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  • A taste tour of the town (Part 1)
    December 28, 2011, No comments

    We had a lot on our plate last year—new restaurants opened all over the Guide’s readership area, proof, in this economy, that restaurateurs are incurable optimists. The best thing is ...

  • Mary Helen Sprecher
    2012: The year to volunteer
    December 21, 2011, No comments

    Approaching the end of 2011, we get a strong sense of the calendar turning. It’s a great time for optimism, hope and the establishment of new beginnings. And accordingly, it’s ...

  • Best crab cake? It’s darned good at Lakis
    December 14, 2011, 7 Comments

    We stopped by Lakis, 3928 Eastern Avenue (at Grundy) the other day for lunch. The new owner has completely renovated the place, and it’s now a bright, clean, comfortable diner/carryout ...

  • On dogs and delivering the mail
    December 7, 2011, 1 Comment

    Dogs are sweet and loving creatures, devoted to their families and mainly friendly. But they–or the subject of them–can divide a community pretty darned quickly. Dogs on leash, dogs off ...

  • salthumb
    For seafood, say Sal’s
    December 7, 2011, No comments

    Now that the Markets development in Fells Point is (finally!) underway, the South Market shed is renewed. Some favorites from the North Shed moved down to the South—Vikki’s and Sophie’s, ...

  • watts-70x70
    The season for some ideas…
    November 30, 2011, No comments

    Some odds and ends for consideration: Holiday shoppers, cast off your chains! Do yourselves, your friends and your community a favor and shop local. Take a stroll along Eastern Avenue ...

  • watts
    Robocalls to cell phones?
    November 23, 2011, 1 Comment

    One of the beauties, to me, of having a cell phone is that I can decide who gets the number, not Ma Bell. I can give the number to friends ...

  • rallothumb
    Mr. Rallo would be proud
    November 16, 2011, No comments

    Restaurant has new identity, plenty of memories It’s a little like a scene from “Home Makeover,” only it’s a restaurant getting the facelift. Rallo’s Restaurant, where South Baltimore breakfasted and ...