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Why Cannot Baltimore Get Any Culinary Regard?
by Suzanne Loudermilk
Posted May perhaps 23 in Baltimore Magazine

Excerpt: Right before it shut in 1986, the Chesapeake Restaurant in the Baltimore neighborhood now regarded as Station North attracted diners from all in excess of the place. Washingtonians would on a regular basis phase off the teach at Baltimore’s Pennsylvania Station and walk a block or so to shell out an night at the sophisticated place. Musicians, film stars, athletes, and locals sought a table in a person of the six dining rooms in the multi-tale constructing on North Charles Avenue to feast on dishes this kind of as charcoal-broiled steaks, two-pound lobsters, jumbo imperial crab, and Caesar salad.

But as city dwellers relocated to the county, neighborhoods altered, and palates shifted to lighter fare, venerable eating institutions like the Chesapeake—and Danny’s, Haussner’s, and Pimlico Hotel—started to shutter, and Baltimore’s cafe scene took on a different perception nationally. While all those of us who stay right here know much better.

In a 2021 write-up, Forbes magazine noted that for decades, “dining possibilities in [the] Interior Harbor ended up typically confined to quickly foodstuff, massive-title chains, and other mediocre spots targeting visitors.” Right now, Baltimore dining places garner the occasional point out in the national media. In truth, we have so a lot hometown delight, that each time it transpires, you’d feel we definitely rate, which we know we do, but not with the critics.