Best Restaurants 2012 Readers' Poll Results
You voted. We listened. Herewith, the winners from almost a thousand votes on Baltimore restaurants.
(Remember, these are reader votes only. The Baltimore magazine editorial staff did not pick these winners.)
Best Restaurant:
1. Charleston
2. Woodberry Kitchen
3. Miss Shirley’s Café
Good Deal:
1. Miss Shirley’s Café
2. Thames Street Oyster House
3. [tie] Langermann’s
3. [tie] Demi
Breakfast:
1. Miss Shirley’s Café
2. Blue Moon Café
3. Pete’s Grille
Burger:
1. The Abbey Burger Bistro
2. Five Guys Burgers and Fries
3. Kooper’s Tavern
Chain:
1. The Cheesecake Factory
2. Chipotle Mexican Grill
3. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Chef:
1. Thomas Dunklin (B&O American Brasserie)
2. Erick Houseknecht (Thames Street Oyster House)
3. Tae Strain (Demi)
Children:
1. Miss Shirley’s Café
2. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
3. Clementine
Coffee:
1. Starbucks
2. The Daily Grind
3. [tie] LAMILL Coffee
3. [tie] Spoons Café
Crabhouse:
1. Costas Inn
2. Canton Dockside
3. Bo Brooks Restaurant & Catering
Dessert:
1. Vaccaro’s Italian Pastry Shop
2. Iced Gems
3. The Cheesecake Factory
Dining Secret:
1. [tie] Peter’s Inn
1. [tie] Demi
2. Bread and Circuses Bistro
3. [tie] Annabel Lee Tavern
3. [tie] TATU
Truck:
1. Miss Shirley’s Café
2. Kooper’s Chowhound Burger Wagon
3. The Gypsy Queen Café
Lunch:
1. Miss Shirley’s Café
2. B&O American Brasserie
3. Richardson Farms Kitchen and Deli
New:
1. Thames Street Oyster House
2. Demi
3. Bond Street Social
Old:
1. Tio Pepe
2. The Prime Rib
3. Peter’s Inn
Pub:
1. Mother’s Federal Hill Grille
2. Kooper’s Tavern
3. Alexander’s Tavern
Romantic:
1. B&O American Brasserie
2. [tie] Charleston
2. [tie] The Milton Inn
3. Kali's Court
Server:
1. Soo Choi at B&O American Brasserie
2. Anesha Spann at RA Sushi Bar Restaurant
3. Meghan Schmidt at Miss Shirley’s Café
Sports Bar:
1. Mother’s Federal Hill Grille
2. Looney’s Pub
3. The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille
Sushi:
1. RA Sushi Bar Restaurant
2. Sushi Hana Japanese Restaurant
3. Edo Sushi
Trendy:
1. Pazo
2. B&O American Brasserie
3. [tie] Wit and Wisdom Tavern
3. [tie] Woodberry Kitchen
Visitors:
1. Miss Shirley’s Café
2. B&O American Brasserie
3. The Rusty Scupper
Wine:
1. Cinghiale
2. B&O American Brasserie
3. 13.5% Wine Bar



