In September, we announced that L&L Hawaiian Barbecue would open its first Maryland location in Montgomery County, specifically at 785 Rockville Pike, Suite G, in the Ritchie Center (Rockville). The restaurant is now in its soft opening phase, and you can get a sneak peek in the ‘first look’ video below.
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue has taken over the space previously occupied by Superbowl Noodle House, which permanently closed in March. According to L&L Rockville, soft opening hours on Saturday, December 28th, will be from 11am-9pm with a limited menu and staff training. Regular hours after that will also be 11am-9pm daily. For more details, follow @LLhawaiianBBQrockville on Instagram.
L&L’s menu offers a variety of “Hawaiian comfort food,” blending Asian and American fusion dishes such as BBQ Beef Bowls, Cheeseburgers, Chicken Katsu, Loco Moco (hamburger patties over rice with brown gravy and fried eggs), and Spam Musubi.
Per the restaurant, “With over 200 locations nationwide, including 70 in Hawaii, the closest L&L locations to Maryland are in Virginia– Annandale, Chesapeake, and Suffolk. According to its website, “In the early years, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue was a successful chain of drive-in restaurants with a reputation for serving fresh plate lunches throughout the Hawaiian islands.
In late 1999, our founders – Johnson Kam and Eddie Flores, Jr. – introduced their signature, Asian and American fusion take on the classic plate lunch to the residents of California. Since then, the concept has found fans around the world and there are over 200 L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurants in Hawaii, California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Texas, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Japan. Needless to say, in addition to the fresh, culturally-commingling flavors of Hawaii, every L&L meal is infused with the warmth of aloha – the legendary spirit of welcome that makes every guest feel at home.”
