Cafe Deluxe closes in Gaithersburg (Photos)

Cafe Deluxe has closed in Gaithersburg. Located in the Rio/Washingtonian Center, the restaurant was usually crowded and had popular boardwalk seating overlooking the water. The chain's other locations remain open.

Cafe Deluxe opened at Rio in November 2011. I'm personally disappointed, because this was one of my favorite restaurants at Rio, serving one of my favorite DC-area dishes, their Chicken Pot Pie. Fortunately, they still have their other locations.

New dessert menu at Cafe Deluxe (Photos)

Try the new dessert menu at Cafe Deluxe at RIO/Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, which features a new semisweet chocolate bread pudding with caramel sauce, a gigantic new chocolate cake, a warm skillet cookie with ice cream, and this 5-star Brownie Ice Cream Sandwich I tried over the weekend.