Even as Hampden has grown wealthier and more diverse, some Black business owners say racist elements of “Old Hampden” remain stubbornly entrenched in the area.

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“Restaurants are not back. It’s as simple as that,” said Zack Mills, co-owner of The Local Oyster.

His two Baltimore-area restaurants on the brink of closing, Keith Asante ordered a book by email: “International Man’s Guide to Offshore Banking.”

Allora owners Brendon Hudson and David Monteagudo, rising stars in Baltimore’s dining scene, have recently weathered a firestorm of bad press and legal action.

Fuzzies Burgers will open its first permanent post, and has an eye on local stadiums.

Atlas will take over Pusser’s Caribbean Grill inside the Annapolis Waterfront Hotel, creating two separate restaurants and an expanded banquet space that will open in 2025.

As Lexington Market celebrates one year in its new space, we checked in to see how everything is going. The answer was a bit of a mixed bag.

For decades, the tangy entrée has drawn diners to the main hall of Zion Church of the City of Baltimore and other German churches in the area.

For small-business owners like Little Donna’s owner Robbie Tutlewski, such big-name acclaim can come with unwanted baggage.

Maillard Pastries, the Hampden shop known for its croissants and other treats, is expanding to Hamilton.

There’s nothing fancy about the food at M&T Bank Stadium. And that’s just fine by us.

Atlas Restaurant Group founder Alex Smith called the move from Harbor East to a bigger space nearby “a testament to our enduring commitment to Baltimore.”

“It really sets us back when we have to spend time fighting for the funds that we were promised,” said Nicole Foster, who spent months attempting to track down the $25,000 BASE awarded her small business, Cajou Creamery.

After years operating as a ghost kitchen in a Federal Hill church, Codetta Bake Shop is moving to a brick-and-mortar store in downtown Baltimore.

The Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills attempted to pour salt — err, Old Bay — in the wounds of the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Commanders after bad losses.

Call it restaurant limbo: Of the 11 eateries I included in a list of most anticipated restaurant openings for 2023, fewer than half have opened their doors.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge anxiety is real — and passed down through generations. (Mothers, am I right?)

You can take Chaps Pit Beef out of the dive, but you can’t take the “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” out of Chaps Pit Beef.

The former Evergreen Cafe on West Cold Spring Lane is set to become an Indian restaurant owned by Binod Uprety, despite some impassioned objections from residents.