Just in time for the holidays, The Brewer’s Art is releasing Resurrection ale—its award-winning, flagship beer—in bottles. It will be ready Dec. 15, says Tom Creegan, co-owner of the restaurant/brewery, and will be available at Brewer’s, area bars and local liquor stores and wine shops. Right now, the potent ale is bottle conditioning (going through [...]

After “two years and a ton of money,” Miss Irene’s is opening for business on Dec. 1, says owner Benjamin Greene, who also runs the Waterfront Hotel in Fells Point. The restaurant at 1738 Thames St. was completely gutted and now has the look of a modern-day bistro. It will operate from 5 p.m. to [...]

Red Maple executive chef Jill Snyder got a roar of support Wednesday night at a Top Chef premiere party as about 100 viewers watched the first episode of season five. Jill is one of 17 cheftestants competing for the Bravo show’s top prize—$100,000 to start a restaurant. The good news is that she moves on [...]

It must be getting close. There are menus posted on the door of the once scruffy, old-time Fells Point bar, which has been renovated into a spiffy, modern-day bistro. The web site still proclaims an Oct. 28 opening. Obviously, that didn’t happen. I have a call into owner Ben Greene to see if I can [...]

The response to the Eat in Season Restaurant Challenge was so overwhelming that it will continue in 2009—at least through May, says Kerry Dunnington, a member of Slow Food Baltimore who is involved in the effort.
Here’s the lineup: January, Abacrombie; February, Ethel and Ramone’s; March, Feast @ 4 East; April, Great Sage; and May, Golden [...]

Oceanaire’s executive chef Benjamin Erjavec is still trying to catch his breath after a whirlwind visit to Alaska (his first) last month to see exactly where the restaurant’s Alaska king crab originates. “We got to see the whole process—from ocean to plate,” he says.
During the trip to Dutch Harbor, Ben went out on the boat [...]

This election seems to be heading for a record turnout—at restaurants and bars, that is—as voters feel the need to celebrate or commiserate with fellow voters. Morton’s The Steakhouse in Baltimore and Annapolis are opening their elegant Boardrooms to diners who want to watch the presidential results en masse on a theater-style broadcasting system.
The restaurants [...]