Mount Washington

Looking for some new places for your eating-out repertoire? We caught up with some of chefs in town to find out where they go when they're not dishing out fare at their own spots. Note: All restaurants are in Baltimore unless otherwise indicated. Ted Stelzenmuller, Jack's Bistro Favorite ethnic spot: "Without a doubt, my favorite is Joung Kak. There is no better place to go with a group of like-minded chefs. Eating great Korean barbecue and washing it all down with soju.

Avon Avenue 3200 block, between 4:30 p.m. June 6 and 6:30 a.m. June 7. Registration sticker stolen from vehicle. North Calvert Street 3100 block, between 11 p.m. June 3 and 3:30 p.m. June 6. White, 2001 Hyundai with Maryland tags 7BA6560 stolen. Chestnut Avenue 3000 block, between 6:20 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. June 2. iPad stolen from vehicle. 3300 block, between 4 p.m. June 2 and 7 a.m. June 3. Safe. toolbox, cash stolen from residence. Entry gained by forcing open rear door.

The Falls has closed. A message posted Tuesday morning on the Mount Washington restaurant's Facebook page says, "Attention friends and neighbors: We're saddened to announce that after almost 2 great years we are no longer open for business, effective immediately. The Falls was never perfect, but it wasn't for lack of effort... "  

About 17,000 Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers lost power for about an hour on Monday afternoon after an unexpected problem occurred at a substation in the Mount Washington area of Northwest Baltimore, according to a company spokeswoman. The unexpected and still unidentified problem, which is under investigation, occurred with one piece of equipment at the substation about noon, at the same time another, similar piece of equipment had been taken offline and de-energized for routine maintenance, according to Rachael Lighty, the spokeswoman.

If the idea of owning a chic, contemporary home, high on a hill in Baltimore's historic and colorful Mount Washington neighborhood appeals to the village dweller in you, then 2705 Rockwood Ave. is worth a visit. "One of the home's many assets is its convenience to downtown Baltimore, whether driving or taking public transportation," said Cummings & Co. Realtors listing agent, Cara Fabian. "And yet there is a strong feel of suburban neighborhood living. " This 1955 rancher is built of brick and features a driveway leading to an attached carport.

Blue Sage Cafe and Wine Bar opened on June 1 in Mount Washington in the Kelly Avenue space that was formerly The Falls (and before that Freida's Kitchen and, for years, the Mt. Washington Food Market). I've been hearing about Blue Sage - and read about it on a few other blogs -- but I kept not picking up the phone to check it out. So, I was happy to hear from Ricky Johnson, the bar and front-of-house manager at Blue Sage, who filled me in on the background and early days of Blue Sage.

The problem: A pedestrian signal button in Mount Washington was knocked down and never replaced. The back story: Jon Merryman often takes matters into his own hands — including trash. The Catonsville resident said he spends the hours while his son swims at Meadowbrook Aquatic Center wandering around Mount Washington, picking up garbage that would otherwise end up in the Jones Falls. These travels recently became more treacherous. A pedestrian signal button post on the southwest corner of Falls Road and Kelly Avenue had been knocked down during the winter.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Tom Rothman, the Mount Washington native and Hollywood player, is out of his post at Fox studios. According to an email blast from the newspaper: Fox Filmed Entertainment co-Chairman Tom Rothman, who has led the film studio since 2000 with partner Jim Gianopulos, is leaving his post, according to a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly. Rothman , 57, attended Park School, Brown University and Columbia University Law School.

A proposal to build solar panels on a historic property in Mount Washington has drawn criticism from neighbors who believe it will be an eyesore for some nearby houses. The Chimes, a Baltimore-based nonprofit, plans to put solar panels in a grassy area between two Victorian houses it owns in the Dixon Hill neighborhood of Mount Washington. The panels would produce electricity for the residences on the property. "The plan is to put a small ground-mounted system between two of the buildings," said Martin S. Lampner, the president and CEO of The Chimes.

Todd Curry scored four goals and Brian Nikula added four more to lead host Mount Washington to a 20-18 victory over Canada's Victoria Royal Waxmen yesterday, to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Brogden Cup lacrosse tournament at Norris Field.Curry scored two goals in the first overtime to give Mount Washington a 19-17 lead. Victoria Royal Waxmen pulled within 19-18 on Grant Hamilton's goal 1 minute, 16 seconds into the second overtime period required under tournament rules.Joe Delligatti scored the game's final goal for Mount Washington with 30 seconds left.

