Closed since last year, Woodberry Kitchen — Spike Gjerde’s 120-seat restaurant near Hampden — is relaunching as the comparatively tiny Woodberry Tavern, a 30-seat eatery.
This week, I swing by Faidley Seafood’s new location in Catonsville and check in on a bakery in Baltimore known for its sweet potato cake. I also make the case for sampling ice cream with ants in it. Trust me on this.
Natty Preme is now being brewed at Halethorpe’s Heavy Seas, the first time in more than two decades the quintessentially-Baltimore beer been made in the Baltimore area.
Perhaps in part because of the pandemic and an increasing interest in al fresco dining options, the past few years have seen an uptick in German-style biergartens in the Baltimore area.
Despite the many restaurants that have closed and workers who have left the hospitality industry during the pandemic, new businesses are launching all the time in Baltimore.
Pappas Seafood Co., which turns 50 this year, is adding a new location in Harford County as well as a central distribution center in Baltimore County to make its signature item.