Thursday, July 14, 2016

That and This...


Just a quick Thursday (14 July) update of this and that…

One of the "unknown buildings" at shady mile and Rte. 235 is the “relocated” Pearl Vision, which will be/was razed and moved over to the other side of three notch road just south of the Barrel of Crackers.  Don’t know what the second building (behind it).  At least it isn’t a quick service chain.

One of the things I should do more often is to check the agenda of the St. Mary's County Alcohol Beverage Board which meets monthly.  I am pretty sure the meetings are open to the public, so I should probably attend one.  Could be illuminating.  Stuff on the agenda for today’s (7/14) session:

Transfer of Kevin’s Corner Kafe license from the “old” location to the “new” one in the Willows.  Time will tell if this is a good move.  Bold move. 

Transfer of “old” Café Des Artistes liquor license to La Rive Breton and Mr. Brian Wilson.  Word was that this was the last delay in opening, and so I would look for the place to open very soon.

Leonardtown Cigars which is down in the Shopping Center at Compton Road and rte 5, applies for a liquor license.  Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, and have a drink.  Maybe Port or Cognac.

A new one:  Urban Bar-B-Que will apparently be opening in the new/old Winegardner “used car” building, next to the (currently) flagged Dunkin Donut’s close to 235/Hollywood Leonardtown Road.  They’re getting a liquor license.  When I first saw this, I thought “well, at least it isn’t a chain and might be local”.  Well guess what?  (Link)  it IS a chain.  which touts itself as; “Urban Bar-B-Que is Handcrafted, Authentic, Slow Smoked Bar-B-Que. Our dedication and Hard Work honor the different styles of Bar-B-Que found throughout the United States under one roof. We are the Real Deal” or at least the real deal in one of the 13 locations in the mid Atlantic currently listed (Leonardtown, MD: COMING SOON!)  Waldorfization moving to Leonardtown.   Sigh, what’s next.

And an addendum, thanks to an eagle eyed reader, who noted “Since 1982” on the “Steak in a Sack” sign.  Phone suffers from enhanced enlargement, but there it is (just below the "a SACK" part):


Hmmm, I thought.   A bit of sleuthing revealed that there used to be one on Branch Avenue/Route 5 north of the beltway in the Marlow Heights Shopping Center.  It WAS definatly local:  “One of Marlow Heights' long-time institutions, the Steak in a Sack, located in the Marlow Heights Shopping Center, caught fire on February 19, hours after the restaurant had closed for the day. The restaurant, open and owned since 1962 by the ###### family, sustained significant fire damage, as well as collateral damage from fire rescue efforts.”  So it appears that the place does have a history, and will be re-opening in Charlotte Hall.   A little bit of further checking looks like they have sort of a Cheese Steak product.  Be worth while checking them out.

Lagniappe; 

And in the course of poking around about SIAS, as usual you find yourself miles away from your original intent, and I wound up in UTUBE and a little piece about cheese steaks, comparing the commonly thought of paragon of Philly Cheese Steaks, Pat’s and Geno’s.  (with my apologies to BEB who says neither are the best).  Maybe worth a look see for entertainment purposes.

DFD



1 comment:

Louis said...

I grew up in Marlow Heights eating and working at Steak in a Sack. They were putting food in pita bread LONG before it was fashionable to do so. I can't wait for them to reopen - the Kalid family has been in Maryland for a long time.