Small Business Saturday 2019: Who You Can Support In Germantown

GERMANTOWN, MD — Wedged between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday — an annual holiday shopping tradition that encourages people to patronize mom-and-pop stores in their area.

American Express created Small Business Saturday in 2010 as a way to help struggling small businesses rebound from the economic recession.

"What began nine years ago as an effort to support local stores during the holiday shopping season has become the Shop Small movement, bringing together millions of shoppers, small businesses of all kinds, civic leaders and organizations in thousands of towns and cities across the country," said Elizabeth Rutledge, chief marketing officer at American Express. "Shopping small has a significant and positive effect on local communities, and we hope Small Business Saturday will help to amplify that effect during the crucial holiday shopping season. When we spend local, small businesses thrive. And when small businesses thrive, we all thrive."

Since 2010, thousands of stores have joined the movement and helped local businesses during the holiday season. An American Express survey found that U.S. consumers spent an estimated $85 million at local retailers and restaurants since the tradition started.

Here are some Germantown businesses — according to American Express — that you can support on Small Business Saturday:

Dining

• Picca Pollo A La Brasa — 13000 Middlebrook Rd.
• Sabai Sabai Simply Thai — 19847 Century Blvd.
• Senor Tequila's Fine Mexican Grill & Bar — 20021 Century Blvd.
• Moby Dick House Of Kabob — 12844 Pinnacle Dr.
• Bonchon — 19775 Frederick Rd.
• The Green Turtle — 19961 Century Blvd.
• Honey Pig — 19727 Frederick Rd.
• Da Marco The Italian Place — 20630 Seneca Meadows Parkway
• Bgr - The Burger Joint — 20940 Frederick Rd.
• Woodside Deli — 13048 Middlebrook Rd.
• Pho House — 13073 Wisteria Dr.

Shopping

• Kingsview Beer & Wine — 13406 Kingsview Village
• Sugarloaf Beer Wine & Deli — 12955 Wisteria Dr.
• Regal Paint Centers — 20948 Frederick Rd.
• Lancaster County Meats — 12613 Wisteria Dr.
• Tom Wilson — 19815 Frederick Rd.
• Jenny's Beauty — 12929 Wisteria Dr.
• Criswell Maserati — 19570 Amaranth Dr.
• Lapps Quality Furniture — 12613 Wisteria Dr.