Pop Tacos: Baltimore Favorite

Friendly, fast service, great prices, and yummy food are what make diners want to pop into Pop Tacos. Step up to the counter and order your tacos filled with fish, chicken, shrimp, steak, or pork. Then pile on a wide array of toppings: sautéed onions, peppers, salsa, cheese, lettuce, beans, sour cream, and more, for [...]

The Chameleon Café: Farm to Table

The Chameleon Café, winner of the Best of Baltimore contest in the Farm to Table category, also tops the list when it comes to an excellent fine dining experience. Diners love the warm, elegant ambiance and the fresh seasonal menu that partakes of the finest foods from area farms and producers. Starters include escargot bathed [...]

Petit Louis Bistro: Classic French Cuisine

This charming French bistro has quickly become a favorite for its stellar service and classic menu of French comfort food. The ambiance is friendly, boisterous, and unpretentious, just like a lively Paris bistro, but sans the cigarette smoke and the pooches that accompany their masters and mistresses to dine. Duck Leg Confit, Trout Almondine, and [...]

Woodberry Kitchen: Fresh and Local

Woodberry Kitchen joins the burgeoning farm to table movement with a menu that focuses on fresh, locally raised ingredients. Located in the historic Clipper Mill Industrial Park, the restaurant’s ambiance is classy, rustic, and relaxed, with vaulted ceilings, exposed brickwork, and stone and wood embellishments. The drink favorite is the Gov't Mule, a tasty concoction [...]

Ethel and Ramone’s: Chesapeake Bay Cajun

Diners say “laissez les bons temps rouler” – let the good times roll – when it comes to Ethel and Ramone’s. It’s Maryland-style Creole cuisine melding the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay with traditional Louisiana recipes. Try their authentic gumbo, a savory mix of seafood and sausage simmered in a rich broth that takes days [...]

Henninger’s Tavern: Delicious Cuisine

Can you rate a restaurant by the quality of its crab cakes? If so, then Henninger’s is a winner, because theirs are worthy of five stars, with big chunks of sweet crab melded into a moist-on-the-inside, crisp-on-the-outside patty served with basil aioli and red cabbage slaw. The ambiance of this little Baltimore standby is charming [...]

Bluegrass Tavern: Bourbon and More

Bluegrass and bourbon go hand in hand in Kentucky, and the same is true at the Baltimore restaurant, Bluegrass Tavern. Close to 30 of America’s finest bourbons grace their bar, so it’s only fitting that you savor one while you wait for your meal. The ambiance is elegant, yet relaxed, with plenty of light and [...]

Miss Shirley’s: A Cafe Dedicated to a Memorable Chef and Her Love of Food

If you're looking for where the real food lovers eat in Baltimore, don’t miss Miss Shirley’s Café, a City Paper "Best of Baltimore" pick. The restaurant was created in loving memory of Miss Shirley McDowell who passed away in 2001—she was a beloved chef who inspired and educated those around her to cook. Miss Shirley [...]

The Food Network’s Ace of Cakes Can Create the Cake of Your Dreams

At Charm City Cakes—home of the Food Network hit show "Ace of Cakes"—every baked item is a work of art in the making. With a sophisticated approach to cake-making, Chef Duff's edibles involve elaborate designs, paintbrush precision, architectural planning, and painstaking attention to details—not to mention inspiration drawn from everything from fabric and furniture to [...]

Cinghiale: Award-winning Italian Two Ways

Although Cinghiale has delighted many a Baltimorean with its delicious Italian food, most people don’t know the origins of the restaurant’s unique name. So is “Cinghiale” the owner’s last name? How do you pronounce this word anyhow?  Cinghiale is actually pronounced ching-GYAH-lay. The word is Italian and translates to “wild boar.” The restaurant serves more [...]

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