The Salt Line Pulls Up to Bethesda With Late-Night Hours and Squid Salads | Eater DC

"Opening July 11 on Bethesda Row, the Salt Line brings its Navy Yard–born raw bar and sustainable seafood program to 7284 Woodmont Avenue, expanding the brand that began next to Nationals Park and opened a Ballston outpost in 2021. The 7,500-square-foot, seafaring space by GrizForm Design Architects features mahogany paneling, blue tones, brass fixtures, booths resembling yacht seats, vintage oil paintings, and a shucking station shaped like a Chris‑Craft boat. The menu imports signature items — lobster rolls, seafood towers, smash burgers, baked clams, and beloved New England “stuffies” (baked middleneck clams with smoked linguica, lemon, breadcrumbs, and parmesan) — and introduces new dishes such as a grilled giant squid salad, kombu‑cured kanpachi with toasted pistachio, nori tempura, leeks and coriander vinaigrette, and a Maine peekytoe crab roll, alongside baked crab dip, Portuguese stew, a local heirloom tomato salad, bucatini with clams, and Kyle Bailey’s Nashville‑hot soft‑shell crab. Dinner service starts daily at 4 p.m. (lunch and brunch to follow), and a rare-for-the-suburb late‑night menu offers half‑priced oysters, $10 espresso martinis and $5 Narragansett beers for walk‑ins from 9:30 p.m. until close (midnight Sun–Thu, 1 a.m. Fri–Sat); a huge U‑shaped bar sends out coastal cocktails like a Cape Codder G&T, blue cheese martini and sbagliato spritz, plus beers, wines and oyster shooters." - Tierney Plumb