Woodmont Grill closed!

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Anonymous wrote:So curious if there were problems there

Met a friend in Bethesda for lunch the other day - we both worked in downtown Bethesda for 20+ years and used to go there a ton. She specifically requested we not go there because it had gotten so bad. Since Covid but continuing all this time. I work from home now so I hadn’t been in a while but it was always good albeit overpriced. Has anyone been lately?

Went often and it was still very good. Reddit is saying there was an issue with a health inspection, however.

Did you read that post? It was clearly a joke, it was someone who pooped his pants.

NP
I read the post..
Let’s hope it was a joke.

This one? It's obviously a joke


I have a little bit of an insider source and the specifics are a bit tragic. Bus boy was recovering from a nasty hangover on a Sunday brunch shift. Just so happened that was the day for their health rating reevaluation (previously failed one but were able to get it nixed from the record and just go for a re-eval due to a technicality). He went to sit down in the walk-in to quell a pounding headache and trusted a fart. A hangover fart. Blows out his pants and it squirts it all over the floor and somewhere up the wall he was sitting against. He starts to clean it(and himself) up when the door opens with not just his manager but the city inspector as well. As he’s there, butt ass naked, seemingly smearing shit on the wall and floor with a dishrag next to uncovered produce. So yeah… hard to recover from that.

There’s no way a restaurant permanently shut down over something like this.

I read a comment on a blog that Hillstone may be planning to reopen with a different restaurant concept.

The restaurant is blaming parking (BS, there is a county lot across the street) and staffing issues (probably the truth).

https://mocoshow.com/2025/10/30/report-woodmont-grill-in-bethesda-closed-due-to-parking-limits-and-staffing-strains/

They've had parking problems for 15+ years

[Anonymous]

I haven’t read trip advisor lately but it was the number one restaurant in the area for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:So curious if there were problems there

Met a friend in Bethesda for lunch the other day - we both worked in downtown Bethesda for 20+ years and used to go there a ton. She specifically requested we not go there because it had gotten so bad. Since Covid but continuing all this time. I work from home now so I hadn’t been in a while but it was always good albeit overpriced. Has anyone been lately?

Went often and it was still very good. Reddit is saying there was an issue with a health inspection, however.

Did you read that post? It was clearly a joke, it was someone who pooped his pants.

NP
I read the post..
Let’s hope it was a joke.

This one? It's obviously a joke


I have a little bit of an insider source and the specifics are a bit tragic. Bus boy was recovering from a nasty hangover on a Sunday brunch shift. Just so happened that was the day for their health rating reevaluation (previously failed one but were able to get it nixed from the record and just go for a re-eval due to a technicality). He went to sit down in the walk-in to quell a pounding headache and trusted a fart. A hangover fart. Blows out his pants and it squirts it all over the floor and somewhere up the wall he was sitting against. He starts to clean it(and himself) up when the door opens with not just his manager but the city inspector as well. As he’s there, butt ass naked, seemingly smearing shit on the wall and floor with a dishrag next to uncovered produce. So yeah… hard to recover from that.

There’s no way a restaurant permanently shut down over something like this.

I read a comment on a blog that Hillstone may be planning to reopen with a different restaurant concept.

The restaurant is blaming parking (BS, there is a county lot across the street) and staffing issues (probably the truth).

https://mocoshow.com/2025/10/30/report-woodmont-grill-in-bethesda-closed-due-to-parking-limits-and-staffing-strains/

I thought the county let Marriott take over the parking lot that’s across the street?

[Anonymous]

Probably the most famous Restaurant in Bethesda. I never made it there and have no idea where it was, but as someone working in the business, they were always hiring.
There are better things to do with the money. Throw it into stock market.

[Anonymous]

“Parking issues” makes sense since many people avoid Bethesda (and Rockville town center) because of the pita parking.

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Loved their burgers.

When we went recently, they seemed really understaffed and sort of unwelcoming.

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Anonymous wrote:I work next-door at the Marriott, and we could not do group luncheons or dinners there, even though it was right next-door because the space did not allow it. If you'd call to make a reservation, you could not make a reservation for more than four, or maybe it was 6, people. I always thought that that was a miss because with such a large employer next door, you would think you try to get that business.
However, it was a really nice restaurant for an intimate dinner and my husband and I have gone there and enjoyed the food.
I will miss it.

Had the same issue when we went as a family.

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I am still mourning this! It has been our go-to spot when we want a quiet place to talk with a solid food. Loved the dim lights and cozy atmosphere. We celebrated our engagement, marriage, two pregnancies and many birthdays there. RIP!

Also - we had a res there for the Friday night after it closed. It seemed so sudden after being around for this long. I don't think the employees had any idea?

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Anonymous wrote:It was our favorite place pre-COVID. After COVID, it became so difficult to get seated that we rarely dined there unless it was odd hours. The last few times we were really disappointed with our food so we eventually gave up. It’s a shame. We miss what it used to be.

Yes! They were so pretentious about reservations and not using your phone to text during dinner and all that. And service was always hit or miss despite that.

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Anonymous wrote:So curious if there were problems there

Met a friend in Bethesda for lunch the other day - we both worked in downtown Bethesda for 20+ years and used to go there a ton. She specifically requested we not go there because it had gotten so bad. Since Covid but continuing all this time. I work from home now so I hadn’t been in a while but it was always good albeit overpriced. Has anyone been lately?

Went often and it was still very good. Reddit is saying there was an issue with a health inspection, however.

Did you read that post? It was clearly a joke, it was someone who pooped his pants.

NP
I read the post..
Let’s hope it was a joke.

This one? It's obviously a joke


I have a little bit of an insider source and the specifics are a bit tragic. Bus boy was recovering from a nasty hangover on a Sunday brunch shift. Just so happened that was the day for their health rating reevaluation (previously failed one but were able to get it nixed from the record and just go for a re-eval due to a technicality). He went to sit down in the walk-in to quell a pounding headache and trusted a fart. A hangover fart. Blows out his pants and it squirts it all over the floor and somewhere up the wall he was sitting against. He starts to clean it(and himself) up when the door opens with not just his manager but the city inspector as well. As he’s there, butt ass naked, seemingly smearing shit on the wall and floor with a dishrag next to uncovered produce. So yeah… hard to recover from that.

There’s no way a restaurant permanently shut down over something like this.

I read a comment on a blog that Hillstone may be planning to reopen with a different restaurant concept.

The restaurant is blaming parking (BS, there is a county lot across the street) and staffing issues (probably the truth).

https://mocoshow.com/2025/10/30/report-woodmont-grill-in-bethesda-closed-due-to-parking-limits-and-staffing-strains/

I thought the county let Marriott take over the parking lot that’s across the street?

They rolled back on this.