Risking your cash on games of chance is one thing, but risking those same dollars (and your stomach) on a chancy lunch at a casino is another. Lucky for local gamblers that chef/restaurateur/cookbook author/television personality Bobby Flay’s Bobby’s Burger Palace (BBP) (7002 Arundel Mills Circle, 661-4147, bobbysburgerpalace.com) will open concurrently with the new...
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Forget infused vodka and house-made sodas. If you really want to shake things up at the bar think…bacon? The Maryland Science Center (601 S. Light St., 545-5980, mdsci.org) will be holding their latest installment of Mixology 101 evenings on Thursday, May 31, this time focusing on the ABC’s of Alcohol, Bacon, and Cocktail....
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Harbor East never slows down. Last week, PABU (725 Aliceanna St., 223-1460, michaelmina.net/restaurants/locations/pabu.php), the latest restaurant associated with the Four Seasons Hotel, opened its doors to the public. Next week, look for the opening of Townhouse Kitchen & Bar (1350 Lancaster St., 268-0323, townhousebaltimore.com) on May 24, 2012. Another venture from Michael Mina (who...
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Panic not. There’s a whole business week until Mother’s Day. But it’s time to make a plan. Here are a few restaurant brunch specials that have shown up in our inbox recently that are sure to make your mom feel like queen for a day. The Wine Market (921 E. Fort Ave., 244-6166,...
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On Friday, March 23, the Maryland SPCA is hosting an on-site Baltimore Food Truck Rally at its facility at 3300 Falls Road from 5-8 p.m. Participating food trucks include Souper Freak, the Gypsy Queen Café, GrrChe, Iced Gems Creations, Kooper’s Chowhound Burger Wagon, and South Carolina BBQ and Catering. Beer and wine will also...
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Every Friday morning at 10:00 a.m., Timothy Anderson, Woodberry Kitchen’s resident barista, and fellow barista Jade Sterle guide coffee geeks and wannabes through the fine art of coffee cupping. “If you’re looking to geek out with people over coffee that’s what we do,” Anderson says. Similar to a wine tasting, and only slightly less intoxicating,...
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Happy hours, burger specials, and half-price wine nights have become a fixture around town. But a recent email from the Wine Market announcing $35 prix fixe dinners reminded us that there are more elegant ways for the cash-strapped to have an evening out. Here are a few deals around town: The Wine Market (921...
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The Maryland Science Center brings together science, food, and booze in the latest entry of its “adult beverage series,” The Science of Chocolate: Cocoa-ology, Thursday, Feb. 23. Larry McGlinchey, chocolatier and owner of Cacao Lorenzo, will lead an interactive presentation exploring the origins of chocolate and chocolate production and providing insight into the elements...
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’Tis the season for eggs and French toast? It sure is feeling like it with several new brunches being offered recently. It’s not on the Café Hon web site yet, but according to the flier left at my door last weekend, the recently Gordon Ramsay-fied Hampden spot has returned Saturday and Sunday brunch to...
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The Year of the Dragon roars in on Monday, Jan. 23, and Zhongshan Restaurant is offering a traditional 12-course banquet to usher in the Chinese New Year celebration. The meal includes assorted platters of cold dishes such as sliced roast duck, barbecued pork, and jellyfish; seafood soup with tofu and fried snow crab claws...
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Does it seem like it’s always Restaurant Week somewhere? Possibly. But this go ’round boasts a number of new deals. In Baltimore City, the week-long celebration that usually runs slightly longer than a week begins Jan. 20, and three-course dinners will cost you either $30.12 or $20.12, a nice reduction from the usual $35...
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Several years after an extensive interior renovation, Corks Restaurant closed on Wednesday, Dec. 21, after 14 years in its Federal Hill location. According to a press release, the closure arose out of a dispute with the landlord over facilities repairs. The restaurant had had periods of temporary closure recently due to facility-related problems. Co-owner...
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