Small Business Saturday 2018: Silver Spring

SILVER SPRING, 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 Silver Spring businesses — according to American Express — that you can support on Small Business Saturday:

Dining

• Copper Canyon Grill — 928 Ellsworth Dr
• McGinty's Public House & Restaurant — 911 Ellsworth Dr
• All Set Restaurant & Bar — 8630 Fenton St
• Denizens Brewing Co — 1115 East West Hwy
• Urban Butcher — 8226 Georgia Ave
• La Malinche — 8622 Colesville Rd
• El Aguila Restaurant — 7926 Georgia Ave
• Lucy Ethiopian Restaurant — 8301 Georgia Ave
• Roger Miller Restaurant — 941 Bonifant St
• Rohobot Restaurant — 7833 Eastern Ave
• Pho Tan Vinh — 8705 Colesville Rd
• Thai Market — 902 Thayer Ave

Shopping

• Strosniders Hardware — 815 Wayne Ave
• Lenox Park — 1400 East West Hwy
• Sports Town — 8634 Colesville Rd
• The Optical Shop — 8630 Fenton St
• Beauty Pro — 8661 Colesville Rd
• Piney Branch Beer & Wine — 8204 Piney Branch Rd
• The Bicycle Place — 9168 Brookville Rd
• The Record Exchange — 8642 Colesville Rd
• Footlights — 938 Wayne Ave
• Pour Moi — 8661 Colesville Rd
• The Noon — 7918 Georgia Ave
• Tailoring & Alterations Center — 8305 Fenton St

Services

• Mr Wash Car Wash — 7996 Georgia Ave
• Murray's Auto Clinic — 999 Philadelphia Ave
• Headlines Hair Designers — 8740 Georgia Ave
• Kessler Cleaners — 1304 East West Hwy
• Huynh Pam Nail — 910 Thayer Ave
• Fatty's Tattoos — 8638 Colesville Rd
• Andreas Shoe Repair — 8661 Colesville Rd
• The Suite Barbershop — 629 Sligo Ave
• Orchid Nails — 8423 Georgia Ave
• Number One Cleaners — 525 Dale Dr
• Photo Me Multimedia Production — 8203 Fenton St

For more businesses in Silver Spring, click here.

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