A press release by Pinky Cole called Slutty Vegan’s closure in Baltimore Peninsula as a “relocation,” with a new spot planned near the campus of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Musician David Byrne treated his tour crew to Clavel after a show at the Hippodrome — “a huge deal for both my husband and I and all of the managers,” said restaurateur Lane Harlan.
The Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville is a love letter to the Faidley family’s seafaring history as well as a cautiously optimistic pitch for its future.
Once seen as a beacon of affordability, diners are becoming less commonplace and financially viable, with the few Baltimore spots needing to evolve to survive.
As other restaurant groups shrink, Nick Liberatore and his relatives — the family behind Lib’s Grill and Liberatore’s Ristorante — plan on opening three new restaurants around Maryland in 2026.