Food & Drink

    Baltimore’s matcha moment has arrived. Here’s where you can enjoy it.
    These are some of the best coffee shops where you can drink matcha in Baltimore, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    The lavender matcha latte from The Equitea Co.
    Streeter: The new food pyramid pushes meat and dairy. What if you don’t eat that?
    Column | The New Food Pyramid says eat more meat, which forgets all the vegans.
    Elle, 18 months, reaches toward the bread at the bottom of the revised food pyramid while held by her mother Claire Dooley, after an announcement by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about nutrition policy, at Health and Human Services Headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Washington.
    Once a ‘new Chinatown,’ Rockville expands its definition of Chinese cuisine
    Rockville has long stood out for its variety of regional Chinese food. Family-run restaurants in the city are maintaining and evolving culinary traditions from their native China and Taiwan.
    From left, A&J Restaurant owners Elaine Tang and Jye Tang and their daughter, Debbie Tang, who serves as the restaurant’s general counsel.
    4 James Beard semifinalists are from Baltimore
    Canton’s Café Dear Leon is a semifinalist in the category of outstanding bakery, Marta chef and owner Matthew Oetting was recognized in the category of best chef in the mid-Atlantic region, Doug Atwell of Southpaw is a semifinalist in the outstanding professional in cocktail service category, and Remington’s Pink Flamingo was named in the best new bar category.
    Marta chef and owner Matthew Oetting, pictured in February 2023, is opening a new restaurant in Harbor Point.
    A winner of the most prestigious food award in the country may cook near you
    The James Beard Awards announced their semifinalists on Wednesday.
    Darmyelesh Alemu, chef and co-owner of Beteseb in Silver Spring, is a semifinalist for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic in the 2026 James Beard Awards.
    The Dish: How Hampden’s ‘unusual’ Duchess came to be
    After a career working for other big-name restaurateurs, chef Kiko Fejarang is cooking Chamorro food on her own terms.
    Chef Kiko Fejarang at restaurant The Duchess on 36th Street in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood.
    Every DC, Maryland and Virginia location featured in the new ‘Queer Eye’ season
    Season 10 of Netflix’s “Queer Eye” takes place in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area. Here’s every local spot featured in the show.
    The tenth and final season of Netflix’s “Queer Eye” takes place in D.C. and includes several notable venues in Montgomery County and Virginia.
    Atlas is rebranding Ouzo Bay, one of its oldest restaurants
    Ouzo Bay will end operations next month after 14 years in business.
    Ouzo Bay in Harbor East, which announced Tuesday it would be closing.
    Grocery prices changing by the minute? Maryland lawmakers want to ban that.
    The bill would require grocery stores to keep their prices fixed for at least one business day and would ban the use of personal data to set individualized prices for groceries.
    Gov. Wes Moore and lawmakers unveil legislation to limit "dynamic pricing" in grocery stores at an event at BD Provisions in Severna Park on January 20, 2026.
    Marta is coming to Harbor Point ... with a caviar and martini cart
    Matthew Oetting is bringing a seafood-focused branch of Marta Fine Food and Spirits to Harbor Point, complete with lots of caviar.
    Building off the success of Marta Fine Food and Spirits in Butchers Hill, chef Matthew Oetting is opening Marta al Mare in Harbor Point.
    Mount Vernon’s long wait for a revived Eddie’s grocery store continues
    The Mount Vernon-Belvedere Association and Jubilee Baltimore announced that even though Eddie’s, under redevelopment for two years, is “fully ready for grocery use,” it now needs a new operator.
    Eddie's of Mount Vernon, which was expected to open in July 2024, remains under renovations.
    Baltimore favorite Chaps Pit Beef closed temporarily due to fire
    Chaps Pit Beef, an iconic Baltimore restaurant known for its pit beef sandwiches, will be closed for several days due to a single-alarm fire.
    One of Baltimore's most famous sandwiches outside of a crab cake is the pit beef from Chaps. Here, thinly-sliced ribbons of pit beef are topped with a horse-radish and mayonnaise combination known as tiger sauce.
    The foods Baltimore put on repeat in 2025
    Across months of reporting — and more meals than any reasonable person should admit — the same themes kept resurfacing. Not trends invented online, but habits formed at tables, counters, bar stools and parking lots across the city.
    Chris Franzoni outside of Park's Fried Chicken.
    Don’t Know Tavern to shut down; owner alleges dispute with landlord
    The Don’t Know Tavern, which first opened on Light Street in 2007, is set to close next month.
    Don't Know Tavern at 1453 Light Street in Baltimore.
    Xi’an Famous Foods, an acclaimed New York eatery, will open in Rockville
    Xi'an Famous Foods, which specializes in Northwestern Chinese cuisine, will open a location in Rockville. The fast-casual chain started as a basement food stall in New York and was co-signed by Anthony Bourdain.
    Xi'an Famous Foods, an acclaimed New York fast casual chain, announced it will open its first Maryland location in Rockville. One of the signature dishes is spicy cumin lamb noodles, which blends chunks of lamb soaked in a fiery cumin and chili powder and the shop's signature biang biang noodles.
    7 things to do in Montgomery County this week, including Restaurant Week deals and MLK celebrations
    From Restaurant Week deals to Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations and a huge anime convention, there’s plenty to do this weekend and beyond in Montgomery County.
    Caruso’s Grocery in Pike and Rose is one of roughly 20 Montgomery County-based restaurants offering Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week.
    The couple introducing Baltimore to Brazil’s favorite snack
    A couple starts their own Brazilian pão de queijo business in the Fells Point Farmers Market.
    Thaina and Josh Ceribelli in front of their Fells Point Farmer's Market stall that they've run since August.
    A massive Inner Harbor hotel — and its restaurant — have closed
    The Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel and its ground floor restaurant, Morton’s The Steakhouse, have both closed their doors in Baltimore.
    The Sheraton Inner Harbor at 300 South Charles St. has closed, as has its ground floor restaurant, Morton’s The Steakhouse.
    Towson Square has a movie theater and ample parking. Why did all of its restaurants close?
    A person rides a scooter past closed businesses in Towson Square.
    The Dish: Move over, Starbucks, Yemeni coffee is taking over Maryland
    The Yemeni coffee trend has come to Perry Hall.
    Haraz Coffee House’s new location in Perry Hall marks the Michigan-based chains first foray into Maryland. On the menu are a variety of coffee and espresso drinks as well as pastries like the Dubai chocolate-inspired mosaic cake.
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