Food & Drink

    One of D.C.’s best casual restaurants opens Columbia location
    Yu Noodles is continuing its rapid expansion with a new location in Columbia just months after launching a branch in Baltimore.
    Yu Noodles has opened a new location in Columbia at 6478 Dobbin Center Way. Yu Noodles is known for its soup dumplings as well as its Chongqing noodles, which sit in a spicy broth garnished with peanuts and bok choy.
    The Dish: Does Costco’s $200 Thanksgiving deserve a seat at your table?
    Want to do the bare minimum for Thanksgiving? Costco has you covered.
    Costco's Thanksgiving in a Box spread is on sale for $200.
    Cafe Fili to add a new location at Locust Point’s Anthem House
    A casual Mediterranean restaurant in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood is adding a Locust Point branch — and that’s just the beginning of their expansion.
    Cafe Fili, which opened this location in Mt. Vernon in 2017, will add a new location in South Baltimore’s Anthem House.
    Where to order out — or dine in — for Thanksgiving dinner around Baltimore
    Food social media influencer Chris Franzoni says these Baltimore restaurants are bringing serious flavor to Thanksgiving this year, whether in person or to-go.
    The Rusty Scupper will host a Thanksgiving Day buffet.
    Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts
    President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week.
    FILE - SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
    Sushi is coming to the former Souvlaki space in Hampden
    The owners of Yama Sushi in Ellicott City are planning to open Hana in the former home of Hampden's Souvlaki.
    A man collects trash in front of the now closed Greek cuisine restaurant, Souvlaki, on July 28, 2025.
    No Land Beyond levels up, bringing game night to onetime funeral home
    No Land Beyond, a Baltimore bar dedicated to board games, moved to a former funeral parlor on North Avenue, expanding its food offerings and hosting more events.
    Patrons play Magic: The Gathering at the new North Avenue location of No Land Beyond.
    City in crisis: Baltimore is facing a Natty Boh shortage
    Pabst says increased demand for Natty Boh is driving a shortage of Baltimore’s favorite beer.
    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2025 - Bar manager Erin Roach pours a pint of PBR -- not Natty Boh -- at the 29th Street Tavern in Remington. A shortage of National Bohemian is affected restaurants and liquor stores around the area.
    The food stamps were running out, but no one told Nelly
    Although SNAP uncertainty became a political and media talking point, the turmoil remained a mystery to some recipients — Maryland's most vulnerable residents.
    Nelly Orellana, 70, poses for a portrait in her apartment at the Victory Tower affordable senior living facility in Takoma Park, Md. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Behind her, photos of her family plaster the wall.
    Asian crabmeat will keep flowing into U.S. under deal with Baltimore’s Phillips Foods
    Phillips Foods Inc. and other Maryland seafood companies had faced the prospect that they would no longer be allowed to import millions of pounds of crabmeat from Southeast Asia.
    Brice Phillips, one of the family owners of Phillips Foods, holds examples of frozen crab cakes and pasteurized crab at the company’s corporate headquarters in Halethorpe.
    The Dish: This punk rock sandwich bar may be Baltimore’s most kid-friendly restaurant
    Animal Boy, a new punk rock sandwich bar on Harford Road, has something for everyone — even my excavator-obsessed toddler.
    New Baltimore sandwich bar Animal Boy caters to punk parents — and hosts “unhappy hours” at 8 p.m.
    Decades-old Food Depot grocery store to close in Northeast Baltimore
    Food Depot, a decades-old discount grocery store in Belair-Edison, will close its doors in January.
    The Food Depot grocery store, located in the Belair Edison Crossing Shopping Center, is expected to close in January.
    A steak and cheese in Rockville has been more than 40 years in the making
    Z&Z Manoushe Bakery will serve the sandwich on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The owners’ father, grandfather and uncle served the sub in shops around Montgomery County from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
    Dubbaneh's grandfather Fayez Khawaja and his uncle, David, owned and operated Chicken Tonight at 1111 Nelson St. in Rockville from 1982-2006.
    I tried a meal delivery service for a week and I understand the hype ... and hesitation
    Many meal delivery options have popped up over the years, often with opportunities to tailor the service to your household needs.
    Young crabber embraces old ways, keeps Chesapeake traditions alive
    Jack Torney is 22 and an unlikely heir to the old life on the bay. He grew up in Annapolis, where the waterfront gleams with sailboats and weekend cruisers, far removed from the fishing trade of its past. Yet he’s making his living like it’s a century ago.
    Jack Torney of Annapolis works the rivers alone as a crabber, selling his catch for cash from the driveway.
    Judges order Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during shutdown
    Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
    The SNAP program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net.
    Some Baltimore-area restaurants say sales have dropped 30% or more since shutdown
    The government shutdown is straining furloughed federal workers and the local economy, with restaurants feeling much of the burn.
    The line at Pioneer Pit Beef in Catonsville usually stretches into the parking lot it shares with a neighboring liquor store. But since the government shutdown, sales have dropped significantly at the restaurant, located near the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn.
    10 things to know about SNAP and the government shutdown
    Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders who rely on federal assistance for their food will be left in a lurch starting this weekend.
    State officials have warned that federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will run out on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.
    SNAP benefits will change Nov. 1. Here’s what — and who — that affects.
    Here’s how changes to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown will affect Marylanders who rely on SNAP.
    Lee’s Mini Market in West Baltimore, Baltimore City, Md.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Rams Head fall concert series includes folk great Richard Thompson
    British folk great Richard Thompson performs Sunday at St. John’s College in the first of five “Rams Head Presents” shows through December, concerts that take the music out of the West Street club onto the city’s biggest stages.
    Richard Thompson.
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