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Baltimore's Lexington Market bills itself as the world's largest continuously running market of its type. Located on Lexington Street between Eutaw and Greene streets, the market was established in the late 1780s on land donated by American Revolution hero General John Eager Howard, for whom Maryland's Howard County is named. The land had been a farm on Howard's family estate. A shed to shelter the vendors was built on the property in 1803; before then, farmers and merchants set up outside. The market continued to grow in number of vendors and volume of produce and goods that passed through its doors. But a six-alarm fire in March of 1949 stifled that progress, tearing through the market and...
Baltimore's Lexington Market bills itself as the world's largest continuously running market of its type. Located on Lexington Street between Eutaw and Greene streets, the market was established in the late 1780s on land donated by American Revolution hero General John Eager Howard, for whom Maryland's Howard County is named. The land had been a farm on Howard's family estate. A shed to shelter the vendors was built on the property in 1803; before then, farmers and merchants set up outside. The market continued to grow in number of vendors and volume of produce and goods that passed through its doors. But a six-alarm fire in March of 1949 stifled that progress, tearing through the market and causing millions of dollars in damage. Today, Baltimore's Lexington Market features about 140 vendors selling baked goods, produce, seafood, international cuisine, meat, poultry, gifts and more. Among the best-known foods from the market are crab cakes from Faidely's Seafood and Berger cookies. The Lexington Market has several annual events that draw thousands to the market, including the Chocolate Festival in mid-October and the Preakness Crab Derby before the Preakness Stakes in May.
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MTA officer charged with raping girl, 15
Baltimore Sun reporterA Maryland Transit Administration police officer has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her way home on the light rail, according to charging documents. Officer Donald Brown was taken into custody June...Tags: Perry Hall, Prosecution, Sexual Assault, Court Administration, Rape
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Family dining in Baltimore
Baltimore is all about crabs and seafood with a good mix of ethnic food, namely Italian. You can't leave Baltimore without eating crabs – at least the adults. And they come prepared in many delicious ways. Pound them with a mallet; eat them as crab...Tags: Sandwiches, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Italy
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Six indicted on charges of robbery of armored cars
A federal grand jury indicted six Baltimoreans on charges they conspired to rob armored cars at gunpoint, the Maryland U.S. attorney's office announced. The 14-count indictment, which was returned May 20 and unsealed Thursday, alleges that the...Tags: Vehicles, Theft, Prosecution, Defendants
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Chips and Crips
Dining@Largejl is always stealing my thunder. I was planning a post on the Lexington Market alleged guns and chips ring, but he had to post a comment first.Anyway, I know the news headline has to be serious because this is...... -
Miss Irene's goes from bar to bistro
Dining@LargeOther Reviewer Richard's review of Miss Irene's in Fells Point appeared in today's paper. This was the bar that was transformed into an upscale bistro, a transformation that took about three years. ... ......Tags: Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Fells Point
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Top 10 Great Restaurant Potato Dishes
Dining@LargeIt's hard not to do a Top 10 list that has something to do with St. Patrick's Day when it actually falls on a Tuesday. But Best Irish Pubs? Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. Midnight Sun Sam cornered......Tags: Harbor East, Dining and Drinking, St. Patrick's Day, Fells Point, Butter
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In concert
Thursday Midfield, Miseuphoria, Contra Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson. 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. Suzy Bogguss Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis. 410-268-4545 or ramsheadtavern.com. Friday Hal Ketchum Rams Head Tavern, 33...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Peter Fitzgerald, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Steve Kimock
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MPT hauls in hot spots for great crab cakes
All the recession talk on TV got you down?
Need a break from all the gloom-and-doom on the cable channels and their shouting, arm-waving, spittle-flicking financial gurus?
Sure you do.
So tune in at 9 tonight to MPT's Eatin' Crabcakes: The Best I...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Central Intelligence Agency, Consumer Electronics Industry, Chesapeake Bay, Dining and Drinking
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Good bets for Preakness fun
Hold your horses. While Saturday is all about that big race at Old Hilltop, there are several other Preakness-related events around the area. So if you're looking for a few fun, festive and far-out things to do before and on the big day, here are some...Tags: Stacy Keibler, ZZ Top (band), Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Dancing, Pimlico Race Course
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Utz chip stand owner speaks from prison
Michael Papantonakis says he's in jail, awaiting trial on federal firearms-dealing charges, because of his big mouth and his big heart. One led him to sell guns to help pay for his sister's cancer treatments, he said, and the other to lie about trading...Tags: Health Treatments, Firearms, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Gang Activity
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Chip stand protests eviction
Lexington Market doesn't want the Utz potato chip stand anymore. The workers say they sell chips and always have. The feds say that - at least until one of the owners, a former bounty hunter, was busted April 1 - they also sold guns to gangs. Crab cakes...Tags: Firearms, Defense, Court Administration, Juvenile Delinquency, Symbols and Symbolism
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No, I did not say Attman's is No. 1
Dining@LargeI just got a very long voice mail message from Elliot Bodner, owner of Mary Mervis delicatessen in the Lexington Market, asking why I said he was No. 6 of the Top 10 Delicatessens and not No. 1 because he......Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry
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