The Spot (food hall)
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| Established | July 7, 2018 |
| City | Rockville, Maryland |
The Spot is a food hall in Rockville, Maryland serving Asian fusion cuisine. The food hall was founded in July 2018 by Edward Wong of Hong Kong and houses seven storefronts including Gong Cha, Cheers Cut, Mian, Poki DC, Alpaca Dessert, Spot Bar, and Spot Grill.
History[edit]
The Spot opened on July 7, 2018 in the mixed-use development, Metropolitan Apartment Building across from Rockville Town Center.[1][2] It was founded by Edward Wong who was inspired by his native Hong Kong. He is a partner at the Mini-Spot at Terrapin Row in College Park, Maryland, Akira Ramen & Izakaya, and Urban Hot Pot.[3] Other partners include Vivian Zhu, and Poke District founder Gary Ngo.[4] The facility has a 150 indoor seats and 50 seats in an outdoor bar area with 6,200 square-foot space in total.[1][5] It hosts 7 storefronts. In 2018, store fronts included Gong Cha, Cheers Cut, a Taiwanese fried chicken and seafood franchise, Mian, a Chinese and Taiwanese hand-pulled noodle bowls, Poki DC, a Hawaiian-style poke franchise, Alpaca Dessert, which is a house dessert bar serving Taiwanese snow ice and Hong Kong egg waffle cones, and Spot Bar and Grill.[6][7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Plumb, Tierney (2018-07-06). "Asian Food Hall The Spot Is Opening This Weekend". Eater DC. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Masters, Kate (2018-08-01). "Taiwanese street food meets food hall at The Spot in Rockville". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Carman, Tim (2017-11-30). "The Spot food hall will be Rockville's answer to the Block in Annandale". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Plumb, Tierney (2017-11-30). "Rockville Lands Dueling Asian Food Halls". Eater DC. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Small Bites: Asian Food Hall 'The Spot' To Open in July in Rockville". Bethesda Magazine. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Spiegel, Anna (2018-07-10). "Rockville's Asian-Fusion Food Hall Is Open With Taiwanese Fried Chicken, Hong Kong Bubble Waffles". Washingtonian. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Hahn, Fritz (2018-08-06). "An Asian food hall, a stunning basement pub and other new restaurants and bars to check out now". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Krishnamoorthy, Aparna (2018-08-31). "What to order from Asian food hall 'The Spot'". DC Refined. Retrieved 2019-08-10.