Miso Cafe, Samovar to Open in Rockville Town Square

Miso Café and Samovar will open their first Maryland locations at Rockville Town Square this summer, Federal Realty Investment Trust has announced.

Samovar will specialize in primarily Russian cuisine, with Eastern European and Central Asian influences. The father-daughter owners, Solijon Nasimov and Ika Nasimova, have more than 25 years of experience in the industry, with restaurants in New York, Colorado, and their home country of Tajikistan, but this will be their first DC area restaurant.

They also cater the Russian Trade and Cultural Missions and Tajikistan Embassy in Washington, D.C. Their new restaurant will feature live music on the weekends, and is expected to open at Rockville Town Square this July at 201 N. Washington St.

The full-service, Korean fusion restaurant, Miso Café, will be located at 33-E Maryland Avenue.

The two businesses join the growing roster of new restaurants coming to, or newly opened at, Rockville Town Square. Peter Chang’s highly anticipated restaurant is expected to open this spring, while the newly opened Ev & Maddy’s is serving contemporary French-inspired cuisine made with locally sourced ingredients.

“The additions of Miso Café and Samovar nicely complement the current mix of casual and ethnic dining options that are so popular at Rockville Town Square,” says Joseph Byrnes, Director of Leasing, Federal Realty Investment Trust.