iindsay t1_jb218xd wrote on March 5, 2023 at 8:55 PM

There was a Starbucks, and Palena, and some coffee shop in Sam's Park & Shop that also sold bagels that I forgot the name of. For some reason, they've never lasted.

OneFootTitan t1_jb4vcux wrote on March 6, 2023 at 1:29 PM

Palena had some sort of tax issues (or to be more precise not paying taxes issue, IIRC). Sad because they had the best burger in DC

9throwaway2 t1_jb2cjmx wrote on March 5, 2023 at 10:14 PM

the problem is that a strip mall in the city with 6 lanes of loud traffic is not good for an urban coffee shop. if starbucks can't make it worth it, that is the historic neighborhood's own fault.

t-rexcellent t1_jb39ve9 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 2:34 AM

Are you thinking of Whatsabagel? They were around in the park and shop in the 90s. Same owners I think as Bethesda Bagels.

iindsay t1_jb3d244 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 2:59 AM

I remember whatsabagel, but wasn’t there a coffee shop there at the same time? Sometime around the early-mid 00s (fwiw I moved to DC in 03)

t-rexcellent t1_jb3gk4y wrote on March 6, 2023 at 3:29 AM

maybe, I was at an age where a bagel place was way more interesting than a coffee place...