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Food & Drink

    After years of rising vacancies, Mount Vernon Marketplace will close this month
    Mount Vernon Marketplace, a once-trendy food hall in Baltimore that has seen years of increasing vacancies, will shut down this month.
    TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025 - The Mount Vernon Marketplace, a once-trendy food hall in Baltimore that had seen years of rising vacancies and dwindling foot traffic, will shut down this month.
    Docks restaurant owner ordered to pay $8.1 million to landlord
    Gregory Pranzo, the restaurateur behind Docks on the Harbor, has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to Cordish Companies, his former landlord.
    The former location of Docks on the Harbor in Baltimore.
    A Chinese restaurant’s solution to tariffs: Go Latin
    The owners of Water Song Yunnan Kitchen, a Chinese restaurant in Fells Point, found a solution to Trump's trade war with China.
    Hand-pulled fried branzino features Yunnan chili flakes and lime sauce at Water Song Yunnan Kitchen restaurant in Federal Hill.
    Nepenthe brewery targeted during string of Hampden burglaries
    Baltimore police have responded to recent burglary calls at Nepenthe and Keller's Liquor, as well as a destruction of property call at Grano's Pasta Bar, all in Hampden.
    Nepenthe Brewery in Hampden
    They’re feeding the hungry. Then guarding the door from ICE.
    Montgomery County organizers say the fear surrounding ICE raids have reshaped people's access to food, and what they're willing to do to get it.
    Rev. Diana Wingeier-Rayo hands out numbered cards to people arriving for a weekly food distribution event at Hughes United Methodist Church in Wheaton earlier this month.
    5 hidden gems in Western Howard County that prove it’s not just farm country
    A photo intern and I explored Western Howard County in search of hidden gems. I found the western section of the county is more than farms and McMansions and has pockets of diversity.
    Owner Linda Heigh checks out a customer at Jenny’s Market in West Friendship.
    The Dish: 5 foods you have to try at Cockeysville’s Amish market
    The Pennsylvania Dutch Market in Baltimore County offers fresh food produce, handmade soft pretzels, barbecued meats and baked goods for an affordable price.
    Fresh pretzels at the Dutch Market (Photo taken July 25)
    Odyssey of the crab: Inside the 1,100-mile network feeding Maryland’s frenzy
    Within a generation, the Maryland crab business shifted from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay to the interstate.
    Rin Tho loads a truck filled with crabs that is headed to the Pomes picking plant in Alabama at Pomes Seafood facility in New Orleans. Pomes started running his own trucks to Baltimore in 2017 and now delivers about 8,000 bushels of live crabs weekly to Maryland markets.
    Best bargain bites in Baltimore: Cheap eats you can actually count on
    These Baltimore restaurants have bargain bites that are here to save the day — and your appetite — according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    The chicken parmesan from Amicci's.
    SNAP cuts threaten the tiny stores keeping Baltimore fed
    Corner stores and public markets stand to lose once cuts to federal food stamps go into effect.
    Kevin Lee stocks an aisle at Lee’s Mini Market, a corner store he and his wife own and run in West Baltimore.
    Otterbein’s vs. Berger: The cookie debate ends here
    Both cookies are easy to find in grocery stores around Baltimore, but can be harder to find anywhere else.
    Otterbein’s and Berger cookies are both famous in Baltimore. But which is the best?
    Hampden’s had a rough go of it with pizza places. Raffy’s hopes to win them over.
    Hampden recently lost Arthouse and Paulie Gee’s, but Raffy's hopes to be the neighborhood’s new go-to spot.
    Raffy’s on 36th changed its exterior to a teal blue after purchasing Arthouse, which closed in October.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: As summer wanes, Dinner Under the Stars turns 10
    Ten years after it kicked off a wave of outdoor dining in Annapolis, Dinner Under the Stars is going strong. It’s one of seven great things you could do in the coming week.
    Ten years after it launched, Dining Under the Stars remains a popular Wednesday and Saturday night event in Annapolis.
    Papi Cuisine closes in South Baltimore
    Papi Cuisine has closed in Federal Hill, but you can still get its viral crab cake egg rolls downtown.
    Papi Cuisine's crab cake egg rolls.
    The Dish: Slutty Vegan was ‘sinking.’ Can Pinky Cole keep it afloat?
    Pinky Cole is ready for a new future with Slutty Vegan, which closed down half its locations this year as it struggled with $20 million in debt.
    Slutty Vegan Founder Pinky Cole announces that Slutty Vegan will be opening a location at Baltimore Peninsula during a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
    Toki Underground and 7 other eateries receive grants to open downtown
    A brewery, a sandwich shop, a cereal store and buzz-worthy ramen are among the new businesses coming downtown.
    Lexington Market in downtown Baltimore.
    Peter Thomas of Bar One Baltimore and ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ reports to federal prison
    Thomas, 64, now of Miami, pleaded guilty in 2024 in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina, to one count of failure to pay over trust fund taxes.
    Peter Thomas in 2023.
    Baltimore’s newest dive bar is just outside Camden Yards
    Orioles fans looking to drown their sorrows over this year’s dispiriting season have a new bar to visit.
    Orioles fans will have a new spot to buy a beer before or after games when The Birdhouse opens Friday next to Pickles Pub. General manager Olivia Morrell scoured local thrift shops for Orioles tchotchkes and other paraphernalia to decorate the bar.
    Perdue faces 2nd lawsuit over water contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ in Salisbury
    A second lawsuit against Perdue Agribusiness seeks to change how the company disposes of waste just as advocates call for more restrictions on factory farms across Maryland.
    The Perde Agribusiness water tower in Salisbury.
    All wars end. Then there’s Market House in Annapolis.
    For such a small building, the Market House in Annapolis contains a big history of fighting. It was the first fight of Mayor Gavin Buckley's administration, and here at the end eight years later, it looks like it might be the last.
    Willie Hughes serves up drinks to a bar full of late lunchers at the Market House. He's been working there for a year after moving to Annapolis from Iowa.
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