The Crab Shanty (3410 Plum Tree Drive, Ellicott City, 410-465-9660), that long-lived crabhouse on Route 40, has moved its adjoining carryout businesses to the lot across the street to make room...
Safety is an admirable goal. It's what motivates us to inhabit cozy homes, to strap on our seatbelts, to step away from that grizzly bear. There's safety in numbers, of course. There's even a...
A former Capitol Hill staffer cooks up a new career.
How much would you pay for a cupcake? At Baltimore Cupcake Company, it could run you as much as 12 bucks a treat, but owner Tracy Rice is having no problem finding takers: Her growing clientele is...
I'd been holding off on Canton Dockside, because former tenant Canton's Pearls closed so quickly, making me worry the spot was another doomed location. But this new venture had plenty of customers...
El Patrón brings Mexican to an elegant old Mt. Vernon rowhouse.
"We still get people coming in asking what happened to Tony Cheng's," sighs our server at the recently opened El Patrón (801 N. Charles Street, 410-244-8494), which does indeed occupy the digs of...
A new gelateria is a little bit crazy and a whole lot delicious.
Organic milk from grass-fed cows. Bronte pistachios flown in from the slopes of Italy's Mount Etna. Free-range chicken eggs used the day they're laid. It's safe to say Pitango Gelato is a wee bit...
There’s more than a pretty view to Sam’s on the Waterfront.
We all know the cliché about restaurants with a sightline to the water: fabulous view, lousy food. Sure, there are all kinds of exceptions—like those spectacular but humble lobster shacks along the...
A tiny carry-out cafe gives Federal Hill revelers a late-night option for food.
The awning of the Soho Eatery (1504 Light Street, 410-685-2989) puts two cheerfully smiling faces inside the O's of the cafe's name. And for such a tiny place (there are a couple tables, but it's...
I originally got drawn into following the Tour de France every July because of Lance Armstrong's string of victories, but I remain entranced by the event because of its drama, its sweep, and even...
The Sweetmans have left Abacrombie Fine Food in very good hands.
You could hear the sighs of sadness and regret all over Baltimore this winter when chef/owner Sonny Sweetman announced he was packing up his toque and selling Abacrombie Fine Food and...
