Good Ducking Burger Closes In Bethesda After Opening Last Fall: Report

BETHESDA, MD — Good Ducking Burger, a new eatery in downtown Bethesda, has closed after only four months in business, according to a report.

Ashish Alfred, the restaurant’s owner, told MoCo360, that he opened Good Ducking Burger toward the end of his restaurant company’s lease on the space.

“It piloted well, but the location wasn’t an exact match for the restaurant,” Alfred told MoCo360.

Good Ducking Burger opened in Bethesda on Sept. 29, taking over the former space of Alfred's Duck Duck Goose restaurant.

While Duck Duck Goose Bethesda was an upscale French brasserie, great for special event celebrations, Good Ducking Burger was a family-friendly burger joint, described by Alfred as “smash burger meets Indian street food.”

Good Ducking Burger was not a new concept for Alfred. It had made appearances at Alfred’s other restaurants in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. as a delivery-only ghost kitchen, focusing on American classics like burgers, chicken and fries, with a nod to Alfred’s Indian roots.

“We are always looking for opportunities to reopen in the future and continue to support the Bethesda community, but for now we are focusing on our presence in the Baltimore restaurant market,” Alfred told MoCo360.

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