Food & Drink

    How Garden Art Party is using urban farming and art to grow a sustainable future
    The Garden Art Party initiative blends art, environmental education and food sustainability through inclusive, joy-filled, free community gatherings.
    Jennifer West works on the Whitelock Community Farm in Baltimore.
    The clock runs out for Pie Time, which will close after 10 years in business
    Pie Time in Patterson Park is closing after “business mistakes and a dollop of bad luck,” according to an Instagram post.
    Pie Time owner Max Reim sets out pies on display for Pi day in 2023.
    The Dish: Downtown Kevin Brown opened his café with love, and kept it going in grief
    This month, Downtown Kevin Brown celebrates 20 years of SNAC, while also marking two years since the death of his husband and business partner.
    Kevin Brown is the owner of Nancy by SNAC in Station North.
    ‘Totally avoidable’ spike in coffee prices sends Baltimore shops reeling
    Some Baltimore coffee shops say they’re facing an identity crisis in the wake of tariffs and rising market prices.
    U.S. coffee prices were nearly 21% higher in August than a year earlier, according to data from the Consumer Price Index.
    A 100% accurate, indisputable and correct ranking of every Chipotle in Baltimore
    I ate the same burrito bowl at 18 Chipotle locations in the Baltimore region. Here are the best — and a few to avoid.
    Another vegan restaurant in Baltimore turns to meat to stay in business
    Chihuahua Brothers, once a vegan taco business, has added meat options to its menu, a move its founder hopes will help the restaurant draw more diners.
    The subterranean space had been vacant for 15 years, according to Chihuahua Brothers founder Kevyn Matthews.
    Don’t have Ravens tickets? Eat, drink and enjoy the game at these spots.
    Here are the restaurants and bars to cheer on the Ravens when you can't make it to M&T Bank Stadium, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    Walking Dorito nachos piled high with toppings from Liv's Tavern in Federal Hill.
    5 Buc-ee’s snacks to grab to fuel your next great road trip
    Virginia’s first Buc-ee’s opened at the end of June on the route we take to visit South Carolina family. I’ve been twice already.
    After football, Andy Nelson’s barbecue connected him to Baltimore
    The former Baltimore Colt started a pit beef stand in a nursery parking lot to supplement his NFL paycheck. The idea would grow into Andy Nelson's Barbecue Restaurant on York Road in Cockeysville.
    Andy Nelson was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1957. Sports memorabilia including this photo decorate the walls of his Cockeysville restaurant.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: 14 bands, two stages and the Chesapeake Bay
    Fourteen bands will perform progressive bluegrass, American roots and improvisational music on the beach at the Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival. Other things to do include Al Green at Live! Casino, a queer dance troupe premiering its new work and the Naptowon Philharmonic.
    The Annapolis Baygrass Festival returns to Sandy Point State Park on Sept. 20-21 for the third year. Fourteen acts will perform on two beachfront stages.
    The Purple Patio lives on in former Mother’s space in Federal Hill
    Liv’s Tavern, which replaces Mother’s and its Purple Patio in Federal Hill, soft-opened to customers last Friday and is holding a grand opening on Sept. 26.
    Liv’s Tavern has opened in the former Mother’s space in Federal Hill.
    At the roots of an anticipated winery? A trio of Maryland siblings.
    Maryland siblings transform Burnt Hill Farm into a top winery, blending local flavors, family teamwork and resilience.
    Sept. 12, 2025 - Siblings Drew Baker and Ashli Johnson pose for a portrait inside the tasting room, situated atop the rolling hills of Burnt Hill Farm.
    The Dish: Why Baltimore’s bakeries are quietly becoming pizza hot spots
    Pizza is popping up at bakeries and restaurants you might not expect, from Atwater’s to a new concept from the owners of Café Dear Leon.
    A Margherita pizza is removed from the oven at Pupatella Neapolitan Pizza in Columbia, Md. on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The restaurant is Maryland's first pizzeria to be awarded the Verace Pizza Association certification from the Assozione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN).
    One of Maryland’s best burger joints sits inside a gas station
    Sunshine General Store in Brookeville has offered food and community for decades that keeps customers coming back.
    The Sunshine General Store in Brookeville is known for their Sunshine Burger.
    Another day, another accolade: The Wren named to Bon Appetit’s list of top 20 new restaurants
    The Wren was named one of the top 20 new restaurants by Bon Appétit magazine just three days after making a New York Times list of the nation's best.
    Husband and wife team Will Mester and Millie Powell at their Fells Point pub, The Wren.
    Teavolve Cafe to close in Harbor East after nearly 20 years in business
    Teavolve Cafe in Harbor East leaves behind a legacy as it gears to close up on Sept. 19.
    Teavolve Cafe in Harbor East
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Here’s what they’re singing about at the songwriters festival
    What are the local and emerging songwriters singing about during the four-day Annapolis Songwriters Festival? I asked more than 60 of them, and here’s some of what they shared.
    Tavair Dominique is an Annapolis-Baltimore songwriter who will perform at 5 p.m. Friday during the four-day Annapolis Songwriters Festival.
    The Dish: This Annapolis restaurant is a tip-free zone
    At a time when tips seem to be expected everywhere, Rumhouse may be the first restaurant in Maryland to do away with the practice all together.
    Sophie McGee is a server at Rumhouse in Annapolis. The restaurant has a no-tipping policy.
    New York Times calls Fells Point pub one of country’s 50 best restaurants
    In a 150-word blurb, The Times’ chief wine critic Eric Asimov praised The Wren in Fells Point as a "perfect pub."
    The Wren is located at 1712 Aliceanna St. in Fells Point.
    Missing in Trump’s trade war is the tariff Maryland’s seafood industry wants most
    American crabmeat has largely been replaced by cheap substitutes from Venezuela and elsewhere in crab cakes, soups and dips. Maryland’s seafood industry wonders why the tariff-happy Trump administration won’t impose steeper levies on it.
    Crab pickers process Blue Crabs at J.M. Clayton Seafood Company on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Cambridge.
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