Mary F. Hewes, a former newspaper reporter and longtime Charles Village resident, died May 16 from cancer at Mount Pleasant Hospice. She was 81. The daughter of a real estate broker and a homemaker, the former Mary Frances McClatchy was born and raised in Berwyn, Pa. After graduating from Villa Maria High School in Malvern, Pa., she earned a bachelor's degree in 1954 from what is now Immaculata University, also in Malvern. After a hitchhiking tour of the U.S. and Europe, she went to work as a newspaper reporter for The Stratford News in Stratford, Conn.

Roaming the streets that encircle Pimlico Race Course , I discovered so many places that I had trouble going back to the same locale twice. Outer Northwest Baltimore is a fascinating, at times geographically bewildering, place. When the Maryland Jockey Club members built Pimlico, they must have been thinking big and distant. It was a gallop from Druid Hill Park, and if you didn't own a carriage, you would have needed a ticket on the Western Maryland Railway to spend a day at the races.

Frank Bond Sr., a retired Maryland Transit Administration bus driver and neighborhood activist who believed in the value of education, died Monday of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. "Frank was a wonderful man who treasured education even though he was not an educated man," said W. Byron Forbush II, who retired in 1998 after 38 years as headmaster of Friends School. "His three children went to Friends as well as two grandchildren," said Mr. Forbush. "He was so devoted and proud that his family was part of that institution.

Pauline H. "June" Brannan, an artist and former owner of a Mount Washington frame shop, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure and kidney disease at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The longtime Ruxton resident was 85. The daughter of farmers, Pauline Hillary Crapster was born in Woodbine and raised in Anne Arundel County. She was a 1945 graduate of Glen Burnie High School. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park and in 1950 married Robert R. Brannan Sr. The couple settled in the Four Winds neighborhood, where they raised their five children.

If the idea of owning a chic, contemporary home, high on a hill in Baltimore's historic and colorful Mount Washington neighborhood appeals to the village dweller in you, then 2705 Rockwood Ave. is worth a visit. "One of the home's many assets is its convenience to downtown Baltimore, whether driving or taking public transportation," said Cummings & Co. Realtors listing agent, Cara Fabian. "And yet there is a strong feel of suburban neighborhood living. " This 1955 rancher is built of brick and features a driveway leading to an attached carport.

Elvira Elizabeth "Bette" Kennedy, a World War II veteran who with her husband co-founded Dawn's Office Supply, died Friday of a heart attack at Emeritus of Towson on North Charles Street. The longtime Mount Washington resident was 89. The daughter of a barnstormer and truck driver and an educator, Elvira Elizabeth Lance was born and raised in Oneonta, N.Y., where she graduated in 1942 from Oneonta High School. She enlisted in the Navy in 1943, and was working as a pharmacist's mate at a naval hospital in Northern California when she met her future husband, Thomas J. Kennedy Jr., a Marine who was recuperating after losing his sight when he was blinded by a Japanese booby trap at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.

VAIL, Colo. -- Mount Washington Tavern of Baltimore yesterday defeated M.A.B. Paints of Philadelphia, 12-8, in the Club Division semifinals of the 20th annual Vail Lacrosse Shootout.In the title game today, third-seeded Mount Washington will play ninth-seeded Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which beat fifth-seeded Team Colorado, 10-8, for its second upset in as many days. Friday, FCA shocked the top-seeded, two-time defending champion Greene Turtle Tavern of Baltimore, 9-8, in double overtime.

A quaint village nestled within the city limits, Mount Washington has its share of Victorian charms to please the eye during the holiday season. But this is the very late 20th century, after all, and so there are buildings here like the Mt. Washington Tavern, which has been extensively modernized without totally losing sight of its antique origins.This eternally popular restaurant-bar has already clocked 12 years within its 100-year-old building. For a barside sense of the old, consider all the Maryland-themed horse and nautical prints, a mural depicting the original clubhouse at Pimlico, or the globular chandeliers.

A car that crashed near the Washington Monument onl Thursday morning overturned, injuring a passenger and damaging a wall at the historic Mount Vernon park. The flipped-over four-door gray sedan blocked traffic on Washington Place just south of the 178-foot column to West Centre Street for at least an hour while police investigated and roped off a damaged stone wall in the park's South Garden. Two men were in the car, which was a rental vehicle licensed in Connecticut, when the driver fell asleep and crashed into the wall, causing the car to flip over, police spokesman Detective Vernon Davis said.

With the first pick of Wednesday's Major League Lacrosse supplemental draft, the Rochester Rattlers selected former Baltimore Bayhawk Mark Millon, who will come out of retirement to return to the league after a five-season absence. A member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and widely considered one of the greatest players in lacrosse history, Millon will turn 42 in May. He was the league's Offensive Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003, as well as the Most Valuable Player in 2005, and won the league championship with the Bayhawks in 2002.