Food & Drink

Mohammed Sultani had no butchering or grocery experience. He relied on the kindness of strangers and his family. When that wasn’t enough, he started driving trucks.

Check out food social media influencer Chris Franzoni’s recommendations for some of the newest restaurants in the Baltimore area, from Benny’s to Yebo Kitchen.

From vegan options to Italian ice specialties, check out the Black-owned Baltimore ice cream shops forging unique paths in a once-segregated industry.

Brothers Donta and William Henson launched the Black-owned Los Hermanos 1978 Tequila during COVID-19.

Takumi, located in the former Starbucks space at the Mall in Columbia, offers high-end sushi with a view of the shopping center’s carousel.

Piccola Allora, the last of local restaurateur Brendon Hudson’s Baltimore eateries, has closed its doors at the Johns Hopkins University. Hudson has also recently shuttered Allora, Zander's and Velleggia’s.

Baltimore’s The Coral Wig was named one of the 11 best new bars in the country by Arbiters of Good Taste, Bon Appétit magazine.

Little Donna's topped (another) New York Times list — this time of the best pizzas across the country. But that doesn't mean they're a pizzeria.

According to court records filed this week, Bar One owner Peter Thomas failed to pay more than $2.5 million in employment taxes withheld from his workers’ paychecks in Baltimore and beyond.

The Michelin Guide only just began visiting Washington, D.C. in 2016. Some Baltimore restaurant owners want to see inspectors come to Charm City.

Hooters, a Harborplace institution, closed with little warning this week despite being the longest-tenured restaurant in the Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

The FDA issued a recall after listeria was detected at Totally Cool, an Owings Mills ice cream manufacturer that helped produce some Taharka Brothers ice cream pints as well as products from around a dozen other brands.

Doppio Pasticceria, which rented a stall at Remington’s R. House food stall, is moving to the former JBGB’s while they await construction on a more permanent space.

Gems like The Urban Oyster, True Chesapeake Oyster Co. and more offer an array of delightful bivalve dishes, whether raw or roasted, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.

Home Maid announced its closure, but the 1400 Key Highway restaurant and two adjacent rowhomes are already listed for sale with an asking price of $799,000.

Baltimore chef Ashish Alfred announced Monday that he has temporarily closed his Fells Point restaurants Duck Duck Goose, Osteria Pirata and the Anchor Tavern, citing “safety concerns.”

The former Stratford University in Little Italy houses Oleum Vegan Kitchen, Waiting to Oxtail and other delicious Baltimore ghost kitchens.

There’s something truly humbling about getting to experience “Antiques Roadshow,” which set up Tuesday at the Maryland Zoo, appraise your priceless family heirlooms as actually worthless.

Waverly is seeing an influx in businesses moving in, including Kora Lee’s Gourmet Dessert Cafe, which hails from Catonsville, and Hampden's Jerk Taco.

Out with the crushed ice and Koldkiss, in with the shaved ice and French syrups: The Peggy at Walther Gardens, the oldest snowball stand in the country, looks to redefine the sweet treat.