bars and clubs

Forno, a great-looking new restaurant and wine bar located across the street from the Hippodrome Theatre, opened as quietly as it could in late February just as the blockbuster musical "The Book of Mormon" pulled into town.

Fells Point is known for a lot of things — cobblestone streets, fun bars, seafood — but Italian fare is not among them. Anastasia, the newest offering from Kali's Restaurant Group could change that.

'Top Chef' alumnus Bryan Voltaggio -- Owner of Volt, Range, Aggio -- is about to expand his empire in Baltimore.

Anthropologie, which sells accessories, gifts and home decor in addition to clothing, is going to open a 9,142 square-foot store; Talbots, a women's classic apparel and accessories retailer, will move into a 10,980 square-foot space.

Coming up on its fourth anniversary, Bluegrass Tavern has quietly been earning top marks as a carefully crafted American cuisine establishment in an area that has seen a wave of revitalization, much to the restaurant's benefit.

Charles Village Civic Association, in an effort to find good businesses to fill the many vacant storefronts in the area, is talking to a market research company called Spot Mojo, which specializes in that sort of thing and would help them identify potential businesses.

Club Voltage's owner is negotiating an agreement with liquor board

The Junior Chamber of Commerce of Bel Air distributed surveys to area residents. The results Were to be made available to all governmental, educational and civic organizations in addition to the general public

Baltimore's hotel market is at a crossroads as investments pour into properties new and old amid a nationwide pickup in business and leisure travel. As new hotels open, older properties scramble to remain competitive in a market in which demand for rooms remains healthy but has yet to rebound to pre-recession levels.

Daniel "Rocky" Hyde, a former tavern owner and a retired Maryland State Lottery employee, died of heart failure Wednesday at Franklin Square Medical Center. The Rosedale resident was 65.

What a nice dinner that was at Bistro Blanc. We enjoyed beautiful and well-constructed appetizers, perfectly cooked entrees and scrumptious desserts. And we just plain enjoyed ourselves at this wine-focused Glenelg restaurant.

Visitors to farmers' markets would be able to sample and purchase beer made by small Maryland brew pubs under a bill that received final General Assembly approval Thursday. The bill was sent to the governor for possible signature.

Abraham "Al" Baitch, a musician recalled as one of Baltimore's finest saxophone players, died March 24 at Northwest Hospital Center after suffering a fall. The Pikesville resident was 89.

Harford County businesses redeemed themselves in a new liquor board compliance test, with 94 percent refusing to sell alcohol to an underage cadet.

Visitors to farmers' markets would be able to sample and purchase beer made by small Maryland brew pubs under a bill that received final General Assembly approval Thursday. The bill was sent to the governor for possible signature.

First it was Dark Horse Saloon, then it was The Horse With No Name and now the Baltimore bar is closed.

Tucked in a corner of an older shopping center in Ellicott City, from the outside, The White Oak Tavern is unassuming and nearly anonymous.

Craft brewing in Maryland is on the rise, growing at a rate of 35 percent a year, as consumers increasingly seek out independent brewers' new-style, yet traditionally made beers.

City and university officials are trying, again, to jumpstart development on the city¿s west side.

Imagine a bar with all-you-care-to-taste selections of more than 60 beers, 40 bourbons -- all for one flat cover.

The wills of Maryland's most affluent shed light on their wealth and, many times, their hobbies. The wills, obtained by The Baltimore Sun from the Baltimore County Register of Wills, can often be illuminating.

Current, future presidents of downtown theater sound hopeful notes

Legislators find ways and means to attends Spacey event

To those retailers who cynically turn a blind eye to fake IDs to turn a quick buck, you risk not only your license, but the lives of others. You should be put out of business.

Sundy Best and Go Go Gadjet will also perform at the Lorde-headlined InfieldFest.

The owner of Baltimore's Sonar nightclub was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role in supervising a drug dealing and money laundering operation, federal prosecutors announced.

Lawmakers invited to hang with Kevin Spacey

Seven more Harford businesses that were found guilty of selling alcohol to minors in January were fined Wednesday by the Harford County Liquor Control Board.

Welcoming bars are nothing new in downtown Annapolis, and restaurants that celebrate southern food and Prohibition's repeal are nothing new anywhere anymore.

The snow did not stop hundreds of St. Patrick's Day revelers from packing bars in downtown Bel Air and gallivanting around Main Street Monday morning and early afternoon.