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Highlandtown, arguably the very quintessence of Baltimore, was once a small town outside the city limits. The look and feel of the area still belies these beginnings. Much like the surrounding areas of Canton and Fells Point, Highlandtown feels like a small town trapped in a big city. The brick rowhouses with their marble stoops are typical of the architecture seen in Baltimore City. The corner bars, no matter how much they look like dives, are always populated by locals. Although Highlandtown had been seen as "going downhill," the area is now resurgent -- many young couples are buying and fixing up homes, and many businesses (both small and big) are moving in along the main drag on Eastern...
Highlandtown, arguably the very quintessence of Baltimore, was once a small town outside the city limits. The look and feel of the area still belies these beginnings. Much like the surrounding areas of Canton and Fells Point, Highlandtown feels like a small town trapped in a big city. The brick rowhouses with their marble stoops are typical of the architecture seen in Baltimore City. The corner bars, no matter how much they look like dives, are always populated by locals. Although Highlandtown had been seen as "going downhill," the area is now resurgent -- many young couples are buying and fixing up homes, and many businesses (both small and big) are moving in along the main drag on Eastern Avenue.
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Eastern House: Don't change a thing
Special to The Baltimore SunBaltimoreans love their old-fashioned restaurants, and when one of them disappears, like Haussner's, Harvey's or Marconi's, widespread mourning breaks out. After just one visit to Eastern House Restaurant, it's a mystery to me why it so seldom comes up...Tags: Appetizers, Defense, Armed Forces, Cheese Corn, Carrots
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It's easy to find great food at great prices
Self-confidence is as attractive in a restaurant as it is in a person. The best places to dine both expensively and frugally more often than not turn out to be the product of someone's clear vision.
You can tell you're in one of these places when you'...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Pizzas, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Ellicott City
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Richard reviews Chicken Rico
Dining@LargeI know how fond a lot of you are of Chicken Rico in Highlandtown. (Fond may be an understatement.) So I think you'll be interested in Other Reviewer Richard's review, which appeared in today's paper. I must be getting hungry....... -
Table Talk and one very angry reader
Dining@LargeToday's Table Talk column tells you a little more about subjects I've already talked about here: specifically Azul 17 and Taverna Corvino. There's also a Closing of the Week. I actually could do a feature called that if I wanted......Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Pumpkin
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Did Baltimore police mishandle call on truck?
Nicholas F. Walters saw a white pickup truck weaving between lanes. He tried to follow the erratic vehicle but later told a Baltimore police operator, "I couldn't keep up with it." He noticed a company decal on the back of the Ford F250 and called the...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Heavy Engineering, Music Theater, Vehicles, Drunk Driving
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Saluting Sherlock Holmes with 'Hound of the Baskervilles'
Sherlock Holmes fans antsy with anticipation for the forthcoming extravaganza starring Robert Downey Jr. as the great detective and Jude Law as his sidekick, Dr. Watson, can settle down this weekend with the 1939 version of the most famous of all Holmes...Tags: Coraline (movie), Robert Downey Jr., Equestrian, Frankenstein (movie, 1931), Documentary (genre)
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Chicken Rico, a busy place, where people care
Special to The Baltimore SunHighlandtown's Chicken Rico gets mentioned a lot when the conversation turns to Baltimore's best chicken places. Briny, peppery Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken is the kind of food that creates strong feelings, and the relative merits of various joints...Tags: Seafood, Foods and Beverages, Trout, Peru
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Funnel cloud photos from June 9 storm
Maryland WeatherThe National Weather Service has begun to receive and pass along eyewitnesses' photos of a funnel cloud that formed in the outer portion of Baltimore Harbor last Tuesday, June 9. The twister formed as a strong gust front passed over......Tags: Apple iPhone, Medical Specialization, Weather Reports, Tornadoes, Baltimore Inner Harbor
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Top 10 All-American Restaurants
Dining@LargeAll-American Restaurants was a tougher category than I thought it would be. I didn't want to include diners and barbecue places, because they deserve Top 10s of their own. And I didn't want to include restaurants like Cafe Hon that......Tags: Steaks, Cafe Hon, Foods and Beverages, Catonsville, Dining and Drinking
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Race, Obama and the sword
I agree with President Jimmy Carter's statements that racism is an undercurrent of the vehement protests against President Obama. In Baltimore we see it in the reaction to the killing of a burglar by a Johns Hopkins student. Envision this: A white man...Tags: Morgan State University, Barack Obama, National Government, Government, Jimmy Carter
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Seven developers honored for Baltimore projects
Seven Baltimore development projects have been picked for their innovation and vision to be the first recipients of a new award sponsored by The Urban Land Institute's Baltimore chapter. . The seven WaveMaker Awards projects are Miller's Court, a...Tags: Beverage Industry, Locust Point
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City seeks development plans for ex-Highlandtown library
The city of Baltimore is seeking a developer for the former Highlandtown library, a three-level, 1920s-era building at 3323 Eastern Ave. that has been vacant since Baltimore's Southeast Anchor Library opened three blocks away in 2007. The Baltimore...Tags: Museum Dioramas
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