An opinion regarding this “no smoking in the car with kids” law

The Maryland senate passed a bill this morning, a bill designed to make smoking in a car illegal whilst in the presence of a child, 8 years old or younger. A $50 fine could be assessed if a person were to be pulled over by a police officer and seen with an ashtray full of […]

1542 Gastropub seems to be a successful rebranding

  The space formerly known as The Reserve unlocked its doors this past weekend with the softest of openings, giving folks the opportunity to see the fruits of minor construction and a rebranding at the hands of Atlanta based Invigor, with new head chef Cyrus Keefer leading the charge with a new menu that follows […]

A reader’s plea: Where’s the *best* delivery coming from?

A short while ago, I received an email from a reader who expressed and all-caps interest in finding out the following: CAN U PLEASE WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT WHO HAS THE BEST FOOD DELIVERY. I’VE TRIED EVERYBODY WITH NO SUCCESS. Well, excited reader, this is kind of a tricky question, isn’t it? I mean, delivery quality […]

Bill’s Lighthouse sold again (for real this time), to become yet another pizza restaurant

Well it’s been a long time coming: Bill’s Lighthouse Inn, a staple in the South Baltimore area for 30+ years, has finally been sold (for really reals this time) to one Haluk Kantar et al of the Cazbar group, who intend to form Slyce the Bar, a pizza restaurant. ….pizza. Sounds great. Since the news […]

The Cafe Hon Kitchen Nightmares, watch it now

So here we are folks, less than a few hours away here’s the eagerly anticipated episode of Kitchen Nightmares in which we see the usual histrionics, meltdowns, cursing, et cetera – right here in Baltimore! The Cafe Hon saga, roughly 2.5 years in the making (see below), essentially came to a close this past November […]

SoBo’s The Reserve is closed forever, until next week

Man, South Baltimore is on a roll these days with the closings and the reopenings and the rollovers and the what not – The Reserve (1542 Light St, Riverside) is now “closed” … for a week. Here’s a bizarrely worded update per their Facebook page: After 2 1/2 Wonderful years*, The Reserve is officially closing […]