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Food & Drink

    Baltimore’s newest beverage trend? Clear cocktails that taste complex.
    Clarified cocktails, time- and labor-intensive drinks, are finding their way onto Baltimore beverage menus. Here are some restaurants where you can find them.
    The Baklava is the singular clarified cocktail on a tight list of top-tier drinks at CookHouse in Bolton Hill.
    Guide to Baltimore Pride: From jazz nights to drag cruises, 8 events you may not know about
    Baltimore’s week of LGBTQIA+ Pride celebrations kicks off this week, with dozens of events happening around the city.
    The audience dances to loud music being played at the Baltimore Pride block party at the 50th annual Baltimore Pride celebration in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore on June 14, 2025.
    A second free food market will open in a Prince George’s County library
    The District 7 Fresh Market opens June 8 at the Spauldings Branch Library in District Heights. A similar market opened in Fairmount Heights to provide fresh foods and pantry staples.
    A free grocery store in a library chips away at food insecurity
    The Fairmount Five Market opened on May 28 at the Fairmount Heights Branch Library. Some residents in need can sign up to grab free pantry staples and fresh foods.
    The Fairmount Five Market in the Fairmont Heights Library is stocked with a variety of essentials many families rely on.
    Maryland dairy recalls ricotta products over possible listeria contamination
    Clover Hill Dairy issued a voluntary recall of its ricotta products over a possible listeria contamination.
    Clover Hill Dairy, a dairy operation in Mechanicsville, has recalled several ricotta products over a possible listeria contamination.
    7 things to do in the capital region, from a food festival to Pride celebrations
    You can also visit an art market, take a free workout class and see a TLC reality star onstage.
    The Taste of Wheaton returns for its 30th year, bringing more than 60 food and artisan vendors to the Marian Fryer Town Plaza.
    Jimmy’s Breakfast Bar & Grill diner, Fat Tuesday to open in Fells Point
    Diner-style breakfasts and New Orleans-inspired food and drinks are coming to spaces near the Fells Point waterfront this summer.
    Jimmy's Breakfast Bar and Grill quietly reopened in Fells Point at 801 South Broadway.
    The Dish: This chef wants a Michelin star. First, he has to fill seats.
    Chef Loic Sany has big plans for Nest, his first solo project. But can he overcome the obstacles of the industry he loves?
    Chef and owner Loic Sany opens the blinds inside Nest, a fine-dining speakeasy located above his other restaurant, Jerk at Nite, in downtown Baltimore.
    11 of the Baltimore area’s best smashburgers
    Smashburgers are having a moment in Baltimore. Here are some of the best places to find them, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    The Royal Blue's smashburger comes with bacon and the option to add a runny egg for brunch.
    This new cocktail challenge has Baltimore bars buzzing
    To shine a spotlight on Baltimore’s creative bartenders, the Charm City Cocktail Club is challenging locals to try 12 bars around the city before its July deadline.
    A local group of spirits enthusiasts recently formed the Charm City Cocktail Club to celebrate Baltimore’s cocktail scene — and its first foray is a challenge to fill up a passport by visiting a dozen Baltimore bars.
    Moore seeks federal disaster aid for Maryland farms, wineries hit by freeze
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is asking the federal government for disaster aid to help farms and wineries that had crops damaged by a late-spring freeze.
    Three weeks later Black Ankle Vineyards is still grappling with the damage of a late season frost that decimated their buds for grapes.
    The Dish: As Greektown changes, Karellas Cafe holds the line
    Karellas Cafe, a beloved Greektown family tavern in Baltimore, is keeping old traditions alive as the neighborhood changes.
    One of Karellas Cafe’s signature dishes is their grilled octopus drizzled in vinegar and olive oil. They’re also known for their tzatziki, hummus and tyrokafteri, which can be eaten with pita.
    Maryland’s lone ‘retro’ Pizza Hut only sort of exists in Oxon Hill
    A recent visit to a Pizza Hut in Oxon Hill saw the former sit-down parlor somewhat revived but blocked off like a museum exhibit.
    Pizza Hut in Oxon Hill was touted as Maryland’s lone retro outpost still in operation. But the dining room was still closed as of lunchtime Tuesday.
    Your guide to the best classic martinis around Baltimore
    These six restaurants Baltimore-area restaurants prove there's nothing quite like a perfect martini.
    The House Martini at Love, Pomelo.
    Speeding driver crashes into Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles while allegedly fleeing BPD stop
    A vehicle crashed into Bunny’s Buckets and Bubbles in Fell’s Point on Friday night, scattering bricks inside the corner of the chicken restaurant.
    A white vehicle crashed into Bunny’s Buckets and Bubbles in Fells Point on Friday night, leaving behind some rubble and a hole in the wall.
    Pickles are great. But this pickle smoothie is a step too far.
    The pickle smoothie from Smoothie King puts pickles in line with protein and bacon as the latest ingredient to be crammed up our noses.
    Smoothie King debuted a pickle smoothie with Grillo’s Pickles. The briny beverage joins similar recent collaborations including pickle beer from PBR and Grillo’s-flavored Liquid I.V.
    Hutzell: In Annapolis, you can’t eat a hot dog standing up
    COLUMN | Annapolis is a city of rules, layered thickly over hundreds of years in Maryland’s small-town state capital. None may be quite so silly as this.
    You can order a hot dog at Forward Brewing in Annapolis, but rules adopted by the city make it illegal to eat it standing up.
    Taco killer: David Byrne makes pit stop at Clavel
    Musician David Byrne treated his tour crew to Clavel after a show at the Hippodrome — “a huge deal for both my husband and I and all of the managers,” said restaurateur Lane Harlan.
    Clavel's General Manager Siska Scherzer, and owner Lane Harlan pose for a photo with David Byrne after the artist treated his crew to a family-style dinner at the Remington eatery.
    Grandma pizza, flautas and a huge Philly cheesesteak: My day of trying way too many Takoma Park restaurants
    I visited way too many Takoma Park restaurants in one day. Here’s what you should order at each of them.
    Tasty treats from Lost Sock Roasters, Red Hound Pizza, Takoma Beverage Co., and San Pancho.
    The Dish: The Fishmonger’s Daughter isn’t your grandmother’s Faidley’s
    The Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville is a love letter to the Faidley family’s seafaring history as well as a cautiously optimistic pitch for its future.
    Owner Damye Hahn in her restaurant, The Fishmonger’s Daughter, in Catonsville.
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