December Updates

December is here!  The holidays seem to be coming faster than normal.  Be safe!  2020 will be here before we know it.

Have you been to the Waldorf Olive Garden since the remodel?  It looks great!  Always like to see companies freshen up the look of their buildings.   

Panera Bread has opened at the Landing at Woodyard 8823 Woodyard Road in Clinton.

Sweetbay Restaurant & Bar in Leonardtown, MD is NOW HIRING.  22680 Washington Square.  This new restaurant in Leonardtown is looking for friendly and competent servers, hostesses, food runners, cooks, and dishwashers.  Full-time and Part-time positions available.  Please send your resume to PeterL@sohodc.com
No date for opening yet.

Lidl Grand opening is set for December 18th with a ribbon cutting at 7:45 and opening at 8:00 am. 3461 Promenade Place in Waldorf.

Two local Shoppers Food Warehouse stores in Waldorf and Lexington Park will be converted to McKay's Food stores next year.  

KFC in Waldorf is almost finished with their renovations and should open back up this winter.

The new 7-Eleven will open in Waldorf at the Shopes at Piney Church Friday December 19th.

The address is 11690 Billingsley Road.  They will have a grand opening event from 10 am- 2 pm.

Majestic E-Gamer Lounge and the play place have opened in the St. Charles Towne Center Mall on the first floor by Sears.

June Updates

Post #300!  Summer is here and new businesses continue to grow in Southern Maryland!  Do you like this monthly announcement set up?  I added a search bar on the right to help with locating certain interests.  Let me know!  

Marshall's is joining the store line up at The Landing at Woodyard in Clinton.

Cold Stone and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is now open at St. Marys Marketplace in California, MD

 KFC has demolished the old store in Waldorf and is building a new one in the same location.

Firehouse Subs now open at The Landing at Woodyard in Clinton.

The new 65,000 square foot 3 level Top Golf opens in Oxon Hill this Friday at 9 a.m. at 6400 Clipper Way.  This will be their third location in the DMV area.

Hancock Family Farms will be opening a store in the Town of La Plata near the Green Turtle.  Look for an opening date in July.

Lidl Waldorf has walls going up on site.  Still no word on an opening date.  I'm guessing late Fall.

The store will be located on the corner of St. Patrick's Drive and Smallwood Drive.  Updates as we get them.

April Updates

Happy Spring to all!  April updates have started.   Updated 4/30/19

Mezeh Mediterranean Grill and Righttime Medical Care are coming to the St. Mary's Marketplace in California, MD.  Mezeh will open in the Summer in the same area as Starbucks and Righttime late Spring next to Tropical Smoothie.  This will be the forth location for Righttime in the Southern Maryland area including one coming to Prince Frederick.


The Slice House now open at 41565 Park Ave, Leonardtown, MD. They specialize in brick oven pizza.  They had their soft opening 4/8 so they are getting into their groove.  

Ulta Beauty will have its grand opening May 3rd in California, MD at the Wildewood Shopping Center.

The trees being cleared at the corner of Smallwood drive and St. Patricks Drive are for the Lidl Grocery store.  Not apartments. No word on an opening date.

Harbor Freight Grand Opening is scheduled for May 15, 2019  Looks to be a soft opening starting April 30th.

Mission BBQ is set to open  May 6, 2019 in Waldorf in the former Cafe Rio spot.

KFC Waldorf latest news is that they want to do a tear down and rebuild of the store.  They are working to see if that is possible.

Cold Stone Creamery is now open in La Plata next to Chipotle.

Lidl Grocery Coming to Waldorf

Lidl has just purchased a 9 acre parcel for a new grocery store in Waldorf.  The Property is located at the corner of Smallwood Drive and St. Patrick's Drive across the street from the County Library.  The project is in its planning stage so there is no opening date.  

Lidl is a German discount supermarket based in Neckarsulm, Germany.  It operates over 10,000 stores across Europe and approximately 52 so far in the United States.  It is very similar to an Aldi Market and it's their biggest competitor.  More details as the project progresses. 

UPDATE: Ground clearing has started

June 2019-They have started putting up walls