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Baltimore Guide

The best restaurants, food and drinks in Charm City

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By Category

Happy Hour with a Group

Fadensonnen
The Bluebird Cocktail Room
Grand Cru / Market Bar
Blue Pit BBQ
Gunther & Co.

Take the Kiddos

Holy Frijoles
Silver Queen Cafe
Johnny's
Golden West Cafe
La Food Marketa
Paulie Gee's

Caffeine

Sophomore Coffee
Ceremony Coffee
Baby's on Fire
Dovecote
The Corner Pantry
Dooby’s
Artifact Coffee
Pitango
Vent Coffee
Order & Chaos
One Do Coffee
Cafe Los Suenos
Charmington's

Pizza Pie

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

Please Never Ever Close

Peter’s Inn
Clavel
Petit Louis Bistro
The Prime Rib
Dylans's Oyster Cellar
Cinghiale
Hersh’s
The Helmand
Nanami
Tapas Teatro
La Cuchara

New and Not So New Classics

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

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
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
The Prime Rib
Cinghiale
Capital Grille
Cindy Lou's Fish House
Foraged
Alma Cocina Latina
Cookhouse
The Milton Inn
NiHao
Allora

Take Out-of-Towners

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

Take Your Folks

The Food Market
La Scala
Linwood’s
Gertrude’s
True Chesapeake

Bars, But Really Good Food, Too

Dylan's Oyster Cellar
Grand Cru Market Bar
Wet City
1157 Bar + Kitchen
Dutch Courage

Cocktails

Alma Cocina Latina
Bluebird Cocktail Room
Sugarvale
Of Love & Regret
Wet City
Clavel
Hersh’s
Dutch Courage
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
WC Harlan
Foraged
Cookhouse

Brunch

Gertrude’s
Silver Queen Cafe
The Food Market
Sobo Cafe
Golden West Cafe
La Food Marketa
Cindy Lou's Fish House

Steamed Crabs

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

Sit Outside

Cosima
Gunther & Co.
Cinghiale
Tapas Teatro
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
La Cuchara
Petit Louis
Cindy Lou's Fish House

Breakfast

The Corner Pantry
Pete's Grille
Allora

Anytime, Gimme

Ekiben
JBGB's
The Local Fry
Sally O's
Cocina Luchadoras
Sobo Market
The Local Oyster
Blacksauce Kitchen
DiPasquale's
Faidley's
Shake Shack
Mera Kitchen Collective

Drive

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

By Neighborhood

Hampden/Woodberry

True Chesapeake
Blue Pit BBQ
Birroteca
Vent Coffee
Cosima
The Food Market
Artifact Coffee
Dylan’s Oyster Cellar
Paulie Gee’s
La Cuchara
Souvlaki Greek Cuisine
Arthouse
Bluebird Cocktail Room
Grano Pasta Bar
Holy Frijoles
Wicked Sisters

Mt. Washington/North Baltimore/Pikesville/Roland Park

Petit Louis Bistro
Grand Cru Bottle Shop
The Ambassador Dining Room
La Food Marketa
The Corner Pantry
Linwood’s
Chiyo Sushi
Miss Shirley's
Johnny's

Mt. Vernon / Bolton Hill / Station North

The Local Oyster
Ceremony Coffee
Dooby’s
Helmand
Brewer’s Art
The Prime Rib
Baby's On Fire
Tio Pepe
Magdalena
Wet City 
Sugarvale
Mera Kitchen Collective
Allora
Cookhouse
Alma Cocina Latina
Tapas Teatro
Le Comptoir du Vin
Joe Squared
Foraged

Downtown

Puerto 511
Capital Grille
Faidley's
Shake Shack

Essex

Pizza John’s
Chaps

Fell’s Point

Peter’s Inn
Papi's Tacos
Thames Street Oyster House
Rec Pier Chop House
Nanami
Pitango
Ekiben
Johnny Rad’s
Cocina Luchaduras

Federal Hill/Riverside/Locust Point/South Baltimore

Hersh’s
Order & Chaos
The Local Fry
Sobo Market
Sobo Cafe
LP Steamers
Nick’s Fish House

Canton/Highlandtown

Gunther & Co.
Matthews Pizza
DiPasquale's
Of Love & Regret
Sally O's
NiHao

Remington/Charles Village/Waverly/Old Goucher

Fadensonnen
Clavel
Pete's Grille
WC Harlan
Gertrude’s
Blacksauce Kitchen
JBGBs
Cafe Los Suenos
Charmington's

Station North

Alma Cocina Latina
Tapas Teatro
Le Comptoir du Vin
Joe Squared

Harbor East

Charleston
Cinghiale
Cindy Lou's Fish House

Little Italy

La Scala

Other

Volt
Ananda
One Eleven Main
The Turn House
Great Sage

Chef Profiles

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

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

Chef Michael Mina on San Francisco, His Mom’s Cooking and More

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