Restaurant and Catering Industry

If Harbor Point is so hot, why the need for city investment?

2013-06-19 15:36:06

The mayor of Baltimore does not want to be on the wrong side of history this time, so she fully supports $107 million in tax increment financing to aid the development of Harbor Point, that big slab of old, chromium-saturated land adjacent to Harbor...

The Americana in Canton to close in July

2013-06-19 10:25:00

The Americana, a restaurant and bar at the corner of Kenwood Avenue and Hudson Street in Canton, will close in July, according to owner Alex van Breukelen. The announcement was first made on the bar's Facebook page Wednesday morning, where van Breukelen...

Baltimore County announces $300 million Towson Row development

2013-06-19 13:20:00

When the development group Caves Valley Partners moved into their office on the top floor of Towson City Center last year, the partners said they looked out onto downtown Towson and realized something was missing. On Wednesday, Caves Valley Partners and...

After 24 years, your table is ready

2013-06-17 05:04:00

For decades, the well-heeled and hungry went to the Chesapeake Restaurant at the corner of Charles and Lanvale streets for formally served dinners of charcoal-broiled steaks, unabashedly rich seafood dishes like jumbo crab lumps au gratin and a decadent...

Open house at Peabody Heights Brewery draws a crowd

2013-06-17 11:52:00

When a friend told Brad Siegler and Kim Murray that a brewery in Baltimore was throwing a party for the public Saturday afternoon, distance was not a factor for the Columbia couple. "It sounded fun," Murray said at the Peabody Heights Brewery in Abell,...

New, returning vendors poised to reopen Annapolis Market House

2013-06-17 10:43:00

A decade since the 2003 tropical storm that began its fiscal and operational woes, Market House in downtown Annapolis is expected to reopen in the coming weeks with a lineup of vendors selling falafel, gelato, sandwiches and crab cakes from the historic...

Baltimore's A&E scene bursting with new projects

2013-06-15 15:47:00

Hurry up and finish, willya? That's becoming almost a rallying cry on the Baltimore arts and entertainment scene, as filmgoers, theater lovers, lounge lizards, even merry-go-round riders wait eagerly for new and refurbished venues to open. Some...

Grant awarded for mentoring at-risk youth

2013-06-09 12:45:07

Mixing kids and coffee is typically ill advised, but in the case of Brian and Holly Gray, the combination has yielded pleasant results. Last August the couple opened Creating Unlimited Possibilities — CUPs — Coffeehouse in Southwest...

Construction of traffic circle already impacting restaurant

2013-06-11 15:03:00

Construction of a mini-traffic circle began Monday at 39th Street and Canterbury Road in Tuscany-Canterbury, and is already affecting one local restaurant in a roundabout way. Dino Zeytinoglu, owner of La Famiglia, an Italian restaurant in the Broadview...

Havre de Grace's 'Ladies of Locust' ready to jam with Lunar Bay

2013-06-12 12:43:45

After catering lots of festivals in her hometown of Havre de Grace, Margie Coakley definitely saw how they could be made better. So she decided to put on her own festival. With the help of two neighbors, Genevieve Britton and Kelley Duncan, Coakley is...

Tremont soon to relaunch as Embassy Suites

2013-06-10 14:49:00

The prior owner planned to convert a 37-story hotel towering over St. Paul Street into apartment and long-term stay suites, but a new owner decided to invest $14 million in a renovation and keep it a hotel. The Tremont Plaza Hotel, which has been called...

New restaurant may be coming to Dogwood space in Hampden

2013-06-13 18:45:00

A collective "Oh!" greeted restaurateur Chris Spann's announcement to the Hampden Village Merchants Association on Wednesday that he plans to take over the former Dogwood restaurant space on The Avenue. Spann, owner of the well-reviewed restaurant The...

1001 Reisterstown Road Work on bringing back the old Pikes Theatre, a Baltimore County landmark that hasn?t shown movies since 1983, should begin in earnest this week, said Ira Miller, who operates Baltimore?s Rotunda Theatre and will be operating the restored Pikes.

2013-06-15 00:00:00

Where: 6040 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando (between Oak Ridge and Lancaster roads). Contact: 407-854-3330 The lowdown: Walk through the door of Woodlands in south Orlando and into the vegetarian kitchens of southern India.

2013-04-24 04:36:00

Raj Parr, wine director for all eighteen of Michael Mina's restaurants, is also co-owner of two Central Coast wineries, Sandhi and the new Domaine de la Cote

2013-04-10 17:10:00