Ho hum. No. 1

The pair's restaurants dominate Baltimore magazine's list of 50 Best Restaurants this year -- again.

Charleston ranked No. 1.

Cinghiale was No. 5.

Pazo came in No. 8.

Petit Louis Bistro was No. 12.

It was more or less the same story last year.

If some upstarts don't shake things up, the magazine's much-anticipated restaurant issue will start to read like one of those "Best U.S. Hospitals" lists that Johns Hopkins is always topping.

The lede a decade ago when then-Sun reporter Gary Dorsey wrote about Hopkins' long winning streak: "Ho hum. No. 1."

Charleston's shrimp, scallop and wild rockfish ceviche. Sun photo by Lloyd Fox