Loyalty Bookstores will officially open its second location, in downtown Silver Spring, Md., this weekend. Founder Hannah Oliver Depp and her team will host an opening celebration on Saturday. The store will be at 823 Ellsworth Drive through the holiday season, and a longer-term deal is in the works to stay in the heart of Silver Spring.
Like the original location in D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood, the Silver Spring store will have an inventory focused on diverse literature and a selection encompassing bestsellers, children's books, gift items and more. Loyalty Silver Spring will also host free children's storytime sessions every Thursday and Saturday, in addition to a full suite of author readings and book talks.
Depp has been working toward opening a location in Silver Spring since she ran a successful pop-up shop there during the 2018 holiday season. Throughout 2019, Loyalty was also a regular presence at the Silver Springs farmer's market. She founded the original Loyalty Bookstore in February of this year, after purchasing Upshur Street Books from the store's original owner. This spring, publisher Gene Taft joined Depp as her business partner.