Eight by Ten Club

Vibe: Eight by Ten Club, which changed its name after an unsuccessful two-year stint as the Funk Box, used to command a fair amount of street cred as one of Baltimore's best live music venues, but recent upstarts throughout the city have relegated the venerable Federal Hill establishment to also-ran status. In a lot of ways, the Eight by Ten seems permanently stuck in 1999, and not in the good Prince way.

By Tracy Williams