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Baltimore: Looking for the Grit and Soul of the City
Trinacria is closed Sundays and yes, it's great and caught in a time warp -- prices included.
Baltimore: Looking for the Grit and Soul of the City
Bills Terrace Inn is a great suggestion for crabs. Just be aware that the crabs (local ones, anyhow) are ony so-so in terms of weight this time of year. But it's out there -- need a car for sure.
First time staying in Baltimore
Respectfully disagree about this. Market perfectly safe, lots of office workers, hsopital types, cops. Anyone who gets around in Philly can handle Lex Market. Faidley's crab cakes very good, as is raw bar.
Food Lover's Guide to Baltimore
We must be worshipping different Gods; the Cozy's buffet is huge but the food is edible at best.
Baltimore's Newest Restaurants
I had lunch at Waterfront Kitchen -- excellent, and as mentioned, the view is great and the space is lovely, and dinner as well. At dinner, the view and space were still great, but the food was overwhelmingly . . . bland, if those two words can be used together. It was a while ago, so don't recall the dishes, except for a seafood stew that was cooked about right, but had zero flavor. Given the cost, I would pass on dinner again.
Help a poor Los Angeles hound visiting Baltimore and DC
Silk Road (Uzbek) was . . . interesting. I would say 2/3 of the dishes I've had there were tasty and 1/3 just fell flat -- dried out, no flavor.
Help a poor Los Angeles hound visiting Baltimore and DC
Nix to BOP. Best pizza is at Iggies and Joe Squared (think Mozza but not quite as good). Agree with Kukubura's comments on pizza below.
Help a poor Los Angeles hound visiting Baltimore and DC
You might be right (though the prices won't look out of line to someone outside Baltimore), but the point is that the surroundings are cool, the cocktails and wine are excellent, and they really do buy, prepare and sell local food. If you're from LA and looking for what we do here in baltimore, that's not a bad way to get some perspective. Shouldn't be the only way, but it's something you should def try.
Help a poor Los Angeles hound visiting Baltimore and DC
Wrt Baltimore only, we don't have a ton of food that is both indisputably tasty AND unique to Baltimore, with the execption of crabs, discussed in other responses.
Here are some suggestions in/near the Harbor that are good/unusual. Thousand Kabobs, on Liberty Street (5 minute walk from the Harbor), has excellent Pakistani food, especially biryanis but virtually everything is good. (There are some stools at a counter, but best to take out.) Lexington Market, home of Faidleys described elsewhere, also has a decent deli (Mary Mervis) and is near a great, throwback Italian deli, Trinacria (no place to eat at Trinacria, but you could take out their excellent muffalatta and eat it elsewhere). Also close to the Hrabor, maybe 10 mins walk, is Little Italy, home to Cafe Isabella (porchetta sandwich and great pizza) and Max's Empanadas (I'm sure there is a reason they're in Little Italy, but don't know what it is). A slightly longer walk (15 mins?) south of the Harbor would take you to Cross Street Market -- same city market idea as Lexington Market, with a good raw bar and poss fried soft-shells. There's plenty of fine dining, but only one restaurant in Baltimore that can really set itself out from the pack -- Woodberry Kitchen, about 4 miles north of downtown. (Accessible by light rail, but a cab is probably a better choice for a visitor.) And there's an excellent, reasonably priced restaurant-ina-a-bar called Peters Inn, about a mile east of downtown.
good eats on the drive from DC to Rehoboth Beach, DE?
I have easten several times at Holly's and, though I wanted to like it, the food is really at C- level. The meatloaf was like a brick (with gravy like brown glue), and fried chicken lacked flavor. Perhaps my visits (at least three over a 5-6 year period) are not representative, but I won't be back.
Good kid-friendly restaurants in Frederick and/or Cumberland?
The SS (pun intended) is excellent.
Good kid-friendly restaurants in Frederick and/or Cumberland?
Second Isabellas. More casual, but excellent for Italian lunch (subs, panini, etc.) is Juliet's Market, also downtown in Frederick.
Any good German food?
Here's a vote for Cafe Einstein in Fells Point. Have only been for lunch (I believe dinner is also served), but excellent sausage and cheese plate, also curry-wurst.
Baltimore- last minute Monday night restaurant rec!
Certainly SS and B&O are much better than Sascha's. Sascha's isn't bad, but it's nothing special, either.
Bluegrass Tavern - Anyone been Lately?
I was last there about 3-4 months ago and it was good as always.
Food Lover's Guide to Baltimore
Paper Moon Diner is important because it's open late. But on its best days, the food is only OK, and often not even that.
A Good Uyghur Restaurant?
Actually, according to the Times (ca. 2006), there are at least two Uighur restaurants in NYC. The one they identify in their 2006 article is Cafe Kashkar in Brigton Beach.
Restaurants for the Solo Traveler in Baltimore?
If you did make it to Atwaters/Belvedere Market (which is about 6 miles as the crow flies from the Inner Harbor), then you could also get some tasty food and a great glass of wine or a cocktail at the bar at Grand Cru, in the same shopping center.
Students Invading Baltimore: Good Eats on the Go
Also good, cheap Thai is Thairish on Charles Street (a little ways north of the Harbor, but on the Circulator Purple route).
Students Invading Baltimore: Good Eats on the Go
Trinacria is not to be missed. Another great Italian place, with perhaps 2-3 tables (Trinacria is take-out only) is Cafe Isabella -- outstanding porchetta subs and brick oven pizza. It's in Little Italy, just east of the Harbor.
Students Invading Baltimore: Good Eats on the Go
For cheap and delicious, it's not possible to beat Thousand Kabobs, www.thousandkabobs.com/, at 213 N. Liberty Street (a 5-10 min walk from the Harbor). Try the biryani, haleem, aloo tikki plate, naan, chapati.
Best lunch in Frederick, Md.?
Juliet's at 9 East Church Street is excellent for panini, subs, etc.
I need to find a trendy restaurant in Baltimore and I've never been there, please help!
I like Tabrizi's as well but would not call it hip or trendy.
Suggestions of where to buy chickpeas
My experience is that dried works fine IF you have sufficient time to soak them (like overnight at least). No pressure cooker necessary if you cook them for a while. Far better than canned, which are usually overcooked.
Philly hound needs Baltimore suggestions
How is it possible to say that "consistency" is a problem which plagues Baltimore restaurants generally? It's not as if there's a consistency chemical in the Baltimore water.
Dim Sum in Baltimore - Does it exist?
There is talk that the Red Parrot in McHenry Row (right off Fort Avenue), which is a "pan-Asian" resto in a new residential/retail development, may start serving dim sum. I was there last weekend and they had not yet. Avoid Zhongshan, unless they've made a dramatic improvement in the last two years.
Looking for Baltimore Rest. for 12-15 ppl Graduation Dinner
Take Amiccis and Mama's off your list. They are either not that great, or not that nice a venue. Roy's and Cinghiale will be at high end of price, followed by Woodberry Kitchen and Salt. Clementine might strike the right balance of price and quality.
Tortilleria Sinaloa - great taqueria in Baltimore
Second on the tortillas. Execllent, and cheap.
Exquisite and Exciting Meal in Washington, DC - Restaurant Nora or Fiola?
A dissenting view on Nora: I had a lovely meal there about 10 months ago. Excellent service, beautiful (and tasty) preparations, great wine list. I can't compare Nora to Fiola (bc I've not been to the latter), but for my money, Nora was first rate.
