Wendy's gears up for breakfast in Wheaton

Wendy's will begin serving breakfast nationwide on March 2, 2020. The Wendy's at 11030 Veirs Mill Road is getting ready for the big day that will be here soon. Located by Wheaton Plaza, the restaurant is hyping the new meal, and hiring breakfast-shift staff, promising "next day pay." A separate poster asks, "You Up for This?," one of the Wendy's slogans for the new breakfast service.

The new Wendy's breakfast menu will include the Montgomery County Council-enraging Breakfast Baconator, croissant and biscuit sandwiches, seasoned potatoes (kind of a fat fry version of hash browns), a Frosty-ccino coffee beverage, and even a Sausage, Egg & Cheese Burrito. Wendy's will certainly give rival chains a run for their money in the sandwich department, but with no pancakes nor a McDonald's Big Breakfast-style platter on the Wendy's menu, the Golden Arches will retain some advantages.

Burgerim closed at Wheaton Plaza (Photos)

Israeli burger chain Burgerim has closed at Wheaton Plaza. Signage has been removed inside and outside, and the windows are blacked out. The unique burger restaurant only opened just over a year ago at the Westfield-operated mall.

Perhaps adding to the pain, is the long construction period of delays that led up to the opening last spring. Once again the moribund, business-unfriendly economy of the Montgomery County Council claims a victim. To add to the shock, Burgerim's closure occurred just as another burger joint, Bobby's Burger Palace, closed at Montgomery Mall this past weekend.

Signs installed at The Eleanor in Silver Spring

The signs are up at The Eleanor, opening very soon at Downtown Silver Spring. Along with the logos, the updated exterior has a very sharp appearance. Property owner Peterson Cos. is taking the same approach here as when they signed Dave & Buster's at their Rio Lakefront development, in adding some energy via a game and entertainment venue.

Ellsworth Place's new maps are high-tech for high touch

Ellsworth Place in downtown Silver Spring has added new directory maps that are more advanced than most malls offer. The computerized terminals are large touchscreens, allowing patrons to navigate the mall map in real time using a finger.

Purple Line construction update (Video+Photos)

The elevated track for the future Purple Line at the Silver Spring Transit Center is beginning to resemble an actual trestle. A bridge structure is now capping off what were merely vertical supports in recent weeks. You can also see a lot more is being staged and assembled on the plaza itself at the station.

Cyberion clears out at Wheaton Plaza

A very useful business at Wheaton Plaza has closed. Cyberion, a cell phone and device repair business is no more. The shop had high ratings from customers online, who said the tech had saved them money and distress many times by quickly and affordably solving their device problems.

Beltway Martial Arts installs signage at new Silver Spring location

The sign is up at Beltway Martial Arts' new downtown Silver Spring location at 921 Silver Spring Avenue. You may recall that Fenton's Uniforms closed here last year.  Beltway's current location is about a block away at 950 Sligo Avenue.