RUTA Ukrainian Restaurant has closed its Bethesda location after a little more than two years in business.
A representative from RUTA’s Washington, D.C. location confirmed that the Bethesda restaurant will not be reopening. The Bethesda location has also been removed from RUTA’s website.
RUTA opened at 4862 Cordell Avenue in August 2024, taking over the former Momo Chicken space. At the time of its opening, the restaurant billed itself as Maryland’s first Ukrainian restaurant.
The Bethesda restaurant was RUTA’s second location. Its original restaurant opened at 327 7th Street SE in Washington, D.C., where it became the city’s first Ukrainian restaurant. That location remains open…