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Roy's Place Has Served Its Final Sandwich

Landmark restaurant closes doors after 58-years.

 

Roy’s Place, an iconic Gaithersburg restaurant, has shuttered its doors for good. 

In December, Patch reported that Roy’s Place, once home to a dizzying array of more than 200 sandwiches, was seeing its business “dying off a little bit” and would cut its hours.

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"Roy’s was obviously one of Olde Towne’s signature establishments," Gaithersburg Economic Development Director Tom Lonergan said. "While understanding that few things last forever, it’s always sad when a place like Roy’s closes its doors for good."

First opened in Rockville in 1955, Roy’s Place moved to its Diamond Avenue location in Gaithersburg, and quickly became a local legend for offering some of the most unusual concoctions to ever be served between two pieces of bread.

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“I haven’t been to Roy’s since I was a kid,” said Janet Johnston. “I remember looking through page after page of what I thought was the weirdest stuff I had ever heard of liver, oysters, stuff my family never ate, but it was always a good time” she concluded.

From the #1 “Keswick Fangworthy,” which featured a 5.3 oz. hamburger patty, three fried oysters, Swiss cheese and horseradish to #216 “The Buffalo Gals,” a breaded chicken breast slathered in spicy buffalo wing sauce with muenster cheese and blue cheese on the side, the phone book-sized menu was not for the faint of heart.

The Washington Post singled out Roy’s “Bender Schmender” as one of “Fifteen sandwiches that are more sandwichy than a half-smoke," in a recent blog post. The Schmender featured turkey, corned beef, brisket, roast pork, chicken liver pate and golden sauce piled almost a foot high.

David Stephenson, a retired contractor from Montgomery Village wasn’t aware that Roy’s had closed. “That’s not cool, too many places like that are closing down these days” he said. “Roy’s was the place to go in Gaithersburg - it’s where I would bring out-of-town friends as a special thing.”

Editor's Note: Gaithersburg Patch editor Greg Cohen contributed to this report.

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