Maryland food creator Nomtastic Kim recently shared a guide to seven dim sum spots across the state, with four of the featured restaurants located in Montgomery County.

The roundup includes a mix of traditional dim sum restaurants with weekend cart service, made-to-order options, and an all-you-can-eat experience. The four Montgomery County selections are Q by Peter Chang in Bethesda, Far East Restaurant in Rockville, Corner Bites in Rockville, and A&J Restaurant in Rockville.

Q by Peter Chang, located at 4500 East-West Highway in Bethesda, offers an all-you-can-eat dim sum experience on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-3pm. The guide highlights the restaurant’s more than 40 options and recommends dishes including the scallion bubble pancake, Sichuan chili wontons, chive and shrimp cake, and fresh shrimp rice crepe.

Far East Restaurant, located at 5055 Nicholson Lane in Rockville, has been a longtime destination for dim sum in Montgomery County. The restaurant offers dim sum daily with cart service on weekends. Nomtastic Kim describes Far East as a local staple and notes that the restaurant serves traditional favorites along with newer creations. The restaurant has been serving dim sum since 1974 and has operated at its current location since 1984.

Corner Bites, located at 316 N. Washington Street in Rockville, is one of the newer restaurants included in the roundup. Rather than relying on traditional carts, the restaurant specializes in Hong Kong-style Cantonese dim sum prepared to order. Recommended items include its baked BBQ pork pastries, stuffed eggplant, and egg tarts. Corner Bites opened in 2025 in the former Bob’s Noodle 66 space and has also received recognition from Washingtonian for its made-to-order approach.

A&J Restaurant, located at 1319 Rockville Pike in Rockville, rounds out the Montgomery County selections. The restaurant differs from the more traditional Cantonese dim sum spots on the list, specializing in Taiwanese and Northern Chinese-style small plates. Nomtastic Kim recommends its pan-fried pork dumplings, scallion pancake, and beef noodle soup. The Rockville restaurant opened in 1996 and has developed a longtime following for its handmade dumplings, noodles, buns, and other dishes.

Outside Montgomery County, the guide also features Mai Dragon at 2647 Annapolis Road in Hanover, which offers daily dim sum and weekend cart service; Dim Sum Palace at 6600 Baltimore National Pike in Catonsville, where weekend cart service includes items such as black truffle shrimp dumplings and crabmeat dumplings; and Asian Court at 11105 Resort Road in Ellicott City, known for Hong Kong-style dim sum and weekend roaming carts.

The seven selections span several different styles of dim sum experiences, from traditional rolling carts to made-to-order dishes and all-you-can-eat service, while Montgomery County accounts for more than half of the restaurants featured in the guide.

 

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Full On Craft Eats & Drink, which operates locations in Rockville and Annapolis, has been selected as Maryland’s representative in Chowhound’s list of the “Best Sandwich Spot in Every State.”

The list is an editorial selection rather than a formal award or reader poll. Chowhound said it searched extensively for highly rated sandwich shops across the country, considering everything from classics like grilled cheese and Reubens to regional specialties.

For Maryland, the publication selected Full On Craft, highlighting the restaurant’s five-star Yelp rating, unique coleslaw, craft beer selection, cocktails and crab cakes. Chowhound also noted that co-owner Michelle Houser Harris appeared on “Hell’s Kitchen” in 2015.

Full On is known for its sandwiches featuring meats roasted in-house, homemade sauces and scratch-made sides. The restaurant also offers soups, onion rings and a rotating selection of regional beer and wine.

Full On opened its current Rockville location at 5566 Norbeck Road in the Rock Creek Village Center in April, taking over the former Creek Lodge Bar & Grill space. The move came after the restaurant closed its longtime location at 4007 Norbeck Road in February.

The restaurant also operates at the Annapolis Harbour Center, where it opened in February 2022 in the former Baja Fresh space. The Chowhound recognition is not the first time Full On has received statewide recognition for its sandwiches. Business Insider previously named Full On Maryland’s best sandwich shop based on Yelp reviews.

Barbecue is coming to Brew Belly at 18065 Georgia Ave. in Olney, with the restaurant’s former owner teaming up with its new owner to launch a new catering operation and weekly barbecue pop-up every Friday from 11am-3pm in the Brew Belly parking lot.

David Calkins owned Brew Belly for approximately eight years before selling the business to Ben Schwartz about six months ago. Calkins has remained involved during the transition, helping Schwartz get settled in, and the two are now partnering on Underbelly Barbecue, a new barbecue catering operation based out of Brew Belly.

Calkins is no stranger to barbecue. He founded Urban BBQ and spent several years competing on the World Food Championships circuit. Schwartz is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. Underbelly will hold a “Friday Smoke Show” every Friday from 11am-3pm in the Brew Belly parking lot in Olney, serving what Calkins describes as elevated, competition-style barbecue.

Rather than focusing on one particular barbecue region, the menu pulls from different styles. Calkins describes the brisket as Texas-style and the pulled pork as Memphis-style, with St. Louis spare ribs and jalapeño half smokes also among the initial offerings.

The core menu is expected to remain fairly consistent from week to week, but Calkins plans to mix in different preparations and specialty items. Potential offerings include Dr Pepper ribs, salt-and-pepper ribs, pork belly lollipops and Texas Twinkies. The first week’s lineup features four meats and five sides, with Calkins saying that could eventually expand to as many as six of each. Sides include honey lime coleslaw, deviled egg potato salad, burnt end BBQ beans, braised collard greens and Cooper Sharp mac and cheese.

The partnership also gives Calkins and Schwartz an opportunity to grow Underbelly beyond the Friday events, with barbecue catering operating out of Brew Belly.

Brew Belly itself has undergone another menu change since the ownership transition. The restaurant has moved away from its traditional cheesesteaks in favor of what Calkins describes as a cross between a cheesesteak and a chopped cheese. The sandwiches are served on sesame-seeded Liscio’s rolls.