Summary
Walking down "The Avenue" in Hampden, it's hard to miss Cafe Hon with its 30-foot flamingo hanging on the front of the building. The diner celebrates Baltimore's flashy fashion of beehives, funky glasses, spandex and leopard print. There is an adjacent Hon Bar and gift shop, which sells novelties such as shirts, glasses, key chains and bumper stickers. The Hon Bar offers live music, its own menu of bar food staples and multiple televisions. While customers are charmed by the retro decor, attitude and "Bawlmerese" slang, the cafe has affordable, memorable food. Must-try items include the cinnamon Hon buns, hot fudge sundaes and meatloaf. The restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. The neighbo...
Walking down "The Avenue" in Hampden, it's hard to miss Cafe Hon with its 30-foot flamingo hanging on the front of the building. The diner celebrates Baltimore's flashy fashion of beehives, funky glasses, spandex and leopard print. There is an adjacent Hon Bar and gift shop, which sells novelties such as shirts, glasses, key chains and bumper stickers. The Hon Bar offers live music, its own menu of bar food staples and multiple televisions. While customers are charmed by the retro decor, attitude and "Bawlmerese" slang, the cafe has affordable, memorable food. Must-try items include the cinnamon Hon buns, hot fudge sundaes and meatloaf. The restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. The neighborhood spot has morphed into a tourist destination thanks to national attention in publications and television shows. Denise Whiting opened the cafe in the early 1990s. She renovated an old hardware store and reopened at 1002 W. 36th St. in 1995. Since 1994, Whiting has organized the Hon Fest, which attracts 20,000 visitors. The summer festival, now two days, celebrates all things Baltimore and includes food vendors, shopping, music and the crowning of Bawlmer's Best Hon.
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In Concert
Today A Nameless Desire, Scoundrel, Victims of Experience, Prosthetic Fly Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson / 410-337-7210 or 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. Doc Hochman's Patriotic Dixieband Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis / 410-268-...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Natural Resources, Ruth's Chris Steak House Incorporated, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Broadway
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Top ten summer drinks and where to get them
Dining@LargeI was considering Matt Hudock's suggestion of summer foods for this top ten, but I did it last summer and I'm not sure I have much new to add from my own experience yet this summer.The topic didn't get much......Tags: Charles Theatre, Pikesville, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Federal Hill, Hampden
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'The Hons aren't dead'
Sun ReporterAdorned in an Amy Winehouse-inspired black wig and dressed in a neon pink mermaid skirt, a matching feather boa, a pink-sequined T-shirt and dusty pink house slippers, Robert Glick stood out yesterday among the thousands of people crowding The Avenue...Tags: Fashion Trends, Festive Event, Pikesville, Amy Winehouse, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Quick Takes
John Waters says bye-bye to Honfest
John Waters is done with "Hon."
Honfest, an annual celebration of beehive hairdos, cat's-eye glasses and other kitschy fashions, is getting bigger and bigger. Participants are known as "Hons" in honor of the...Tags: Kobe Bryant, Trials, Cinema Industry, Broadway, CBS Corp.
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Backlash against kitschy Honfest grows
Sun reporterSuddenly, it's hard out there to be a Hon. Honfest, this weekend's kitschy celebration of beehive hairdos, cat's-eye glasses and pearls, may be the city's biggest neighborhood festival. But as Honfest grows, so does the backlash against it. Some Hampden...Tags: Fashion Trends, Festive Event, National Government, Hampden, Oprah Winfrey
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Bus stop benches unsuitable for sitting
The problem A wooden bench at a Towson bus stop has been broken for more than a year.
The backstory Charles Carrow, who lives in the Courthouse Square apartments on Goucher Boulevard in Towson, relies on the two buses that stop in front of the complex...Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Hampden
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In Concert
TodayAt the Zoo, Stugottz, Rex Begonia, Sketch Gang // Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson / 410-337-7210 or 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. Erykah Badu // DAR Constitution Hall, 18th and D streets Northwest, Washington / 410-547-7328 or...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Natural Resources, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Ruth's Chris Steak House Incorporated, Broadway
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In Concert
In ConcertTodayEl-P, Dizzee Rascal // The 9:30 Club, 815 V St. N.W., Washington / 800-955-5566 or tickets.com. Katt Williams // DAR Constitution Hall, 18th and D streets Northwest, Washington / 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. The Neanderthals //...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Natural Resources, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Ruth's Chris Steak House Incorporated, Broadway
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In Concert
TodayBarrage // Wolf Trap Barns, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Va. / 410-481-6500 or 800-955-5566. Duman // The 9:30 Club, 815 V St. N.W., Washington / 800-955-5566 or tickets.com. Levon Helm Band // Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place, Baltimore / 410-244-...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Natural Resources, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Broadway, Baltimore Museum of Art
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Smokers get the boot
Sun reportersThe rain was bad enough. But having to stand in it just to light a cigarette was really the limit. Yesterday morning, hours after a statewide ban on smoking in public places went into effect, several patrons of a Hampden bar called Zissimos, forced...Tags: Smoking, Addiction, Laws, Pikesville, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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