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Readers of the Hyattsville Wire continued to be interested in changes to the thriving local restaurant scene over the last year.
Readers of the Hyattsville Wire continued to be interested in changes to the thriving local restaurant scene over the last year.
Fernando and Debby Gonzalez, who took over the pizza place in 2019, told the Hyattsville Wire that they are closing it so that they can expand 2Fifty Texas BBQ, which has been running short on space.
Riverdale Park’s popular Spanish-Mexican fusion restaurant Riviera Tapas Bar will be moving into the former location of Banana Blossom Bistro.
In his articles and reviews, award-winning Washington Post food critic Tim Carman has kept Route 1’s growing restaurant scene in the news.
Now run by the owners of 2Fifty Texas BBQ next door, Dumm’s Pizza in Riverdale Park recently received a glowing review in The Washington Post.
After running a brick-and-mortar ice cream shop in Bowie for 18 years, Terri and Rodney Russell decided in 2018 to switch to selling wholesale, at farmer’s markets and through home delivery.
2Fifty Texas BBQ is moving ahead with its brick-and-mortar restaurant in Riverdale Park, despite the coronavirus-related industry slowdown.
Riverdale Park residents have raised more than $9,000 this month to buy meals from local restaurants and give them to neighbors in need.
Given the new developments over the weekend, please stay at home and if you must eat out, order delivery — and ask them to leave it on your doorstep. Many businesses on the Route 1 corridor are changing how they can best serve their customers right now.

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