Sisters Sandwiches & Such, a Montgomery County-based sandwich shop, is planning to open a location in downtown Bethesda by the end of October, according to the owners.
Ajith Wellage told MoCo360 that he and co-owners Ravi Abeynayake and Ron Vogel are partnering to bring Sisters Sandwiches to Bethesda. They are waiting on the architectural drawings for the shop, which will include outdoor seating, to submit permits to the county so construction can begin.
The new eatery will be at 4520 East West Highway in the former location of Perfect Pita, across the street from Round House Theatre and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. It will be the sandwich shop’s third location.
The first Sisters Sandwiches & Such was opened by sisters Kim Carlson and Tammy Prestipino in 2010 in Olney. That shop is at 16834 Georgia Ave. in the historic Higgins Tavern, which was a “trading post and watering hole built in the early 1820s on the old Georgetown-to-Brookville Road,” The Washington Post reported in 2015.
The current owners—Wellage, Abeynayake and Vogel—took over the business in 2019 and opened a second location in Germantown in September 2022, Wellage said. The Germantown location is in an office building at 20201 Century Blvd. Vogel was one of the original co-owners of Booeymonger–a popular delicatessen that had locations in Georgetown, Bethesda and Ballston and currently has a shop in Friendship Heights.
Vogel said the Bethesda location will offer the same menu as the other locations.
Sisters Sandwiches & Such serves classic sandwiches such as tuna salad, turkey, and Caprese, but offers other combinations such as The Smasher–a roasted turkey sandwich with bacon, provolone and BBQ chips–and Trish and Dish’s Roaster Veggie sandwich with roasted zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms and red onions.
The menu also offers breakfast items such as bagels with lox and cream cheese, egg-and-cheese sandwiches and buttermilk pancakes. Soups, including a vegan option, are prepared in-house and the menu includes seven salads.
Upon taking ownership of Sisters Sandwiches & Such, Wellage said he and his co-owners decided to expand the business to include catering services.
“In Bethesda, we expect much more catering than we have in Olney and in Germantown because there are a lot of offices in Bethesda,” he said.