Seem to remember the shop you are referring to. I think it was called Gentleman Hunter. It was about a block or two off of Wisconsin Avenue and not too far from the Tasty Diner. Pretty nice stuff, but the citizens got all up tight about having an establishment such as this in the nice and quiet town of Bethesda. i think it closed up a few years ago.
It's really discouraging to me to hear about something like this happening. Unfortunately it's usually a small but vocal minority that will create a rukus about a situation like this. The majority of the citizenry are usually apathetic.
Jim