Dining and Drinking

After 24 years, your table is ready

2013-06-16 20:25:23

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...

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...

Sophisticated food at MoonShine Tavern in Canton

2013-06-14 11:27:21

Based on its name, you might think MoonShine Tavern is strictly a place that's good for shots and not much else. And while it does deliver on the shots — its moonshine menu is a mile long — with a talented kitchen staff offering...

Howard County Briefs

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Gardening volunteers The Howard County Conservancy seeks Wednesday morning drop-in gardening volunteers from 9:30 a.m. to noon to help maintain its themed and native plant gardens. All levels of experience welcome.�For information, call Tabby Fique at...

For Father's Day, restaurants luring dads with golf bags, cigars and dry-aged beef

2013-06-14 08:54:00

Restaurants are luring families in on Father's Day with cigars and golf bags and by dry-aging anything that's not nailed down. Here are some Father's Day dining options around town: RA Sushi is offering an all-day "manly-sized" happy hour menu...

At Jack's Bistro in Canton, a strong case for creativity

2013-06-14 11:21:00

Now in its seventh season, Jack's Bistro has settled into a fine groove. The small Canton restaurant is essentially doing today what it was doing from the start — exactly what it wants to do. If that makes Jack's sound arrogant, you don't know...

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...

Shuttered for decades, The Chesapeake to open Monday

2013-06-11 11:50:00

A new restaurant named The Chesapeake will open Monday, according to one of the developers, in Charles North, where another restaurant named the Chesapeake closed more than 20 years ago. A mainstay of Baltimore dining for decades, the old Chesapeake...

Change coming to Baltimore County food truck regulations

2013-06-11 09:50:00

County officials are working with restaurant and food truck owners to change Baltimore County's food truck laws to better clarify where the trucks are allowed, especially in downtown Towson. "We've having a lot of problems with food trucks coming into...

Scrumptious sandwiches at Woody's Hitching Post

2013-06-12 08:01:00

The sandwich's simple format offers unlimited options for culinary creativity. At Woody's Hitching Post — deep in Monkton's pastoral horse country — chef-owner David "Woody" Woodruff is busy exploring those options — to the great...

Ann H. Sisson, owned Federal Hill restaurant

2013-06-12 14:24:00

Ann H. Sisson, who established with her husband a popular Federal Hill restaurant and bar that later became the state's first brew pub, died June 4 from complications of dementia at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89. The daughter of a civil engineer...

Braciole retains Depression-era charms in some restaurants, home kitchens

2013-06-12 04:50:00

Like the best Italian mothers, Rose Savalino Uddeme spent a lot of time cooking for her kids when the family lived off the corner of Central and Eastern avenues on the edge of Little Italy in the 1960s. One of her go-to meals was a staple of hard times:...

Actor Gary Sinise hosts the "Inspiration to Action" dinner, co-sponsored by Josh Cellars wine, at the Montgomery Club by Gibsons June 15th, 2013

2013-06-16 05:57:49

Shown here is a pan-seared rockfish with spring vegetables and artichoke puree. The operators of the new Chesapeake describe their menu as "sophisticated regional cuisine." "It's not a seafood restaurant," said Marco Daigle, one of the partners in the new restaurant.

2013-06-15 00:00:00

"Kuzuri Style Tavern Double" - Where "Guests can feed their inner Wolverine with this exotic, Asian-inspired Tavern Double style with samurai slaw, ginger garlic wonton strips, and cilantro."

2013-06-15 00:00:00