Fells Point

John Paterakis Sr. didn't believe it when Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke told him nearly two decades ago that Harbor East's Marriott Waterfront Hotel would spur revitalization from the Inner Harbor to Canton. The city had picked Paterakis' H&S Properties Development Corp. to build the hotel, launching a parallel career for the baker and developer. Today, Paterakis marvels at the upscale shops, luxurious living spaces and top-flight office space set to line the southeastern Baltimore waterfront - and already booming along it. "You have to give a lot of credit that he was right," said Paterakis, president of H&S Bakery Inc., which grew from a two-man operation that opened in 1943 to a baking empire spanning more than two dozen states.

Fells Point Farmers' Market returns on Saturday for its third season on Broadway Square. The opening day of the market's season will include a tribute to Michael D. "Mick" Kipp, the bartender and spice-maker known affectionately, and widely, as "Mick T. Pirate. " An empty stand will be set up at the market to honor Kipp, who died of a heart attack on Sunday. Market-goers will be able to leave tributes to Kipp in a memory book at the empty stand. There are changes this season to the market.

Three endangered sea turtles that spent the winter in Baltimore departed Saturday evening, joining a caravan of at least 43 others bound for Florida's warm waters and a return to their natural habitat. The three turtles — Chet, Biff and Two-Bit — were among more than 200 sea turtles to wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches, critically ill with hypothermia, last November and December. When The New England Aquarium's sea turtle hospital reached capacity, rescuers reached out to other facilities up and down the East Coast to find foster homes.

In 1936, Clare Booth Luce surprised theatergoers with “The Women,” a snappy - and snapping - play about catty New York socialities and wannabes, performed by an all-female cast. Three decades later, Canadian playwright Michel Tremblay delivered a kind of flip side. Tremblay's “Les Belles Soeurs” (“The Sisters-in-Law”), which has been given an intriguing production at Fells Point Corner Theatre, consists solely of female characters. These Montreal ladies are on a much lower socio-economic level than Luce's rhymes-with-”itchy” types, but just as prone to gossip, prejudgments and back-stabbing - and likewise capable of being awfully amusing.

The new Sofi's Crepes in Fells Point has its grand opening on Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. So, grab the children and the family dog and stroll on down for some crepe specials and stilt walkers. There will be live music from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The new shop,  1627 Thames St. , is in the Brown's Wharf complex, in the walkway next to Fells Point Surf Shop. Miss Shirley's is out with a new menu for spring and summer that sharpens its Southern focus. New menu items include a chicken-fried pork chop, a Big Easy muffuletta chef salad and a crabby deviled egg salad.

The family owners of The Inn at the Black Olive in Fells Point hope a bankruptcy filing Thursday will give them time to try to attract investors and keep operating the 2-year-old boutique hotel, their bankruptcy attorney said. The Black Olive Development Co. LLC's Chapter 7 filing in Baltimore's U.S. Bankruptcy Court prevented a planned foreclosure auction of the 12-suite luxury inn on South Caroline Street from going forward Thursday morning. Chapter 7 permits an orderly liquidation of assets to repay creditors, but the case could be converted to a Chapter 11 reorganization if the company finds investors.

The Inn at the Black Olive, a 12-suite boutique hotel in Fells Point known for eco-friendly amenities, will be offered for sale at a foreclosure auction Thursday. An auction by Alex Cooper Auctioneers Inc. is slated for 9 a.m. at the South Caroline Street site of the two-year-old inn, which touts features such as organic bedding and towels, harbor-view balconies and spa bathrooms with aqua-therapy tubs. The inn is owned by the Spiliadis family, which operates the Black Olive Restaurant on Bond Street, also in Fells Point.

Willow manages to be a lot of things all at once. The Fells Point restaurant, opened in July by the team behind RYE and Stuggy's, shares its name with the graceful weeping willow tree. With gray walls, hanging lanterns and gauzy curtains, Willow's interior is in sync with the moody look of its namesake. The space - like the staff - is casual but stylish. Willow's menu, on the other hand, is full of fresh takes on Tex-Mex and bar-friendly pizzas and burgers. Flavors occasionally veer into sophisticated territory, but overall, the food is straightforward, fun and approachable.

Three years after opening its original Fells Point hot dog shop, Stuggy's is adding a location in Federal Hill. The new location will be at 17 E. Cross St. in a an approximately 1,000-square-foot space that was most recently an M&T Bank branch. A Stuggy's stand debuted last year at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and will return this season, according to Stuggy's co-owner Ryan Perlberg. Since taking over the old Burritos en Fuego space on South Broadway in 2010, Stuggy's has annexed the properties to either side, the Whistling Oyster and Sam's Kid, and converted them into the contemporary lounge spaces Rye and Willow , respectively.