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Her business, Red Parrot Asian Bistro, started in Rockville's White Flint Mall in 2001 as an express eatery and has since evolved a table-service restaurant with prominent locations in Ellicott City and Hanover, and a third coming this month to Baltimore. The eatery offers a true mix of Asian cuisines – drawing on Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Thai recipes – in an upscale and modern dining atmosphere.

The Orioles' success has already had an impact on Baltimore, both emotionally and financially, and that should continue with the postseason beginning Thursday at Camden Yards.

The robust flavor of Heavy Seas Beer's Plank III -- the Belgian-style Trippel recently named "Best of Show: Best Overall Maryland Beer" by the Brewers' Association of Maryland at the annual Comptroller's Cup -- comes from a pimento tree.

At stake in Byrd's case are high-profile assets that are alleged to be the ill-gotten gains of the conspiracy. The indictment claims the government is entitled to real estate in Baltimore and Fort Lauderdale, vehicles, seized cash, and two large celebrity-drawing nightclubs: The Griffin, in Manhattan¿s Meatpacking District, and the Gold Room, in Atlanta¿s uptown Buckhead district. Also targeted for forfeiture are Fever Beverage, a Pennsylvania-based company that makes libido-enhancing drinks headed by Delmond Newton of the streaming-video subscription service UrbanClout and creator of the ¿Strip Club Queens¿ reality show, and D.C.-based LOC Marketing, which has worked with Byrd¿s celebrity events and is headed by Lamont ¿Monte¿ Wanzer, rapper Biz Markie¿s manager.

Francis Scott Key's poem was set to a drinking song, not a hymn so a bit of Orioles cheer is hardly sacrilegious

Linda Wilson, founder of the nonprofit Caring for Kids of Kenya, hopes to raise money to help orphans in Kenya by auctioning off a Tanzanian safari for two at a Sept. 28 fundraiser at the Manor Tavern.

The Carroll County Association of Realtors Foundation held a charity bartending event Thursday to raise money for its rolling grant funding program, which provides money to local charities year-round.

Hampdenfest is not the only game in town Saturday, Sept. 20. Another fest, the second annual Music to Your Gears is being held in Druid Hill Park as a fundraiser for Bikemore, a nonprofit organization that advocates for a more bicycle-friendly Baltimore. The festival is free and will have bands and will make money selling beer and T-shirts. Last year's fest raised about $2,000.

It feels like seasonal overkill, but there is one marriage growing stronger with time: pumpkin-spice beer. We recently spoke with owners and brewmasters of Maryland breweries, and all agreed the demand for it continues to grow annually.

New laws open up the field to more brewers

The Baltimore Running Festival consistently generates about $40 million in economic impact each year, according to official estimates, and at its peak, the Grand Prix of Baltimore pumped $47 million into area hotels, restaurants and stores. But city officials say this week's Star-Spangled Spectacular — which marks 200 years since troops in Baltimore beat back a British invasion in 1814 — could surpass all those totals.

A 24-year-old Elkridge man was arrested Friday after police said he threw a Molotov cocktail at an Ellicott City tavern where employees had thrown him out for disorderly conduct.

Chuck Fisher & The Legends Show, with dinner, will be offered Sept. 27 at the Sykesville American Legion, as sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 223.

Savoring Gettysburg one bite at a time

"Let the adventure begin" is the 2014 theme for Active Aging Week, set by the International Council on Active Aging for Sept. 21 through 27.

Hit indie film 'Once' inspires a hit stage musical, which is coming to the Hippodrome in Baltimore.

Baltimore taverns offer food, donations for Ray Rice jerseys

In the interest of being business friendly, El Rodeo restaurant and bar owner Neel Kamal was allowed to turn in his liquor license rather than have it revoked by the Harford County Liquor Control Board, provided he doesn't apply for a liquor license in Harford County for five years.

Roaring Run Lions have their sixth annual Vera Bradley/Longaberger Basket Bingo, to benefit many community causes, Sept. 13 at Reese Fire Hall

Of the 26 restaurants, bars and liquor stores checked during a recent Harford County Liquor Control Board compliance test, 11 sold an alcoholic beverage to underage police cadets.

During summer of 2014, owners Joe and Mary Barbera ushered in another set of changes, as former sous-chef Nina Swartz took over as executive chef and the restaurant introduced a new menu offering entrées at a mix of prices.

There aren't too many Howard County businesses directly affected by the weather in California, but Tin Lizzie Wineworks is one of them.

Ownership of longtime Arbutus bar and package store changes hands

Usually awash with Orioles and Ravens fans, South Paca Street became a sea of scarlet and gray Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of Ohio State University fans filled Pickles Pub, Sliders Bar & Grille and The Bullpen after the fifth-ranked Buckeyes beat the Navy Midshipmen in M&T Bank Stadium.