Small Business Saturday 2019: Who You Can Support In Rockville

ROCKVILLE, MD — Wedged between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday — an annual holiday shopping tradition that encourages people to patronize mom-and-pop stores in their area.

American Express created Small Business Saturday in 2010 as a way to help struggling small businesses rebound from the economic recession.

"What began nine years ago as an effort to support local stores during the holiday shopping season has become the Shop Small movement, bringing together millions of shoppers, small businesses of all kinds, civic leaders and organizations in thousands of towns and cities across the country," said Elizabeth Rutledge, chief marketing officer at American Express. "Shopping small has a significant and positive effect on local communities, and we hope Small Business Saturday will help to amplify that effect during the crucial holiday shopping season. When we spend local, small businesses thrive. And when small businesses thrive, we all thrive."

Since 2010, thousands of stores have joined the movement and helped local businesses during the holiday season. An American Express survey found that U.S. consumers spent an estimated $85 million at local retailers and restaurants since the tradition started.

Here are some Rockville businesses — according to American Express — that you can support on Small Business Saturday:

Dining

• Mission Bbq Rockville — 885 Rockville Pike
• Iron Age Asian Grill — 1054 Rockville Pike
• World Of Beer — 196 E. Montgomery Ave.
• Peter Chang — 20 Maryland Ave.
• La Tasca — 141 Gibbs St.
• Pho Nom Nom — 842 Rockville Pike
• Hard Times Cafe — 1117 Nelson St
• East Pearl Restaurant — 838 Rockville Pike
• Haodong — 700 Hungerford Dr.
• Bonchon Rockville — 107 Gibbs St.

Shopping

• Vietfood — 1066 Rockville Pike
• Cameron's Seafood Market — 875 Hungerford Dr.
• Japomen — 1066 Rockville Pike
• Ourisman Vw Mazda — 801 Rockville Pike
• Classic Beer & Wine — 891 Rockville Pike
• Regal Paint Centers — 500 Hungerford Dr.
• Twin Valley Distillers — 711 East Gude Dr.
• Knock First — 765 Rockville Pike
• Wagging Tails Thrift & Gift Shop — 1310 E. Gude Dr
• Ten Ren Tea Ginseng Co — 825 Rockville Pike