I rather much enjoy this shopping center a lot, however I don't like the boutiques here. Way…read moreoverpriced for something that doesn't stand out to me. Otherwise, pretty much standard selection of stores with a nice salon.

Busy little place with many high end shopping options. Not on my financial go-to type of strip…read moremall, but for folks with the means - this place has great food and fashion and other nifty little stores. Clean. Ample parking.

This combo shopping strip center/dedicated retail building is an oddly dated contradiction in a…read morenumber of ways. There are three components, none of which are physically or logically cohesive: (a) the shopping strip portion which is spread out and disjointed, (b) the retail/office building which is outdated and houses an eclectic group of businesses that - again - don't correlate to each other, and (3) a brand new outlier short strip housing a small handful of mostly upscale trendy eating establishments. Oh, and there's a ridiculously overpriced gas station tucked away in the back far corner (behind the retail/office building). The good news: despite its awkward configuration, it's super convenient to the surrounding neighborhoods and has some strong "staying power" stores like Giant, Starbucks, and a large CVS. Local businesses also have a great presence, like Toy Castle and a memorabilia shop in the r/o building, Baskin-Robbins, California Tortilla and a bagel shop. Great option if you want to avoid the chaos of Westfields mall or Rockville. They're also remodeling the shopping strip. Would be better if they swapped out and got some different businesses with more draw than the vacuum store and Pet-Valu (which doesn't have much of a selection other than for dogs and selection/price-wise is not really competitive with PetSmart or Amazon). They also need to upgrade the retail/office building.

Cabin John Mall used to be a tremendous asset to our community, but has gone down hill fast…read more The decline began when the new owners allowed Christmas tree sales in the parking lot when customers needed the parking spaces to do our holiday shopping. The owners exacerbated the parking problems tremendously by putting in too many stores. CAVA opened a store and then opened up another one in Montgomery Mall two miles away. The property owners got rid of Broadway Pizza which was a Potomac Institution. I am furious. The new condos in the back take up even more parking. Carl Friedman who developed Cabin John would not support this.

Parking review. Gone are the days of getting a paper ticket…read moreat a Pike & Rose garage or paying cash at a machine. Nowadays, their machine setup is a bit different. I recently took a visit to one of the spots within Pike & Rose and when I rolled into one of their garages to grab a ticket at the entrance, I was caught off guard. Not only was there no button to press for a ticket; I noticed the setup was completely different to when I last saw it (I don't visit very often). The screen prompted me to enter my phone number, but since I was new to this whole setup, I decided to bypass that prompt entirely. It showed me as being anonymous and I noticed a 4-digit code popped up on the screen for me to remember. As I parked, I quickly noted the code and the time I entered. After taking care of things, it was time for me to head out. As I proceeded to leave (ready with the 4-digit code it gave me earlier), and pulled up to the garage exit, I noticed the bar to the gate rose up without me doing anything. So, I left. It wasn't until later I realized it must have scanned my license coming in and leaving. Good to know. I did a little research and found some FAQs located here: https://www.vendpark.io/property/pikeandrose. Visited July 2025

Pike and Rose has everything you want from a shopping center. There are tons of restaurants:…read moreJulii, Hello Betty, Summer House, Melina, Call Your Mother and Nando's.( Just to name a few). There is shopping at Gap, Sur La Table, LL Bean, Uniqlo, and Blue Mercury. There are movies and tons of place to grab desserts, like Sunday Morning Bakehouse or The Baked Bear. Depending on where you are shopping you can get some good deals or some expensive meals. So,the value depends on where you visit. Service at each of the places I have gone to is good. I could spend a day shopping and eating at Pike and Rose and then, go see a movie. If you haven't stopped by I would give them a try. : )

I've been to Downtown Crown a few times and it's a great area to do some eating, shopping and just…read morewalking around or relaxing on a nice day. Decided to visit the area yesterday and sit at a bench eating some tacos from a nearby food truck. The weather was great and most of everyone I had seen walking by were social distancing and trying to wear a mask as much as possible. I would say to just be careful when dining at some of the local restaurants as seating doesn't necessarily appear to be 6 feet apart. By far, this area has one of the best Starbucks locations I've been to. Service is wonderful and the baristas perfect your drinks. Coastal flats is also a very good option for dinner if you're into seafood. Personally, I think Paladar is a bit overpriced but if you want to splurge for one night I would recommend it. There's plenty of parking in the area both street and garage. In my opinion, it appears to be a really safe neighborhood and place to hang out. Would recommend to anyone looking for something to do during this quarantine.

