El Jefe Pizza Opens First Brick-and-Mortar Location - The MoCo Show

Oct 14, 2024

El Jefe Wood-Fired Pizza, a locally owned food truck that serves across Montgomery County, has opened a stall inside the Solaire Social Food Hall (8200 Dixon Ave) in Silver Spring. Pizza options include the Jeferoni (pepperoni), Don Queso (cheese), Margherita, and Speedy Gonzalez (white pizza).

Solaire Social is a 13,000 square-foot “culinary collective,” curated by chef and restaurateur, Akhtar Nawab of Hospitality HQ. Additional details below:

“Solaire Social lives by the motto, “Eat.Drink.Be Social”, presenting a destination focused around community, providing a stage for chef-driven cultural culinary concepts to showcase a curated experience enriched by diverse food, and entertainment. It is the cornerstone retail activation in the new 27 story, 403-unit residential building, Solaire 8200 Dixon. The project was developed through a partnership between Washington Property Company (WPC) and the Cresset-Diversified QOZ Fund I.

Designed by Eimer Design the interior builds on Silver Spring’s industrial past. In the early 2000s, WPC realized the potential of the Ripley District, which was then a declining Silver Spring industrial area along the railroad tracks. WPC envisioned a lively destination neighborhood with an energetic mix of dining, housing, and entertainment possibilities.In addition to the venue’s 40-seat bar and entertainment stage, the food vendors, personally chosen by Chef Akhtar, are a mix of culinarians that make up the fabric of Silver Spring from Fried Chicken to Sushi, Thai, Indian, and Brazilian, to a Butcher and Deli, and African inspired ice cream: