If you have lived in Rockville for more than a couple of years, you have probably noticed that the city is not opening restaurants evenly. The last twelve months have pushed nearly every notable debut into one of three corridors: the walkable blocks around Rockville Town Square, the new Twinbrook Quarter development around Wegmans, and the retail spine of Rockville Pike as it runs north toward Montrose. Where a restaurant chooses to land tells you what kind of evening it is engineered for. That is the useful lens for a resident deciding where to eat this weekend, and it is the one no general roundup bothers to draw.
Here is what has actually opened, where each one sits on the map, and how to read the pattern.
Town Square: the sit-down dinner corridor
The most visible arrival is at 150 Gibbs Street, the 6,500 square foot corner that has cycled through Bar Louie and, more recently, Èkó House.
