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By Category

Happy Hour with a Group

Fadensonnen
The Bluebird Cocktail Room
Grand Cru Bottle Shop
Gunther & Co.
Dutch Courage
Nepenthe

Take the Kiddos

Miss Shirley's
Holy Frijoles
Silver Queen Cafe
Blue Pit BBQ
Johnny's
Golden West Cafe
La Food Marketa
Rocket to Venus
Grano Pasta Bar
Paulie Gee's

Caffeine

Sophomore Coffee
Cafe Campli
Ceremony Coffee
Baby's on Fire
The Corner Pantry
Dooby’s
Artifact Coffee
Pitango
Vent Coffee
Order & Chaos
One Do Coffee
Cafe Dear Leon
Charmington's
Bird In Hand
Black Acres
The Bun Shop
Cafe Los Suenos
Pie Time
Dovecote Cafe
Dear Globe
Good Neighbor
Zeke's Coffee

Pizza Pie

Hersh’s
Paulie Gee’s
Matthew’s Pizza
Joe Squared
Birroteca
Johnny Rad’s
Pizza John’s
Arthouse

Please Never Ever Close

Peter’s Inn
Petit Louis Bistro
The Prime Rib
Cinghiale
Hersh’s
The Helmand
Nanami
Tapas Teatro

New and Not So New Classics

Thames Street Oyster House
The Food Market
Clavel
Brewer’s Art
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
Woodberry Kitchen
La Cuchara
Cinghiale
Petit Louis Bistro
Tapas Teatro
Marta

Old School

The Prime Rib
Tio Pepe
The Helmand

Kinda Fancy

The Prime Rib
Charleston
Magdalena
Rec Pier Chop House
The Capital Grille
The Milton Inn

Date Night

Petit Louis Bistro
Le Comptoir du Vin
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
The Prime Rib
Allora
Cinghiale
Dutch Courage
Foraged
Marta
Cindy Lou's Fish House

Take Out-of-Towners

Thames Street Oyster House
Hersh’s
Clavel
Peter’s Inn
True Chesapeake
Alma Cocina Latina
Fadensonnen
The Local Oyster

Take Your Folks

Woodberry Kitchen
La Scala
Gertrude’s
True Chesapeake
Vellegia's
Heritage Smokehouse

Bars, But Really Good Food, Too

Dylan's Oyster Cellar
Grand Cru Bottle Shop
Wet City
1157 Bar + Kitchen
Dutch Courage
Nepenthe

Cocktails

Bluebird Cocktail Room
Sugarvale
Southpaw
Topside
Church Bar
Clavel
Hersh’s
Dutch Courage
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
WC Harlan

Brunch

Gertrude’s
Silver Queen Cafe
The Food Market
Sobo Cafe
Gunther
Golden West Cafe
True Chesapeake Oyster Co.
Duck Duck Goose
Cafe Campli

Steamed Crabs

LP Steamers
Nick’s Fish House
Captain James Landing
Bo Brooks
Angie's Seafood
(plus, tons outside Baltimore City and County, message me if you need recs)

Sit Outside

Cosima
Gunther
Cinghiale
Tapas Teatro
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
La Cuchara
Petit Louis

Breakfast

The Corner Pantry
Pete's Grille
Cafe Campli

Really Good Takeout

Ekiben
The Local Fry
Cocina Luchadoras
Souvlaki Greek Cuisine
Blacksauce Kitchen
Heritage Kitchen
Chiyo Sushi
Chachi's
Little Grano
DiPasquale's
Mona's Super Noodle

Drive

Thacher & Rye (formerly Volt)
Ananda
Peerce's
The Turn House
Great Sage
The Milton Inn
Manina

A Nice Lunch Out

Petit Louis Bistro
Golden West Cafe
Mera Kitchen Collective
Johnny's
Allora
The Capital Grille
Ambassador Dining Room
Thames Street Oyster House
Marta
Minato
The Milton Inn
Wicked Sisters
Ash Bar
Duck Duck Goose
Limoncello
Gertrude's
Artifact Coffee
B&O Brasserie
JBGBs
Copper Shark
Blue Hill Tavern
Lebanese Taverna
Matsuri