Used to be way overpriced but now I get a few items here specifically because they beat everyone…read moreelse's price. The selection is world class. The bar is lively and popular, sometime having live music. The bar selection is great but certainly not cheap.

A cute suburban shopping center, with combo plaza style stores running along an L-shaped outdoor…read morecollection of shops and an internal 3-story building housing additional businesses and offices. Supermarket (Safeway), award-winning bakery and French restaurant (Praline's), Starbucks, salon, CVS pharmacy, yoga, deli, karate studio, Petite Ballet, Chico's, dry cleaners, and several restaurants.

Eclectic. Some "anchor" stores in this kind of quirky shopping center carry the day regardless of…read moreturnover (the Golf Galaxy store was always a mystery to me): Target, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Tara Thai, Giant, Marshall's, Chick-Fil-A. Then there's Value City ... wut ... And now new stores: Cava, Honeygrow provide a nice uplift. Note: Parking is a bear (mostly because there are also a lot of lousy drivers that come here plus the spaces are tight).

3/19/21 A lot has changed since I lived in Rockville…read moreMaryland. I have seen new buildings get made in spots that were once parking spaces.  I will admit,  there were a lot of parking spaces. Barns&Nobles was the main attraction for this shopping area with Starbucks being an added bonus. People then traveled to other spots of this shopping center. Chick Fill-A was the newest building to be added before I moved to Virginia.  I never saw the grand opening, but I did try the chicken the next time I was in town. Last weekend I was back in Rockville area and saw the Barns&Nobles sign wasn't present.  I saw the Starbucks Coffee sign and started wondering if Barns&Nobles went out of business.  I did not notice that the business had moved to Congressional Plaza.  Why the move? Could be a number of reasons.   I remember when Montrose Crossing went by another name, but just like the name Berenstein Bears, it no longer exists.  I also don't remember the name it use to be called. My mom loved shopping at Marshlls for clothes and whatever else she could find. As a kid, I found shopping for clothing very boring.   Yes, most male kids and some females too found shopping for clothes boring.  Now I am left with memories from a time I would go shopping with my mom.  As the song goes, "you don't what you got till it's gone."  Yes, those were good times, even if I did not see it that way at the time.  Without the Barns&Nobles to headline the main attraction,  I think the decline for this shopping area will show up bigtime during the summertime of 2021. Time will tell.

Beautiful scenery Lots of parking including garage parking…read more Plenty of restaurants and a few shops Great place to grab a coffee or a sweet treat and enjoy the area.

I forgot how nice Rio Lakefront is! Yesterday was a beautiful spring day. I was meeting some folks…read moreat Yard House for happy hour. I arrived early so I walked around a bit and enjoyed the views. I parked in the garage, which is very busy but at least it's free! There's limited street parking and I saw tickets being issued. There's alot to do here. It was a few years since I had been and the additions are great. There's a Courtyard Marriott, AMC theater, Potbelly, Nandos, Auntie Anne's, Fantasticks, Muse Paint Bar, Uncle Julios, Miss Toya's and much more. This could literally be a staycation! Everything all in one here!

So Barnes & Noble has moved to Congressional Plaza which probably bumps my rating up at least half…read morea star alone (bad move Montrose Crossing!) But some of the shops here are still overpriced and honestly, for some reason, a portion of the clientele who shop here are (I hope unintentionally) rude ... from parking to not wearing masks to cutting in lines (social distancing accounts for gaps, folks!!!) Still, there are enough great shops here that it's a great place to visit.

3/19/21…read more Congressional Plaza,   A place I use to travel to for a hair straighten (aka a perm) or a haircut. I might then  walk over to the Tower Records and buy a movie soundtrack or a necklace.      These two places  were high on my list. There even use to be a movie theater here, but that went the way of the dodo. Speaking of going the way of the dodo, Tower Records also went that way too. The space for the old Tower Records has been taken up only to shutdown two times that I can remember.  Today I learned that Barns&Nobles has taken up residence there. Even though it is only one floor,  the space is huge.  Tower Records had some problems filling the space, but they did it with the jewelry section, the adult videos/magazines section and the standard magazine sections.   I think Barns&Nobles won't have a problem filling the space.  I know there is a Starbucks store at Congressional Plaza akready,  but I have a feeling another one might be added inside the Barns&Nobles store at some point...if there isn't one already. I will have to check out this plaza the next time I am in town. I wanna see the inside of this Barns&Nobles; as well, as other areas of the plaza.