Ted's Bulletin has posted coming-soon signs at 7715 Woodmont Ave. in downtown Bethesda.

The signage, promoting a 2027 opening, went up at the roughly 6,300-square-foot building that housed Woodmont Grill for decades, Robert Dyer reported Nov. 2. The all-day diner chain will fill one of the most prominent vacant restaurant spaces in downtown Bethesda, right next to Tastee Diner and the Marriott International headquarters.

Steve Salis, owner of the D.C.-based hospitality company Catalogue, purchased the property from Hillstone Restaurant Group for $7 million. The deal closed Aug. 17, according to a Catalogue press release cited by Bethesda Magazine. UrbanTurf first reported the purchase and Ted's Bulletin plans in August.

"We've been looking at Bethesda for more than six years, and this property stood out as the right opportunity because of its location and history within the community," Salis said in a statement, according to Bethesda Magazine.

The Bethesda location would be Ted's Bulletin's 10th in the Washington metro area and its second in Montgomery County. The chain already operates in Gaithersburg's Downtown Crown. Ted's Bulletin first opened on Capitol Hill in 2010. Salis acquired the chain in 2017 and folded it into Catalogue, which also runs Federalist Pig, Kramers, Sidekick Bakery and Honeymoon Chicken.

Salis is no stranger to Bethesda. Catalogue ran Ensemble, a digital food hall offering pickup and delivery, at 4856 Cordell Ave. for about two years, according to The MoCo Show.

The building sat empty for about a year. Woodmont Grill closed abruptly in October 2025, catching customers and staff off guard after more than 30 years in business. The restaurant opened as a Houston's in 1992 before Hillstone rebranded it as Woodmont Grill in 2008. UrbanTurf described it as a neighborhood staple known for dishes like prime rib and for hosting live jazz.

Hillstone, a Los Angeles-based company, told Axios at the time that "a diminishment of parking over time" and difficulty keeping the restaurant staffed to its service standards drove the decision. The space had 65 employees when it closed, according to Bethesda Magazine.

No exact opening date has been announced beyond the 2027 target on the new signage.