CHARLOTTE HALL, Md. – Helen’s Cafe announced via Facebook that they will be closing their doors on Sunday, March 24, 2024. The sudden news comes from the announcement that the Farmers Market and Auction in Charlotte Hall will be torn down in preparation for the upcoming Chic-Fil-A and Aldi.
In February 2023, it was announced that a new shopping center would be coming to Charlotte Hall. The new businesses will join the already existing McDonald’s, Burger King, Chipotle, and Dairy Queen on site.
Helen’s Cafe stated that they are working on finding a new location, preferably between Hollywood and Charlotte Hall.
“We hope it all works out but we did not expect this sudden news. We are all very sad with this situation. Thank you to all that have supported us for the last 5.5 years,” said the cafe.
Make sure you visit the cafe’s current location and the rest of the market while they’re here! Helen’s Cafe’s address is 29890 Three Notch Rd, building A, Charlotte Hall, MD.
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Sad this is happening. We don’t need more fast food or grocery stores. This area is hazardous for traffic as it is. Same thing happened to Linda’s in L-P city. Getting another gas station right at the gate to Pax River. Local owned business doesn’t stand a chance! Maybe we need new county commissioners and LUGUM.
Great- more traffic on unimproved roads and my guess is they’ll want a light just light Sheets does. Pathetic use of land and growth management in this county.
Sure you’ll find another location
Oh no! Our local charm and traditions are being erased and we will just be another town without visible history or local culture. Disgusting and unacceptable.
I second that
I second that
Wow, the end of the Farmers Market, that has been there many decades
I’m sure Republican Matt Morgan will say nothing about this… this is his area!!!!
I’m sure he’s getting a yacht upgrade from this.
Where are the St Marys commissioners?!!
Counting their cash
This has been in the works for some time, where have all of you, including the owners of Helen’s Cafe? This is not, “unexpected news” whatsoever.
Rs or Ds; You all know that their agenda is to make another Waldorf in St. Mary’s County. You should have asked your candidates what their plan (agenda) was for more unnecessary building there.
We all knew that the jive 5 in Charles County had a huge tree removal planned for a thousand more houses and they’ve done it. But the lemmings up here still voted them in. Something to do with keeping the hood real…
They are doing the same crap in Calvert County. Couldn’t figure out what to do with prime land where school was..so they put another unneeded strip mall with Aldi’s and other crappy stores. Lining their pockets…
Yay!! Chick fil a!! can’t wait and hopefully Aldi will take away from the crazy lines at food lion!
LEAVE HUGHESVILLE AND CHARLOTTE HALL ALONE!! You corrupt politicians have already made a mess out of Waldorf, LaPlata, LP, LT, etc etc. Give us this little bit of space?
If you don’t like sprawl, why not move? You live in one of the most dense urban areas of the country. It’s like somebody who lives in Alaska complaining about the cold. I welcome the convenience of the new establishments as well as they revenue they will provide. Maybe with the extra money we can finally fix the traffic in that stretch of 3 Notch.
What do people expect of Charlotte Hall its smack in the middle of the Tri-County area. Its going to have growth. Cant wait for Aldi to come. Since April 1st when everything was suppose to be cleared out of the farmer market (eye sore) Ive been looking for the dozers.
We gots to get dat chicky sandwich, yo!
We don’t need anything else in Charlotte Hall. We already have a hardware store that’s closed on Sunday, why would we need a crappy chicken shack that’s also closed on Sunday? Keep that crap out of here.
So sad my heart is hurting and crying. So many memories of my childhood going to the market with my grandma and hooks and hangers and McKay and the laundromat.
I viewed one comment from a person who basically told us “old timers” to leave the county if we didn’t like urban sprawl. How ludicrous can one person be and still be lucid. The reason we came here 65 years ago was because it was rural and we wanted to escape the madness, the crime, and the pollution of the environment in the urban area. My first sight of St. Mary’s County was at Cedar Point with my feet in the water and my nose smelling the brisk salt air. It was paradise then and soon it will be lost like every other bastion of natural supremacy.