Baked Deliciousness

Cafe Dear Leon
Ovenbird
La Bohemia Bakery (32nd Street Market)
Maillard Pastries
Corner Pantry
Two Crabs
Roggenart
Harmony Bakery
The Bun Shop
Motzi Bread
Dulceology
Codetta Bake Shop
Sacré Sacré
Patisserie Poupon
Fenwick Bakery
Pitango
Crust by Mack
Woodlea Bakery
Bramble Baking Co.

Solo Dinner at the Bar

Dylan's Oyster Cellar
The Food Market
The Capital Grille
Foraged
The Bluebird Cocktail Room
La Cuchara
Dutch Courage
Peter's Inn
Thames Street Oyster House

By Neighborhood

Hampden/Woodberry

True Chesapeake
Blue Pit BBQ
Birroteca
Vent Coffee
Cosima
The Food Market
Artifact Coffee
Heritage Kitchen
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
Paulie Gee’s
Woodberry Kitchen
La Cuchara
Souvlaki Greek Cuisine
Arthouse
Nepenthe
Good Neighbor
Bluebird Cocktail Room
Grano Pasta Bar
Holy Frijoles
Mona's Super Noodle

North Baltimore

Petit Louis Bistro
Grand Cru Bottle Shop
La Food Marketa
The Corner Pantry
Linwood’s
Chiyo Sushi
Wicked Sisters
Miss Shirley's
Johnny's
Heritage Smokehouse
Market Bar
Cafe Campli

Mt. Vernon

The Local Oyster
Hotel Ulysses
Ceremony Coffee
Dooby’s
Helmand
Marie Louise Bistro
Mera Kitchen Collective
Allora
Brewer’s Art
The Prime Rib
Baby's On Fire
Tio Pepe
Magdalena
Wet City 
Sugarvale

Downtown

Puerto 511
Capital Grille
Faidley's
Shake Shack
Dear Globe Coffee

Essex

Pizza John’s
Chaps

Fell’s Point

Peter’s Inn
Little Donna's
Papi's Tacos
Duck Duck Goose
Thames Street Oyster House
Rec Pier Chop House
Nanami
Pitango
Southpaw
Ekiben
Johnny Rad’s
Cocina Luchaduras
Anchor Bar

Federal Hill/Riverside/Locust Point/South Baltimore

Hersh’s
Order & Chaos
Sobo Market
Sobo Cafe
LP Steamers
Nick’s Fish House
The Local Oyster
Vellegia's
Limoncello

Canton/Highlandtown

Gunther & Co.
Verde
Matthews Pizza
DiPasquale's
Of Love & Regret
Sally O's
NiHao
Pie Time
The Dive

Remington/Charles Village/Waverly/Old Goucher

Fadensonnen
Clavel
Pete's Grille
Dutch Courage
JBGB's
29th Street Tavern
Charmington's
Sophomore Coffee
WC Harlan
Gertrude’s
Blacksauce Kitchen
Mera Kitchen Collective
Church Bar
Chachi's

Station North / Bolton Hill /Reservoir Hill

Alma Cocina Latina
Tapas Teatro
Le Comptoir du Vin
Joe Squared
Cookhouse
Dovecote Cafe
The Royal Blue
Foraged

Harbor East

Cindy Lou's Fish House
Charleston
Cinghiale
Tagliata

Little Italy

Ovenbird Bakery
Cafe Gia
Joe Benny
Amicci's
La Scala

Outside the City

Thacher & Rye
Ananda
One Eleven Main
The Turn House
Great Sage
Peerce's
Manina
Spice & Dice
El Salto

Chef Profiles

Chef Chris Scanga and the New (Yet, Old) Milton Inn

Lunch with Ina

Chef Carlos Raba on Good Energy, Mexican Spaghetti and the Road to Clavel

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