Food & Drink

    Cafes, bars, restaurants: Baltimore’s hottest new spots (plus one in Frederick County)
    Baltimore (and just beyond) is buzzing with new restaurants like Chefrock’s and À Demain Cafe, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    A sampling of croiffles — a buttery croissant pressed into a waffle — with various toppings from À Demain Cafe.
    Moo Moo Cows reopens after third vandalism attack in less than a month
    Online, theories swirled about who might want to attack the Federal Hill ice cream shop — and why.
    Moo Moo Cows reopened Wednesday at 926 Light St. in Federal Hill.
    The Dish: Annoyed that a Baltimore restaurant isn’t open yet? So are the owners.
    Changes to Baltimore City’s permitting system could be stalling your favorite restaurant’s opening.
    $5 beer, $3.50 hot dogs: Ravens expand cheap menu options at M&T Bank Stadium
    The revamped Flock Friendly Fare value menu at M&T Bank Stadium includes 11 items under $5 — including hot dogs and beer — for Baltimore Ravens fans.
    The exterior of M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens, in South Baltimore.
    Shoppers to close four grocery stores in Maryland
    Shoppers is closing its Essex, Westminster, New Carrollton and Waldorf stores.
    Shoppers in Mondawmin Mall reopening following a health code violation
    Amy Gjerde to take over Artifact Coffee as she and Spike split restaurants
    Amy Gjerde is taking full ownership of Artifact Coffee while ex-husband Spike Gjerde will assume control of nearby Woodberry Tavern and its attached event space.
    Monday, August 25, 2025 — Spike’s Greenhouse sandwich will likely go off the menu moving forward. Amy Gjerde is now 100% owner of Artifact Coffee, which she opened with her then-husband Spike in 2012. Amy intends to bring a softer touch to the popular shop, which offers coffee and pastries as well as locally-sourced salads and sandwiches.
    The Dish: TikTok told me to stand in line for hours for this fish sandwich
    A sense of community forms among people at The Gift waiting in line for fish sandwiches for hours. And hours.
    Customers may wait in line for an hour or more at The Gift. Its fish sandwich recently went viral on TikTok.
    These bargain burgers in Baltimore are bliss on a budget
    Baltimore is a burger-lover’s playground, with great deals from neighborhood bars, taverns and steakhouses, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    Kooper's Tavern in Fells Point offers a $5 Burger of the Month deal.
    Shoppers at Mondawmin Mall reopens after more than a week with no hot water
    The Shoppers supermarket in Mondawmin Mall reopened Thursday after shuttering for eight days over health code violations.
    Shoppers in Mondawmin Mall reopening following a health code violation
    What really happened at Bunny’s?
    A server’s Palestinian flag pin divided Fells Point restaurant Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles. This is what people told us went down.
    The exterior of Bunny’s Buckets and Bubbles in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
    The Dish: Have jury duty in Baltimore? Here’s where to grab lunch.
    Jurors in Baltimore City get $30 per day for their service. Spend it on lunch at one of these 15 restaurants.
    The Reuben sandwich at. B&O American Brasserie. B&O offers a discount to jurors who present their badge.
    Fells Point restaurant Bunny’s fires at least 6 employees after pro-Palestine protest
    Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles fired several of its employees who participated in a pro-Palestine protest outside the Fells Point restaurant.
    The exterior of Bunny's Buckets & Bubbles at 801 S. Ann St. in Fells Point on Aug. 18, 2025.
    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.
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