Monday Morning Quarterbacking -- Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar

Here's the review.

I almost said I liked Paladar in spite of myself, or in spite of its being industrial-sized and programmed.

it's too easy, in my position, to be biased always in favor of the small, the local and the idiosyncratic. I'm for whatever works.

I like to take things as they come. I thought the food at Paladar was persuasively wholesome, freshly considered and creative, and I felt valued as their customer.

Everything comes from the top; management and ownership either care about you or they don't. An angel can operate a mall-anchor restaurant, and a monster can run a quirky, neighborhood bistro.

Baltimore Sun photo/Lloyd Fox