New Businesses Coming to Southern Maryland

luvmygdaughters

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Any word on when the Slice House in Leonardtown is opening? Cant wait to try their pizza. Hoping its good, there is no where in Leonardtown to get decent pizza. Ledo's, Pizza Hut and Papa Johns are the only choices, and to me... they taste like cardboard.
 

1stGenSMIB

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Before. We tried it twice after the move. Wasn't impressed either time.
+1...I visit the My Eye doctor there in Lexington Village, and I think Pepperoni's is gone from there now too. I tried it several times and the only thing consistent was the french fries.
 

RoseRed

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+1...I visit the My Eye doctor there in Lexington Village, and I think Pepperoni's is gone from there now too. I tried it several times and the only thing consistent was the french fries.
I tried a slice once. It was so saturated in grease, I couldn't finish it.
 

BernieP

Resident PIA
I tried a slice once. It was so saturated in grease, I couldn't finish it.
that's because you don't know how to eat a true slice of pizza, there's a technique to drain the oil those of us from above the Mason-Dixon line employ. But it requires a crust that is both crisp on the bottom but foldable. (strike the "thin and crispy" and the other assemblylne pizzas)
 

SamSpade

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What's not coming to Southern Maryland or more accurately, what may be leaving.
Wildewood and First Colony may have some vacancies to fill.

50 companies you didn’t know were at risk of bankruptcy

Got as far at #14 - I think that was Pier 1. Don't know if BK Lounge is on the list or not (yet).
JC Penney, GNC are there.

Looked at them all.
I did notice one pattern, although it might just be coincidence -

About half the stores listed had a pic of the storefront that is clearly inside a shopping mall.
And for better or worse, malls are dying. I am not sure why - I always liked the comfort of a mall,
the serendipity, the ability to just drop into a store you'd NEVER make a trip specifically to go to -
take a breather in the food court.

But - they are slowly shutting down across the country, and new ones aren't being built much.

I have no idea why.
 

spr1975wshs

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What's not coming to Southern Maryland or more accurately, what may be leaving.
Wildewood and First Colony may have some vacancies to fill.

50 companies you didn’t know were at risk of bankruptcy

Got as far at #14 - I think that was Pier 1. Don't know if BK Lounge is on the list or not (yet).
JC Penney, GNC are there.
Don't know if it's news, but I heard today Shoppers parent company is getting out of the retail grocery business.
 

glhs837

Power with Control
Looked at them all.
I did notice one pattern, although it might just be coincidence -

About half the stores listed had a pic of the storefront that is clearly inside a shopping mall.
And for better or worse, malls are dying. I am not sure why - I always liked the comfort of a mall,
the serendipity, the ability to just drop into a store you'd NEVER make a trip specifically to go to -
take a breather in the food court.

But - they are slowly shutting down across the country, and new ones aren't being built much.

I have no idea why.


I visit dying malls when I'm on business trips, really weird to be in one at 6pm on a weeknight and see only a handful of people.
 

LightRoasted

If I may ...
If I may ...

When or why won't calvert county get a Lowes or Home Depot?
Never happen. Not really because Calvert is anti-business, but because of such companies metrics used when deciding to build and open a new store. Calvert just does not have the metric numbers to do so. Or the space retirements via zoning to allow it.
 

General Lee

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If I may ...


Never happen. Not really because Calvert is anti-business, but because of such companies metrics used when deciding to build and open a new store. Calvert just does not have the metric numbers to do so. Or the space retirements via zoning to allow it.

They got to have the numbers. I just don't believe it. Sure would help the over crowding at the St. Mary's Lowes.
 

NorthBeachPerso

Honorary SMIB
They got to have the numbers. I just don't believe it. Sure would help the over crowding at the St. Mary's Lowes.
Nope, southern Calvert is in the California market radius while the northern end is covered by Upper Marlboro and Annapolis.

Some studies would suggest we also have too many grocery stores.
 

PrchJrkr

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Looked at them all.
I did notice one pattern, although it might just be coincidence -

About half the stores listed had a pic of the storefront that is clearly inside a shopping mall.
And for better or worse, malls are dying. I am not sure why - I always liked the comfort of a mall,
the serendipity, the ability to just drop into a store you'd NEVER make a trip specifically to go to -
take a breather in the food court.

But - they are slowly shutting down across the country, and new ones aren't being built much.

I have no idea why.

Demographics of the area generally cause the decline of people willing to risk being accosted when visiting malls. It's really a shame because I used to enjoy the same ability to check out different stores, just because it was convenient. Say what you will, but you shouldn't have to arm yourself just to go shopping.
 

tipsymcgee

Active Member
They got to have the numbers. I just don't believe it. Sure would help the over crowding at the St. Mary's Lowes.
Was it a Lowe's or Super Walmart they were proposing at the old Calvert High area that got voted down by small town calvert groups, and also one of the Commissioner's has a family run small hardware business, which they did not want to approve the outdoor section relating to garden/nursery stuff? Just going off memory. Isn't it weird all anyone wanted to do was build retail centers, and now they sit empty as places like Sears, Gander Mountain, HH Gregg, can't keep up with the boom of Amazon and Walmart.
 
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