Lenny Kaplan, a Baltimore restaurant fixture for 30 years, announced today that he is retiring and passing his Polo Grill restaurant on to his son-in-law.

Over the years, Kaplan has fed some of the biggest celebrities in Baltimore, including Johnny Unitas, Oprah Winfrey and Barry Levinson. He inherited the restaurant business from his father-in-law, Leon Shavitz, who founded the Pimlico Hotel. Kaplan also ran the John Eager Howard Room and the Owl Bar at the Belvedere Hotel and founded Classic Catering before opening the Polo Grill in 1990.

Rob Freeman, Kaplan's son-in-law and general manager of the Polo Grill for the past five years, will assume operation of the restaurant on Jan. 1.