bars and clubs
- The chef's Guts & Glory tour stops in Baltimore in November
- The Aug. 22 dinner features fresh and pickled vegetables, jams, compotes, and even pollen from Howard County farms.
- The Sparrows Point company town was demolished four decades ago. Its former residents gathered Saturday to see each other again and remember.
- Tim Dyson, a veteran of Kali's Court and the Peabody Court Hotel, is taking over the kitchen at Bluegrass Tavern. Dyson is replacing Ray Kumm, who has been guiding the kitchen at the South Baltimore tavern for two and a half years.
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- With its production of "Xanadu," Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre takes a film flop and makes it a stage success.
- Neal Moorehouse of Federal Hill shares his passion with luchador style
- Shiso Tavern's menu spans sushi and creative Asian fusion dishes. The restaurant brings a moment of Zen to Canton's O'Donnell Square.
- The county's version, compared to the city's, is either a model of democracy or sheer anarchy, depending on how you look at it.
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- Baltimore County officials kicked off Baltimore County Restaurant Week Wednesday morning at Cafe Troia in Towson
- The mood was glum at a local bar as workers faced the harsh news that Sparrows Point had been sold to an industrial liquidator.
- Enjoy the 32nd Havre de Grace Seafood Festival in Tydings Park, today (Friday), 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sample seafood delicacies from near and afar, while enjoying live entertainment, artisans and crafters and retail vendors. Welcome to the Marshall Tucker Band, live in concert tonight. For tickets, phone 410-939-1525 or visit www.HdGSeafoodFestival.org.
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- A new brewery, union craft brewing just opened in Woodberry, near the Union Mill teacher housing complex and the light rail.
- With Of Love and Regret, the gypsy brewer Brian Strumke finds a home in Canton
- A man was stabbed in an Edgewater bar fight early Saturday, the Anne Arundel County Police Department said.
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- Round three of Fights at the Fish Head Cantina on Aug. 11 will feature five fighters trained by Moe Rites from Mighty Moe's Boxing and Fitness in Arbutus.
- Ruby Tuesday, 9071 Snowden River Parkway (Snowden Square Center), Columbia, is a 15-year-old version of the national chain, which seems to have stood the proverbial test of time and entertains its share of regulars.
- Mostly Main Street, news from Ellicott City business district
- Great Britain opens the Olympics with a specatular flourish.
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- From the owners of Stuggy's and Rye comes the Latin-fusion lounge Willow in Baltimore's Fells Point neighborhood.
- More than 50 restaurants have signed onto the Maryland's 'True Blue' certification program and marketing campaign. Launched this spring by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the 'True Blue' certification program allows restaurants serving DNR-verified Maryland blue crab products to use a special logo in marketing or advertising the product.
- Kelsey's Restaurant, an Ellicott City fixture for almost two decades, turns out pub-friendly food that's fresh and tasty.
- Daily Think Special: Who do you want at the trade deadline?
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- After spending a season and a half in the parking lot of the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department, the Arbutus Farmers Market announced it will move to the intersection of Sulphur Spring Road and East Drive.
- Lewis Franklin Harvey, 53 of the 4700 block of Belle Forte Road in Pikesville is being held on $50,000 bond at Baltimore County Detention Center after allegedly stealing two beers from the basement of a Towson bar
- From the failure of The Falls restaurant comes a new one, Blue Sage, in the same space in Mount Washington.
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- Centuries-old Wayside Inn, in Ellicott City, is for sale, and its days as bed and breakfast may be numbered