic dishes at 4928 Cordell Ave., is offering: a $10 lunch that includes three tacos and a soft drink; a $20 lunch or dinner consisting of three tacos, one side, one dessert and a soft drink; and a four-course $35 lunch or dinner with an appetizer, a “Mexican Classic” dish, one burrito or torta and one dessert plus a soft drink.
Pisco y Nazca, a Peruvian restaurant at 7401 Woodmont Ave., will offer a $20 lunch and $35 dinner, each featuring authentic dishes including causa de pollo and ceviche as well as tuna tartare tacos and a lomo saltado roll. The menu can be viewed at this link.
Tacombi, a Mexican chain restaurant at 4749 Bethesda Ave., will offer three tacos and one agua fresca drink for $20.
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