The latest from Christina Tkacik
The Dish: Want a crab dip bagel? Get in line.
Café Dear Leon was already popular before releasing its crab dip bagel. And then it went viral.
Soft serve and free refills: Here’s what we’re excited for at Camden Yards
After a bumpy past few years, the food and drink options at Camden Yards just might have turned a corner.
Ekiben and Attman’s to join Camden Yards starting lineup
Local restaurants and customer favorites Ekiben and Attman's Delicatessen will be at Camden Yards this Orioles season.
Her restaurant closed after the Key Bridge disaster. She’s ready to reopen — in a new spot.
Lilly Ordoñez is hoping for a fresh start as she relocates her Owls Corner Cafe restaurant from near the Key Bridge in Dundalk to Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood.
The Dish: Trump’s 200% European wine tariff would mean ‘disaster’ for local businesses
Importers, store owners, restaurateurs and even winemakers are nervous about President Trump’s proposal to tax European wines at 200%.
After factory closure, Otterbein to partner with family bakery in Baltimore County
Otterbein’s Bakery is closing its Windsor Mill factory and partnering with another local shop to make its signature crisp cookies.
The Dish: It’s almost time for the Baltimore Farmers’ Market. People are worried.
Vendors for this year's Baltimore Farmers' Market have not been announced with just weeks to go until opening day.
The high price of everything closed this Baltimore chocolate shop
High rent, increasing food and product costs, fewer customers. It’s a trifecta of business killers that has hit local eateries hard in recent months. Now it has come for Charm City Chocolate.
Eggspectation opens in Columbia’s Merriweather District
This is the chain’s first restaurant in Howard County since the 2023 closure of Eggspectation in Ellicott City.
Toki Underground owners are working on a new concept for Baltimore
The owners of Toki Underground are doubling down on Baltimore with Tomboy, a new bar and restaurant set to open on Greenmount Avenue.
The Dish: A vegan restaurant added meat to its menu. The backlash was immediate.
R. House vegan restaurant Koshary Corner started selling meat to stay in business. The backlash was immediate.
These Baltimore bakeries have your Fat Tuesday treats covered
From paczki to king cake to bombolino, eating sweet, fried dough just before Lent is a tradition that spans the globe. Here are the Baltimore bakeries where you can find your Fat Tuesday fix.
Di Pasquale’s decades-old sign returns to its Highlandtown building
The Di Pasquale’s sign, a part of the Italian market and restaurant’s history since 1988, had been stolen earlier this week from its Gough Street building, owners said.
The Dish: This new Fells Point pub feels like it’s been there a century
The Wren, from the owners of Le Comptoir du Vin, embraces the quirky history of its Fells Point neighborhood.
Paulie Gee’s owner working on ‘potential future’ for pizzeria after closure
The same day he closed down his Hampden pizzeria, Paulie Gee’s owner Kelly Beckham told Facebook he’s working on a comeback.
Paulie Gee’s to close in Hampden
Paulie Gee’s in Hampden, a Baltimore offshoot of the New York pizza chain, is set to close.
The Dish: Raw milk is controversial. For one local creamery, it’s the future.
Some locals prefer to drink raw milk, even though it’s illegal to sell for human consumption in Maryland — for now.
L. Drew Pumphrey, former owner of The Smoking Swine, was quick to lend a hand
L. Drew Pumphrey, the larger-than-life pit master who eventually left his business behind to pursue a quieter career as a civil engineer, died of a heart attack on Feb. 4. He was 48.
The Dish: An hour in line for Valentine’s Day chocolate? To Rheb’s customers, it’s worth it
Rheb’s cult-like fan base includes fourth-generation shoppers, who come in for assortments on Valentine’s Day and other holidays just like their parents and grandparents before them.
‘Trailblazer’ Howard County distillery to close
Columbia’s Lost Ark Distilling Company is shutting its doors.