A little over a year after opening Caruso’s Grocery in Capitol Hill, Neighborhood Restaurant Group and chef Matt Adler are already preparing to open a second location in the Pike & Rose development of North Bethesda this fall. The restaurant will take over the dining room of beer-centric American tavern Owen’s Ordinary, which will rebrand as Owen’s Tavern and Garden with just the bar area and patio.

Adler says Owen’s 90-seat dining room was never as busy as the bar and patio. So when he and NRG founder Michael Babin started looking to expand Caruso’s, they figured it made sense to repurpose the underutilized space.