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As you may be aware of, last Friday marked the beginning of Baltimore’s Summer Restaurant Week, during which oodles of area restaurants strut their stuff by offering prix-fixe menus at $20.11 for a lunch, or $35.11 for (usually) a three-course dinner. A fine value to be sure, especially with options like a-favorite-of-mine Helmand (806 North […]
I’ll usually hit up Phoenix Emporium (8049 Main Street, Ellicott City) specifically for their wide selection of bottled beers (“From around the world!”) or maybe a club sandwich on a Sunday, but a few days ago felt that twitchy Nacho Nerve™ twitching again and decided to give the pubbery’s “Super Nachos” a whirl. Running at […]
In the grand tradition of making bars and restaurants in the Federal Hill area larger by absorbing neighboring properties, Grumpies Pour House has successfully expanded into the adjacent Federal Hill Lounge space and has reopened as a pizza restaurant dubbed Social Pub and Pie (25 E Cross St). The old Federal Hill Lounge was completely […]
And so it has come to pass that the Ropewalk dynasty has inhabited the long, long, long standing massiveness that is Canton’s 2324 Boston St., a property with a rich and luxurious history of failure. Its last iteration, Canton Arts and Entertainment, was open for less than six months due to what could only be […]
I hadn’t had the fortune of finding myself and or having a meal at Dundalk’s Costas Inn (4100 North Point Blvd) since I was a wee lad, but a weekendish ago participated in a crab feast at the acclaimed seafood-and-everything-else restaurant to much enjoyment. It doesn’t really appear that the decor has changed since its […]
So this thing is, according to the lady at the register, a “hamburger,” but the guy next to her chimed in and said “It CHINESE hamburger!” and it was only 3 bucks so I was all, “I’d buy THAT for a dollar!” and pulled the trigger on the purchase and subsequently paid three dollars instead […]