Chef Winston Blick has been cooking up more than delicious fare at Clementine, the Hamilton restaurant he owns with his wife Cristin Dadant. He’s planning to open a greengrocer market—tentatively called The Green Onion—in a nearby storefront on Harford Road.
I ran into the chef yesterday while I was having lunch at Clementine (the mushroom salad [...]

Zagat released the latest edition of its Washington DC/Baltimore Restaurant Survey today. In the Baltimore and surrounding areas region, Charleston ranked No. 1, and Volt came in No. 2 in the Top Food category.
The winners are:
Food
1. Charleston
2. Volt
3. Prime Rib
4. Samos
5. Di Pasquale’s
6.  Tasting Room
7.  Thai Arroy
8.  Peter’s Inn
9.  Linwoods
10. Salt
Décor
1. Charleston
2. Pazo
3. Scossa (tied [...]

Former Pazo chef Michael Costa will become head chef of Zaytinya, a José Andrés  restaurant in Washington, D.C. Here's what Michael says in an e-maiL
"I love living in Baltimore and I have no immediate plans to move. That being said I have accepted the position of Head Chef at Zaytinya for José Andrés' [...]

Dick’s Last Resort restaurant and bar had an official ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning to celebrate its recent opening in the Inner Harbor. The event was in keeping with Dick’s reputation as a snarky, but all-in-good-fun place to eat and drink, says magazine intern Elizabeth Laseter, who was on hand for the shenanigans.
Here are her [...]

CR Lounge, an offspring of the restaurant Creme in D.C., expects to open in the next week or two in the space formerly occupied by Ixia. I spoke to Creme (pronounced cream) owner Tegist “Teggy” Ayalew this afternoon and she confirms that she will be bringing her well-regarded Southern fare to the spot at 518 [...]

Camden Yards is luring fans with an all-you-can eat ticket that lets people nosh on nachos, hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, lemonade, sodas, ice cream, and even salad to their stomach’s content, according to a Sports Illustrated web article posted on eater.com.
It’s part of a growing trend to attract a larger audience to big-league parks, the [...]

The last day of service for this charming Vietnamese restaurant is Saturday, July 24. After 2 1/2 years, owner Jim Collins, whose military service in Vietnam inspired him to open Baltimore Pho, is turning his focus to real estate, his daughter Madeleine said.
“It’s definitely bittersweet,” she said. But the space won’t be empty for long.
On [...]

No, you won’t find them in the same place, but you will find a new restaurant, Two Boots Pizzeria, at Power Plant Live, and the matzo ball, along with lots of good old-fashioned deli favorites, at the recently re-opened Suburban House in Pikesville.
Besides unusual and typical pizza combos at Two Boots—which the Baltimore Business Journal [...]

A Baltimore bakery gets a nod in Delaware magazine’s Best Of July issue, which is a nice tribute since the rest of the almost 350 winners are located in the First State.
SugarBakers Cakes in Catonsville earned a spot in the Best Contemporary Wedding Cake category. The story noted that “one of the most delicious things [...]

A new organic chip is on the market made with chickpeas, corn, and black beans. I read about Flamous Organics Falafel Chips last week in the New York Times and couldn’t wait to try the brand that calls itself the “world’s first and only falafel chip created for hummus dip.”
I was intrigued and hurried to [...]