Last fall, Mt. Vernon was abuzz with the news that a new Thai place had suddenly popped up at Calvert and Preston Streets. Any new Baltimore Thai restaurant represents a statistically significant...
<p>Cafe Hon rebounds after a PR faux pas and an intervention.</p>
Here’s the deal, Hon. The camera crews and TV host Gordon Ramsay packed their bags months ago after filming an episode of Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares at Cafe Hon. The show, centering around the Hampden...
<p>Canton restaurant looks to the wild side for its menu.</p>
Tavern on the Square was rocking the night we visited. The happy-hour crowd spilled over to the few outdoor tables. Inside, the banter was loud and the music even louder. Uh oh. We surmised quickly...
Phillips Seafood reinvents itself after 30 years in Baltimore.
Mention the name Phillips in Maryland and locals know exactly which family you’re referring to—the ones from the Eastern Shore, the folks who built up an international seafood business from a tiny...
When you first look at the menu at TEN TEN, you wonder if the chef has gone to creative-writing school. The food is described so beautifully and comprises so many interesting ingredients that you...
A Fells Point restaurant offers a feast for the eyes and palate
The view at Waterfront Kitchen is stunning. It may be the best vantage point along the harbor. Expansive windows showcase the water, boats, cityscape, and Baltimore’s iconic Domino Sugars and Tide...
Baltimore’s newest hotel restaurant (mostly) shines bright
With all the gushing going on about the new Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, it’s no wonder that expectations were high for its restaurant Wit & Wisdom: A Tavern by Michael Mina. Opening parties...
A Fells Point restaurant provides a congenial setting for mingling over food.
We were smitten from the beginning when a server brought warm mini-cornbread muffins with a dish of jalapeño butter “from the chef.” The kitchen was sharing a complimentary amuse-bouche. Soon, we...
"What?" "Huh!" "I can't hear you." That pretty much describes the noise level at Roy's Baltimore and a lot of our conversation during a recent dinner there. The cacophonous din is a sharp contrast to...
What do you do if your successful restaurant is suddenly gutted by a raging fire? If you're chef/owner Tony Chemmanoor of Indigma, you take matters into your own hands and move across the street....
