In another blow to the retail and restaurant scene in downtown Rockville, California Tortilla closed its doors this week after 25 years on East Montgomery Avenue. CalTort, headquartered in Potomac, says it will “look for new Montgomery County locations with more favorable traffic patterns.” This latest closing comes just weeks after that of African restaurant Èkó House at Rockville Town Square — along with longtime business Town Square Jewelers — as some nearby tenants say they’re concerned about crime in the area. CalTort had been a popular pre- and post-movie destination for customers of Rockville’s Regal Cinema, which also nearly closed last year before getting a last-minute reprieve. (On the good-news front for downtown Rockville, Kusshi Sushi is taking over the former Sushi Damo space. More on that in our Jan. 25th edition.)
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Suzanne
Glad to know the Cal Tort at Cabin John Village is not the one closing!
Scott D
Almost everything that is written on this website is reported first by moco show, robert dyer (@bethesdarow) or instagram’s @pike.and.rozay and none of them are ever credited. That is not right & should be fixed. I have emailed them as well about this too.
Store Reporter
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