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Fells Point (or just Fells, if you please) is well-known to locals as a place to eat, drink, shop and generally relax. Just east of the flashy Harbor area, Fells exudes history and small-town charm. It shuns retail chains and the mainstream for independent bars and eateries, as well as eclectic specialty shops, that line the cobblestone streets. The neighborhood is attractive to people from all generations and walks of life -- a seemingly endless array of bars and restaurants is found on Broadway and along the waterfront on Thames Street, drawing in young professionals, stalwart blue-collar types and the college crowd. Fells isn't just known for entertainment, though. It also has some of the...
Fells Point (or just Fells, if you please) is well-known to locals as a place to eat, drink, shop and generally relax. Just east of the flashy Harbor area, Fells exudes history and small-town charm. It shuns retail chains and the mainstream for independent bars and eateries, as well as eclectic specialty shops, that line the cobblestone streets. The neighborhood is attractive to people from all generations and walks of life -- a seemingly endless array of bars and restaurants is found on Broadway and along the waterfront on Thames Street, drawing in young professionals, stalwart blue-collar types and the college crowd. Fells isn't just known for entertainment, though. It also has some of the best historical landmarks in the entire city. The Broadway Market (which is impossible to miss, standing in the middle of Broadway) is one of the city's oldest public markets, founded in 1784. The oldest standing residence in the city can be found just a couple of streets over on South Ann Street. The Robert Long House, as it is called, is now the headquarters of the Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells Point, and has been painstakingly restored to the state it was in during the time of the Revolutionary War. Fells is also well known for the annual Fells Point Fun Festival and one of the best haunted tours in the entire nation.
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Top 10 Fine-Dining Bars
Dining@LargeThis week's topic, Top 10 Fine-Dining Bars, intrigues me because they seem to me to be a peculiarly Baltimore institution. They aren't bistros. They aren't wine bars. The decor isn't stylish -- in fact, you can't even describe it as......Tags: Mount Vernon, Restaurants, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Foods and Beverages, Salads
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2 teens indicted in theft of runaway's car
A year after 16-year-old Annie McCann's body was found next to a trash bin at a public housing complex in Upper Fells Point, police have arrested two teenage boys in connection with the theft of her parents' white Volvo, which McCann drove when she ran...Tags: Teen-agers, Juvenile Delinquency, Theft
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Glimpsed: Lauren Maxwell
Special to The Baltimore SunA lot of Lauren Maxwell's world is about artistic expression. The 24-year-old Aiken, S.C., native is finishing her master's degree in opera at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She also uses her personal style to express herself. "I...Tags: Opera (genre), Music Theater, Colleges and Universities, Urban Outfitters Incorporated, Mount Vernon
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Head of parking authority under fire
Baltimore's parking authority could be stripped of a program that allocates scarce on-street spaces in the city's most desirable neighborhoods, amid concerns of mismanagement by the head of the agency. Two city councilmen are backing a plan that would...Tags: William H. Cole IV, Mount Vernon, Regional Authority, Standard Parking Corporation, Federal Hill
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Big events for travel in December
Special to Tribune NewspapersMerry and bright-- Through Dec. 30: Christmas Village, Liege, Belgium, 212-584-2336; www.villagedenoel.be. Crafts and creches cram 170 booths at the Place du Marche. -- Through Jan. 2: Bright Nights at Forest Park, Springfield, Mass., 413-733-3800;...Tags: Daniel Barenboim, Christmas, Brighton Park, Capital One Bowl, Religious Festivals
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Burritos en Fuego closes tomorrow
Dining@LargeTomorrow will be the last day for Burritos en Fuego, an inexpensive and popular Mexican place in Fells Point. I talked to manager Joti Rodar just now, and she told me it was a 'landlord situation.' I asked if she would......Tags: Burritos, Foods and Beverages
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New Mexican cantina opens downtown
Dining@LargeWhat is a photo of Red Star in Fells Point doing next to a post about a new Mexican cantina behind Little Italy?To my surprise, when I called Diablita, the new restaurant in the space where Tsunami was next to......Tags: Disasters, Restaurants, Natural Disasters, Tsunamis, Earthquakes
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Top 10 Seafood Restaurants Updated
Dining@LargeIt's only a slight exaggeration when I say I've done 150 or so Top 10 lists. I'm running out of ideas. I don't want to make the subject too obscure (bacon spinoffs, anyone?), but I don't want to revisit a topic......Tags: Restaurants, Timonium, Bankruptcy, Catonsville, Chesapeake Bay
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Peter Michael Yagjian
Peter Michael Yagjian, a restaurateur whose Mount Vernon Stable and Saloon brought baby back rib platters to Charles Street, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his Fells Point home. He was 64.
Customers said that at his restaurant's peak, lines would form...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Mount Vernon, Restaurants, Family, Roxbury
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Top 10 affordable steak dinners
Dining@LargeI changed the name of this Top 10 from 'inexpensive' to 'affordable' because while some of the suggestions on my list aren't cheap, I consider them bargains. I did try to keep prices for a steak dinner around $25 or......Tags: Potatoes, Restaurants, Steaks, Mount Washington, Federal Hill
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