Robert Wiedmaier’s Mussel Bar & Grille, which closed its Bethesda location at 7262 Woodmont Ave. in April 2022, is set to reopen at a new location in Bethesda on October 16, 2024. According to a recent social media post from the restaurant, the new site will be at 4903 Cordell Avenue.
The new Mussel Bar will occupy the space that was most recently home to Paris in Town for about a year and has previously hosted establishments such as Fuse Taco, Bold Bite, and Smash Burger. Originally launched in Bethesda in July 2010, Mussel Bar also opened a second location in Atlantic City, N.J., which has since closed, while a third location in Ballston remains operational.
Per its website, “inspiration for Mussel Bar is an old-world Belgian roadhouse serving Bière, Moules & Frites, the kind of place where Chef in his youth would head late night to unwind with kitchen colleagues, eat simple food and listen to good music. He’s one of the first to ‘muscle’ the craze and honor his Belgian roots in the DC area with bringing the savory mollusks to the forefront of his own gastro-pubs with the original location in Bethesda, MD that opened in July, 2010.”
