What's New Along Reisterstown Road: New Vein Clinic

A new business is moving into the Festival at Woodholme Shopping Center.

Vein Clinics of America is moving into a suite at The Festival at Woodholme Shopping Center. Signage is up, and work is under way to renovate suite 146. The clinic is part of a chain—a network of phlebologists—treating vein disease, including vericose and spider veins. For more information, call 866-923-VEIN. Have you been waiting for this type of business to move in at the festival?

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Police: Neighboring Employees Scuffle Over Trashcan, Wood

The following information was supplied by the Baltimore County Police Department. In cases where a criminal charge is noted, the information provided does not indicate a conviction.

Employees at two Festival at Woodholme restaurants got into a scuffle Tuesday over a trashcan set out back, police say. At about 2:30 p.m., Baltimore County police were called to the Corner Bakery Cafe where an employee told police that someone at Al Pacino Cafe had wood stored in a Corner Bakery trashcan. Police told employees of both stores, located next door to each other in the Festival at Woodholme shopping center, that it's not a matter for police, but they should work together, or stay away from each other. At 3:21 p.m. the officer went back to Corner Bakery for another call. An employee said that an employee from the other restaurant had struck him. According to the report, a Corner Bakery employee "had a small laceration behind …

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Maureen of Maryland Hypnosis

2:52 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2012

People are fighting over something foolish like this? Are they children or adults acting like kids with a bad attitiude.   more ›

Pikesville Crime: Burglar Kicks in Glass Door

The following information was supplied by the Baltimore County Police Department. In cases where a criminal charge is noted, the information provided does not indicate a conviction.

A burglar vandalized a glass door at a Festival at Woodholme business, then stole some merchandise. At about 2:12 a.m. Sunday, he threw a rock at a glass door then kicked it until the glass broke at the AT&T Wireless store, according to a police report. He then came in and took a variety of unknown items from the shelves, the report states. The suspect ran toward Greene Tree Road. Anyone with information about who she is, or where she is, is asked to call Baltimore County Police at 410-307-2020, or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-756-2587.

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Pikesville Wine Country

Go Local During Maryland Wine Week

Wine stores in Pikesville, Baltimore and Timonium are offering specials and special events from June 8-17.

Through June 17 is the time to try wines produced in our own state. The second annual Maryland Wine Week is now upon us, taking place Friday through June 17, which means that stores and restaurants are offering specials on Maryland wines, as well as events. Here are just some of the events scheduled: Pikesville At The Wine Loft at 1809 Reisterstown Road in the Festival at Woodholme shopping center, get 10 percent off of all Maryland wines, beginning Friday through the 17th. Also, The Wine Loft has scheduled three Maryland wines tasting events from 1-6 p.m. on June 9, 14 and 16. Baltimore During Maryland Wines Week, Clementine at 5402 Harford Rd., Baltimore, offers $1 off each glass of Maryland wines, and $4 off local bottles. Timonium …

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Corner Bakery's Exterior Is Shaping Up

The new patio is being completed, and new awnings and signs are posted at the restaurant that's set to open in July.

Construction is ongoing at the Festival at Woodholme, preparing for the July opening of Corner Bakery Cafe. On Wednesday, the stonework was completed around the base of the new patio, and there were new awnings and signage. Work was ongoing inside, as well. Representatives for the corporate office of Corner Bakery Cafe have said the restaurant will open next month.

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Corner Bakery Cafe Construction—Outside?

There's a lot of construction going on outside the site of the Corner Bakery Cafe, set to open in July. Could this foundation work mean a patio and outdoor seating?

They're pouring a foundation today outside the Corner Bakery Cafe site in the Festival at Woodholme Shopping Center. Maybe this means outdoor seating? However, it could also mean there's an expansion of the indoor dining area in the works. The Corner Bakery Cafe, offering breakfast, sandwiches, paninis, salads, Wifi and more, is set to open in July, according to an official in the restaurant chain's corporate headquarters. It could open as early as July 2, the official said Tuesday in an email to Pikesville Patch. The new restaurant replaces Chicken Out that closed last year. Are there any construction types reading this who know more? Check out this photo, and give your opinion on what's going on?

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Janet Metzner

4:11 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012

I asked a construction worker today as I passed in my car. He said they're building a patio at the Corner Bakery Cafe site. So that's good news!   more ›

UPDATE: Loft to Open at 10 a.m. Friday

The new women's clothing store will reportedly feature a new concept: A larger dressing room, called a style closet, featuring outfits already put together, including accessories.

UPDATE 1:59 (p.m.)—Loft in the Festival at Woodholme is set to open at 10 a.m. Friday, a brand representative told Pikesville Patch. The women's clothing store will feature a concept of 'style closet.' That refers to a new type of dressing room—one that's a little larger, and includes mannequins wearing coordinated outfits and accessories. It's a way to get customers in the dressing room communicating about the fashions, and to get ideas, the representative said. Also, according to the representative, who wouldn't allow her name to be published: An opening event will be held from 1-5 p.m. Saturday. There will be a DJ and free skin consulting from one of the new Loft's neighbors, About Faces Day Salon and Spa. There will be raffles of Loft …

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Lucas Kellogg

8:14 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012

Hi all! My name is Lucas and I am the new store manager for LOFT at Woodholme. I am excited to see you in the store and around the shopping center, and welcome you to invite your friends to come visit us! We are a new store and are 100% committed to helping you with all of your fashion needs! Please come in to meet me, and allow us to be your personal fashion advisor! Furthermore, please let me …   more ›

Pikesville Wine Country

Found: Four Weird Wines at Wine Loft

There's something unusual about each of the shop's wine selections this week.

One grape was lost but now is found, while another grows mainly in Spain. There's one that shines with seafood, and another that sparkles red. They're the main attractions in the "four weird wines" of The Wine Loft, and you can get a taste of their unusual natures from 1-6 p.m. Saturday during the shop's weekly wine tasting: The lost grape—Vistamar Carmenere. Once thought to be extinct after being grown in the Bordeaux region of France, this Carmenere grape was unexpectedly found again being grown in Chile, said Manager Carrie Blank, wine specialist. Interestingly, though, Chileans mistakenly thought they had been growing a Merlot grape. "Now, it's the signature grape of Chile," and is also grown in Argentina, Blank said. "It's ... really …

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Speak Out: Shopping Carts Abandoned at the Festival

Trader Joe's shopping carts were jammed along the sidewalk Tuesday at the Festival at Woodholme shopping center.

  One-by-one, shoppers on Tuesday afternoon shamelessly carted their groceries from Trader Joe's to the curb, abandoning the carts right in the walkways. Sure, it's convenient and understandable that shoppers who are elderly or who have disabilities leave the carts there. But otherwise, should the walkways become a course of red, wheeled obstacles? It wasn't only Tuesday. This is a regular sight at the popular shopping center. Who do you believe is responsible for taking carts back? Each shopper? The store? When you shop there, do you take your cart back after you're finished? Is it part of your shopping routine? Or are you one of the customers who takes the time to collect others' carts and push them back as well? Tell us in the comments.

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William Metzner, Sr.

5:37 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012

Galway G: Understood.   more ›