Restaurants

Summer play days

2013-05-21 10:24:34

One of the joys of the beach is its consistency. The tide rises and falls without fail, the sun casts a glow over the water every morning and every night. But Ocean City, for all its constants, continually delivers fresh adventures. We've put together a...

Jewish deli, Baltimore burgers and a circus come to town

2013-05-20 14:28:00

People come back to Ocean City for the traditions — a favorite restaurant, beach spot or mini-golf course. For visitors looking to try something different, this season has a lot of new things to offer, whether you eat at the town's new (and only)...

Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington will square off on Rash Field

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Get ready to roll. Baltimore and Washington's fleets of food trucks are squaring off again. Some 40 trucks, 20 from each city, are expected to attend the second Taste of Two Cities event on June 1, which is relocating from the Westport waterfront to Rash...

Patterson Park's annual wine evening is Thursday

2013-05-20 12:00:00

Thursday night is the ninth annual Wine Tasting at Sunset in Patterson Park. The evening event will include samplings of cuisine provided by merchants and restaurants like Bistro Rx, V-NO, Todd Conner’s, Di Pasquale’s and Chesapeake Wine Co....

Food Market to host first birthday party

2013-05-20 09:14:00

It’s only been a year? A hit from the start, the Food Market opened on the eve of last year's Honfest. Co-owners Chad Gauss and Elan Kotz, the Food Market's executive chef and general manager, respectively, are celebrating their great first year...

The Admiral's Cup grows up

2013-05-20 10:25:00

For Baltimoreans of a certain age, the name "Admiral's Cup" conjures up images of boozy Fells Point nights and dirty bathrooms. The legendary dive bar closed in 2007, reopening last fall under the ownership of Kali's Restaurant Group, the company that...

O'Leary's serves contemporary seafood in a colorful waterfront cottage

2013-05-17 06:23:00

The best thing about O'Leary's Seafood Restaurant is how tricky it is to describe. Not so many years back, I'd have called O'Leary's eclectic, which became a byword for both a type of menu and the kind of place that served it. Offering a relaxed version...

Renaissance for North Avenue as arts district

2013-05-10 15:33:00

When Christa Daring was a student, she rode a bus from her Waverly home and crossed North Avenue on her way to classes at the Baltimore School for the Arts. "This was always oh-so no-man's land," she said of the commercial crosstown street that is...

Soft-shell crab specials, Birroteca chef moves to Fork & Wrench

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Some dozen Baltimore restaurants will be adding soft-shell crab specials to their menus for Baltimore's fifth annual Soft-Shell Crab Celebration. The restaurant promotion, sponsored by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, will run May 24 through June...

Professional service and well-executed dishes at The Ale House in Columbia

2013-05-15 08:13:00

Driving past The Ale House in Columbia on a warm Thursday evening, the first thing we noticed was the crowded patio; it looked fun. The second thing we noticed was the valet. Valet parking isn't an unusual sight outside a busy restaurant, but this was...

David W. Gjerde, restaurant investor

2013-05-13 14:15:00

David Waldemar Gjerde, a retired Procter & Gamble executive who became a restaurant investor and consultant to his sons, Spike and Charlie, died of a heart attack May 2 at his Cockeysville home. He was 75. Born in Mankato, Minn., he was the son of...

Range, Bryan Voltaggio's latest, is seriously good

2013-05-13 08:31:00

Range, Bryan Voltaggio's fourth restaurant, is a triumph of style in harmony with substance. Dinner at Range, which will last for hours but feel like minutes, is wall-to-wall pleasure, from the first hand-crafted cocktail to the last bonbon from the in-...

A new restaurant, Valerie Presto at 7510 Madison St., will be opening soon while Chalk, the restaurant and bar at 7414 Madison St., formerly Murphy's Pub, has plans to expand its menu.

2013-05-21 09:39:12

Chef Paul Prudhomme who is at the show with a display of his flavored salts. Thousands of people from all over the world wandered the National Restaurant Association Show at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday May 19, 2013 where purveyors of all kinds showed their goods.

2013-05-20 15:03:24

Leave it to SoDel restaurant-guru Matt Haley to bring coastal Central American cuisine to the Delaware shore: Papa Grande's is a Coastal Taqueria on Fenwick Island. In a restored waterfront barn, lovers of Latin cuisine can sample some of the most innovative fare this side of the Rio Grande.

2013-05-14 00:00:00