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By Jill Rosen | August 30, 2009
Tracy Hall and her husband, Josh, used to love a decadent dinner out - cocktails and appetizers, wine with dinner and dessert. But for their five-year anniversary in June, what would have typically been a culinary blowout, the Canton couple ended up at a neighborhood tavern, trying to keep their bill under $70. With only one salary to support the family of three and layoffs happening everywhere, the Halls are holding tight to their wallets. "We really wanted to splurge," she says. "But we are gun-shy about spending the money on things we don't need to spend it on."
NEWS
October 19, 2008
Young professionals club announces Oct. schedule The Young Anne Arundel Professionals, a social club primarily for single professionals to make new friends and share camaraderie, has announced its programs for October. Activities include networking events at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday at Red Hot & Blue, 200 Old Mill Bottom Road, Annapolis; 8:15 a.m., Saturday at Garry's Grill, 7704 Quarterfield Road, Glen Burnie; 6:30 p.m., Oct. 28 at Chevys Fresh Mex, Arundel Mills Mall, to walk the Mall; 6:30 p.m., Oct. 30 at China Buffett, 554-A Ritchie Highway, Severna Park.
NEWS
July 16, 2008
Hartgen heads restaurant association Paul Hartgen has joined the Restaurant Association of Maryland as president and chief executive officer. He held the same posts with the Nevada Restaurant Association and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association, and he held a variety of managerial positions with Ashworth by the Sea Hotel in Hampton, N.H. He is past president of the International Society of Restaurant Association Executives and an...
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By ELIZABETH LARGE | May 28, 2008
There have been whispers that the very popular Miss Shirley's Cafe in Roland Park was planning to have a second location downtown, and now they're confirmed. Sometime late this summer, the new Miss Shirley's will open adjacent to the lobby of the 750 E. Pratt St. office building. The target date is mid- to late August. There will be seating for 90 and a carryout window. At first, Miss Shirley's will stick to what made the first location such a success, offering elaborate breakfast and lunch items (from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays)
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May 17, 2008
Awards *The Greater Baltimore Committee announced the presentation its Walter Sondheim Public Service Award to Eddie and Sylvia Brown for their contributions of more than $17 million over 14 years, mostly in support of education and the arts in Baltimore. The GBC also named Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown as recipient of its Regional Visionary Award for his work with the base realignment and closure agenda for the Baltimore region. Contracts *OPTIMUS Corp., based in Rockville, received a five-year blanket purchase contract to provide up to $100 million in information technology services to the National Information Technology Center and the National Information Systems Center of the National Park Service.
NEWS
May 14, 2008
Restaurant group names new chief Paul P. Hartgen of Las Vagas has been named president and chief executive officer of the Columbia-based Restaurant Association of Maryland. He has been president and CEO of the Nevada Restaurant Association and has held the same positions with the New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association. He is also president of the International Society of Restaurant Association Executives and an industry representative to the board of directors of the National Restaurant Association.
NEWS
October 31, 2007
Restaurant group chooses Kreuzburg Paula Kreuzburg has been named interim president by the executive committee of the Restaurant Association of Maryland's board of directors. An adviser to former President and Chief Executive Officer Marcia S. Harris, who died recently, Kreuzburg has been a member of the association's staff since 1997. She served as chairman of its board of directors in 1993 and 1994 while managing her family's restaurant, Mrs. K's Toll House, in Silver Spring. A search committee has been formed, and a national search firm will assist the committee in evaluating candidates to fill the position.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | October 2, 2007
Marcia S. Harris, president and chief executive officer of the Restaurant Association of Maryland, died Friday at Johns Hopkins Hospital of complications related to pneumonia. The Columbia resident was 67. Marcia Silk was born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., where she graduated from St. Agnes Academy for Girls in 1958. She married Edward A. Harris, her high school sweetheart, that year. While her husband attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, she worked as administrative assistant of the psycho-biology laboratories at George Peabody College, also in Nashville.
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By Russ Parsons | September 30, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- When chef Christopher Blobaum was opening Wilshire restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., he wanted to do the right thing, both culinarily and environmentally. He buys much of the restaurant's produce at local farmers' markets and sources meat and fish carefully. He uses solar-heated water for dishwashing and low-output fluorescent lighting. The deck out back is made from recycled lumber. Tables are set with woven vinyl Chilewich place mats that can be rinsed and reused instead of white linen tablecloths that need to be washed and bleached.
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By [MICHELLE DEAL-ZIMMERMAN] | July 29, 2007
SHE MAY LOOK AND SOUND LIKE Paula Deen and she is really into food ("The only thing I don't like is boiled okra."), but Marcia S. Harris, president of the Restaurant Association of Maryland, doesn't have a TV show. However, she does like watching television -- including MTV -- and she admires Deen. "I love her exuberance for food, her lack of fear for food. Growing up in the south [Memphis, Tenn.] as I did, her kind of cooking is very appealing to me. There's nothing that butter hasn't made better."