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    Chef Trabbold's red snapper, which will be served at Natalie's Seafood Kitchen is scallion-marinated and pan-fried with jumbo lump crab, fried rice, harissa beurre blanc, sesame and an unagi drizzle.
    Award-winning Baltimore County chef brings seafood restaurant to Fallston
    Chef Zack Trabbold, chef of The Local On The Avenue in White Marsh, is opening a seafood restaurant in Fallston.
    Oleum's spicy Italian melt panini, with a Dreamsicle on the side.
    Hungry for something different in Baltimore? Try these new restaurants
    Baltimore has several new restaurants worth checking out, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 06: A sign hangs outside of a Chick-fil-A restaurant on May 06, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicken prices have risen sharply this year as suppliers struggle to keep up with demand, fueled in part, by the popularity of new chicken offerings from fast-food restaurants.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
    Chick-Fil-A test kitchen Little Blue Menu to remodel, lay off 91 people
    Chick-Fil-A's viral test kitchen in College Park will lay off nearly 100 people in prepation for a remodel that begins May 1.
    How many wings can you eat? That's the challenge of the Maryland Wing Festival on April 5, 2025 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Chicken wings and college croquet kick off festival season
    Two spring food festivals, the Annapolis Cup croquet match and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra season finale are some of the great things to do in the coming week.
    The exterior of Charleston in Harbor East.
    Cindy Wolf’s Charleston named a James Beard Award finalist — again
    Cindy Wolf's Charleston in Harbor East was announced as a finalist for the James Beard Awards, while Baltimore's Clavel and Urban Oyster did not advance.
    Lou Fleming, general manager of Faidley's Seafood, poses with two frozen raccoon carcasses (right) and a portion of prepared raccoon that he cooked using cayenne pepper, thyme, garlic sauce and salt and pepper. The Lexington Market stand has sold raccoon as well as muskrat since it opened in the 1800s.
    Raccoons and muskrats and Lexington Market, oh my!
    Though Faidley’s Seafood is better known for its jumbo lump crab cakes, the business at Lexington Market has been selling muskrats and raccoons since it opened in the 1880s.
    The Margherita pizza at Pupatella in Columbia.
    The Dish: The most authentic Neopolitan pizza in Maryland is in Columbia
    Columbia’s new restaurant, Pupatella, is the first pizzeria in Maryland certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana.
    The Song of Sufax, a Milton Inn drink staple, consists of "very cold" vodka, vermouth and orange bitters.
    Where Baltimore County chefs drink when they’re off the clock
    We asked Baltimore County chefs where they drink on a day off — that’s not their own restaurant. Here’s what they said.
    The mixed berry cobbler from Blackwall Barn & Lodge.
    Satisfy your sweet tooth with dessert at these 5 Howard County restaurants
    Check out these restaurants in Columbia and Ellicott City where dessert is just as good as the main course — if not better.
    Costas and Mary Triantafilos at a family baptism in the late ‘90s.
    Family, friends mourn sudden loss of Costas Inn owner: ‘You couldn’t meet a finer man’
    Friends and family of Costas Triantafilos, the 85-year-old owner of the beloved Dundalk restaurant Costas Inn who died this week, are mourning the loss of a man described as everyone’s friend.
    In 2022, Desmond Reilly's Chicken + Whiskey restaurant promised to bring quality Peruvian chicken to the Mall in Columbia.
    This chicken restaurant made it big in D.C. It’s closing in Columbia.
    Chicken + Whiskey closed its location at the Mall in Columbia this week, marking a tough period for Maryland's independent restaurant operators.
    Café Dear Leon's viral crab dip bagel has a gooey inside of crab dip topped with lump Indonesian crab meat and kernels of corn.
    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.
    The Camden Franks walk around Camden Yards on Tuesday.
    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.
    The owner of the popular Baltimore restaurant Costas Inn died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning on Monday
    Owner of Costas Inn dies from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, son says
    The owner of the popular Baltimore restaurant Costas Inn died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning on Monday, his son confirmed to WJZ.
    The Neighborhood Bird Bun from Ekiben features Taiwanese curry fried chicken thigh topped with spicy sambal mayo, pickles and fresh herbs.
    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.
    Emma Jagoz, owner of Moon Valley Farm, inspects various vegetable growth in the farm greenhouses on March 24, 2025. Moon Valley Farm in Woodsboro, MD, on Monday, March 24, 2025.
    USDA funding cuts targeted schools and food banks. Farmers are paying the price.
    Maryland farms that have been buoyed by large orders from local schools and food banks fear a new loss of crops and revenue after USDA funding cuts.
    Head chef Gurnek Bassi plates a customer’s order in the kitchen at India Tandoor in Baltimore.
    From the back of a bodega, one family’s Indian food rivals the best in Baltimore
    As restaurants struggle to keep up with rising costs, this family's bodega in Remington serving up Indian food appears to be flourishing.
    Homemade cornbread and honey jalapeño butter from The Local.
    Miss free bread? These restaurants still serve complimentary carbs.
    At a time when free bread is becoming a rarity, these Baltimore-area restaurants are keeping the tradition alive, according to social media food influencer Chris Franzoni.
    Owner Lilly Ordoñez in the newly renovated Owls Corner Cafe.
    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.
    Lytos Vodka, produced in Columbia, was founded by Towson University alum Billy Fanshawe. It is the first patented vodka to be infused with electrolytes.
    Vodka with a twist: Towson alum patents first hard liquor with electrolytes
    Lytos, a vodka brand founded by Towson alum Billy Fanshawe, is the first patented spirit to be made with electrolytes. Now, it’s sold across Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
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