Food & Drink

    Wait, food trucks were illegal? Anne Arundel County approves zoning fix.
    The Anne Arundel County Council approved an amendment to a comprehensive zoning reform bill that would ease concerns from the county’s food truck operators, but a flurry of additional amendments introduced by one council member could put the broader bill at risk.
    Exterior of the Arundel Center in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
    Columbia coffee trailer opens its first brick-and-mortar in Baltimore
    Highlandtown has a new destination for cardamom lattes and croissant-waffle hybrids with Qaffee House.
    Qaffee House has opened its doors at 328 S. Highland Ave. in Highlandtown. The coffee shop is the first brick-and-mortar location for the brand, which also has a coffee trailer in Columbia. The menu includes cardamom lattes and croffles -- or qroffles -- with various toppings.
    6 food and drink spots in Baltimore where you can order from a walk-up window
    Whether you want wine, coffee, pizza, pretzels, or even a burrito, here are six walk-up spots around the city worth venturing up to, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    Kneads Bakeshop & Café has its own wine window, where you can take a glass with you while shopping around Cross Keys.
    Silver Diner has been a fixture at BWI since 2007. Now it’s fighting to keep its prime location.
    Silver Diner, a fixture at BWI since George W. Bush was president, is fighting to keep its prime location at the busy Anne Arundel County airport. When a new concessions management company demanded a makeover that representatives said would force the diner to close, it went to court to stay.
    Silver Diner at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore.
    Guinness came to Baltimore County with big hopes. It leaves with unanswered questions.
    Guinness’ departure leaves behind a brewing landscape that it helped reshape — along with unanswered questions about what will come next for the Maryland site and the beer brewed there.
    Scenes from inside the Baltimore Guinness location on March 14, 2023.
    Guinness Open Gate Brewery is shutting down
    Guinness is shutting down its Maryland brewery, parent company Diageo North America Inc. announced Thursday.
    The Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Barrel House as seen in April 2023.
    Oleum owner to take over former Simply Marie’s space in Canton for new restaurant
    Oleum owner Alisha Adibe is opening the restaurant Dahlia Cocinita in the former Simply Marie's space.
    Oleum owner Alisha Adibe is opening a new restaurant in the former Simply Marie's space in Canton. Dahlia Cocinita will open in early 2027 serving plant-based Mexican food.
    The Dish: This Fells Point café’s AI-powered robot can make a latte with your face on it
    At Caffè Futuro in Fells Point, the robotic barista can handle all your coffee preferences. But do you have to tip?
    At Fells Point's Caffe Futuro at 819 S Broadway, the barista is a robot -- and it can put your face on a latte.
    As Commanders’ time in Landover winds down, ‘Tailgate Ted’ grills on
    Ted Abela, known better by Commanders fans as “Tailgate Ted,” has been hosting one of the premier tailgates for Washington football games for more than two decades.
    Ted Abela, known better by Commanders fans as “Tailgate Ted,” has been hosting tailgates for Washington football games amid the highs and lows of the team.
    Leon’s is coming back: Baltimore’s oldest gay bar to reopen this week
    Leon’s will reopen Wednesday. Baltimore’s oldest gay bar, which opened in the 1950s, closed in July following the death of its owner Ron Singer.
    Leon’s, the oldest gay bar in Mount Vernon, will reopen Wednesday.
    These Baltimore raw bar bites go beyond just oysters
    Here are five carryouts, cocktail bars and sit-down restaurants that are stretching the bounds of Baltimore’s raw bar scene.
    The Cold Seafood Platter, featuring raw oysters and clams, shrimp, snow crab leg clusters, jumbo lump crabmeat and two medium Maryland crabs at Nick's Fish House.
    This isn’t Baltimore’s first trash wheel python. The last one gave us a beer.
    Peabody Heights Brewery launched Lost Python Ale the last time a python was stuck on a trash wheel in Baltimore. Eleven years later, it remains in the top four or five beers they sell.
    Mr. Trash Wheel's Lost Python Ale remains a top seller for Baltimore's Peabody Heights Brewery a decade after it was first released, at the Wine Source in Hampden. The beer commemorates a 2015 incident in which a 5-foot python was discovered in the Inner Harbor's first original trash wheel.
    STK Steakhouse serves $3 bites during happy hour. That doesn’t mean it’s a bargain.
    At first glance, the happy hour specials at the STK Steakhouse chain seem like a steal. But take a closer look, and you’ll see the value slip away.
    $3 tater tots with the $9 jalapeno pickled shrimp cocktail at STK Steakhouse.
    The Dish: Dyson Adams found God. Then he found barbecue.
    Slicen Dyson founder Dyson Adams found barbecue — the kind that people wait in line for — after a 2019 head and neck injury.
    Dyson Adams’ Slicen Dyson barbecue stand in Parkville has Baltimore County lining up for an hour-plus. Adams says he discovered his love for cooking after a 2019 injury forced him to quit drinking and prompted him to find spirituality.
    7 new casual restaurants around Baltimore to try right now
    Sometimes you don't want to get gussied up to go out to eat. At these restaurants you can go as you are.
    Arepas from Candela.
    The Club Car to close in January, then reopen as part of North Avenue Market
    The Club Car, a popular LGBTQ+ bar in Station North, will close in January to renovate a new space and reopen as part of the historic North Avenue Market.
    The Club Car will close in January to renovate and reopen as part of the North Avenue Market.
    Royal Farms market concept approved in Annapolis, with fewer gas pumps
    The Annapolis Planning Commission conditionally approved a developer’s proposal to bring a Royal Farms gas station and marketplace to the intersection of Forest Drive and Tyler Avenue.
    **ONE TIME USE ONLY** Renderings of the Royal Farms development project has been is being discussed for Annapolis.
    Get the gross-looking sundae at M&T Bank Stadium this Ravens season
    Flamin’ Hot Cheeto burgers and barbecue sundaes: The Ravens and Levy Restaurants gave us an exclusive preview of the new dishes coming to M&T Bank Stadium this season.
    Flamin’ Hot Cheeto burgers and barbecue sundaes: The Ravens and Levy Restaurants gave us an exclusive preview of the new dishes coming to M&T Bank Stadium this season.
    The Dish: 2 new restaurants have the Baltimore County suburbs buzzing
    Psych yourself up for your next grocery run by promising yourself a slice of Vito’s Pizza or all-you-can-eat Sushi Oishii.
    The slices from Vito's Pizza are worth the trip to Timonium. And besides, you need to go to Aldi anyway.
    The New York Times names Montgomery County spot on 50 favorite restaurants list
    The New York Times’ list of the 50 best restaurants in America includes one spot in Maryland: the Chef’s Counter at Burnt Hill Farm in Montgomery County.
    The Chef’s Counter at Burnt Hill Farm in Clarksburg was named one of The New York Times’ 50 best restaurants in America.
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