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July 1, 2009
Last Tuesday on Dining@Large I published a Top 10 list of lunch places for city jurors, from my own experience and from readers' suggestions. The list is in alphabetical order, and the times in parentheses are the estimated walking times from the courthouse from Google Maps. 1 Au Bon Pain at 1 South St. (3 min.) It's a chain, but a decent one. The real draw is the courtyard at the side where you can eat your lunch. 2 Cypriana Cafe at 120 E. Baltimore St. (2 min.) Excellent Greek pitas, salads and paninis.
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By Richard Gorelick | January 29, 2009
The first incarnation of Kader Camara's Cafe Mocha was a small shop on Howard Street's Antique Row. There, customers had the joy of discovery. Maybe they would come in for an investigatory cup of cappuccino and a pastry and leave with some of Camara's healthful cafe fare. Before long, Camara's food, especially his sandwiches, many of them sprinkled with North African or Caribbean influences, developed a good reputation. Last fall, Camara, a native of Guinea, moved Cafe Mocha into the renovated Railway Express building.
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By ROB KASPER | December 19, 2007
Usually when I arrive at an airport, as so many holiday travelers will next week, my stomach is churning. I have anxiety about getting through security and making my flight. Most airlines have stopped serving real, complimentary meals in coach. My solution: Find some takeout fare at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to soothe my stomach. Here is what I found, terminal by terminal, beyond security. Chesapeake Bay Roasting Co. Location --Terminal D Phone --410-859-1154 Hours --5 a.m.-8:30 p.m. daily This coffee shop offers pre-packaged sandwiches.
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By Kate Shatzkin | May 23, 2007
If nobody's perfect, as the old saying goes, how is it that there's so much perfect food? Plug "perfect burger" into a Google search and you'll find numerous sets of directions to achieve the ideal, courtesy of sources as varied as the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, ehow.com and Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl's husband. Foodnetwork.com has pages of recipes with "perfect" in the title. (That's not counting all the dishes labeled "world's best" or "best ever," let alone all the "ultimate" offerings from Food Network chef Tyler Florence.
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By Betty Rosbottom | May 5, 2007
A few months ago, at a cocktail party, I wasn't paying much attention to the food being passed, when suddenly a dish caught my eye. I looked at a platter of what appeared to be miniature grilled cheese sandwiches served with a sauce. "I'll have one of those!" I quickly told the server, but I didn't stop at one. Three sandwiches later, I caught up with the waitress and asked about these addictive little morsels. They're one of our catering firm's favorite dishes, she replied. I didn't waste any time getting to the kitchen, where I discovered that the chef, Deb Snow, a friend of mine, was the inspiration behind these small gems.
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By SLOANE BROWN | February 8, 2006
The old Pikes Theater has been given new life. Again. It's a joint venture this time, with the Pike's Diner and La Patisserie & Coffee - a bakery/coffee shop - sharing the space inside the historic Pikesville landmark. The diner's owners bring a bit of history with them. Will Reich owns the Jilly's restaurants in Pikesville and Ellicott City, as well as Ellicott City's Forest Diner. He's joined forces with son Scott Reich in the new place. Meanwhile, the folks behind La Patisserie are Jeff Crise, whose previous restaurant involvement includes the Ambassador Dining Room and Admiral Fell Inn, and wife Amy Crise.
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By DAN RODRICKS | December 1, 2005
Should you need a license to give a sandwich to a poor man on the streets of Baltimore? The city Health Department apparently thinks so. Students from Loyola College's Center for Values and Service have been driving downtown to give sandwiches to Baltimore's poor and homeless for several years. On the evening of Nov. 14, a city health official told them to stop, according to Mary Ann Cappelleri, an assistant director of the center. The reason? No hot and cold running water in the area where the students were serving the food, under the Jones Falls Expressway, near City Hall.
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By Tom Waldron | June 8, 2005
Loyal readers know that any decent barbecue place has a picture of a pig out front (and, for bonus points, a stack of hickory wood). Well, as anybody who's ever driven to the beach around here knows, Red Hot & Blue near Annapolis has lots of pigs out front - a cute little one perched on the roof and a bunch of sunglass-wearing, guitar-toting, winged pigs on the arms of the large windmill that rises above the restaurant (a leftover feature from the building's...
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By Karen Nitkin | April 28, 2005
I am not a crafty person. I don't stamp, sew, crochet, embroider, decoupage or stencil. And I don't buy things at craft shows. I'm sharing this information because it may take a crafty person to truly appreciate Crafter's Cafe. People who love crafts may look around Crafter's Cafe and see a slice of heaven. To me it looks, well, kitschy. Crafter's Cafe, which opened in September, is the brainchild of Susan Farace, who is definitely a crafty person. She created a cafe that hosts crafting classes, sells locally made crafts, and serves sandwiches, salads, soups and desserts.
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By Karen Nitkin | April 14, 2005
Mick Kipp wanted to open a retail store where he could sell his brand of Whiskey Island sauces, spices and salsas. Rose Lansing was looking for a place to sell her cookies and other baked goods. The two were introduced by Mary Pat Andrea, owner of the Hometown Girl gift shop, who thought they might be able to combine their business ventures. She was right, and in September, Kipp and Lansing opened the Whiskey Island Pirate Shop, a deli and bakery on the Avenue in Hampden. The small space, which shares a door with the Oh!