Remember El Basha, the cute but ill-fated hookah bar on the 200 block of East Baltimore Street?
It's morphed into Queen's Hookah, according to Midnight Sun tipster kateebee.
Queen's Hookah has new owners, kateebee confirmed, and now looks smokin' hot. Pun!* Also, the window dressings are nicer and the interior looks improved.
The new incarnation is BYOB until tomorrow (sorry for the late notice, drinkers), and is "18 to party, 21 to drink." ...
Regardless of the changes, Queen's Hookah is still at an awful location, where any business -- especially one that's relying on foot traffic -- would have a tough time. I hate to be all doom-and-gloom, but that's probably what caused the rollover in the first place.
"This is the sketchiest block on the planet, though, so I really don't think it will be able to compete with the places down in Fed. Hill," kateebee wrote in her e-mail. "Just my two cents."
*kateebee really wanted me to use the phrase "smokin' hot" in there somewhere. Wish granted.
(Photo courtesy of kateebee)