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The restaurateurs behind shuttered Baltimore restaurants Family Meal and Aggio owes their landlord more than $3.1 million, Baltimore judges ruled.

By Sarah Meehan

Dec 20, 2018

When asked how long he’s been training for Chefs Cycle, a charity bike ride that will cover 300 miles in three days, Thomas Zippelli said, “You’re going to laugh when you hear my answer.”

Is Baltimore's three-year run of violent crime still taking a toll on the city's restaurant scene, or are other factors leading to closings? Not an easy question to answer.

By Dan Rodricks

Mar 18, 2018

The Inner Harbor restaurant from the "Top Chef" alum was in business for four years at Power Plant Live, where it served modern Italian cuisine.

By Sarah Meehan

Mar 13, 2018

Deer, goose, quail and other wild game can be legally hunted in Maryland, allowing chefs and home cooks to experiment with new local flavors. And non-hunters can try out the recipes with farm-raised meats.

Dan Metz has joined Aggio as the restaurant's chef di cucina.

By Sarah Meehan

Jul 21, 2017

Take a pinch of adventure, add a dash of wanderlust and mix in opportunity. Blend in a passion for deliciousness and what does the recipe yield? For three chefs with Maryland ties — Duff Goldman, Michael Voltaggio and Ryan Coffey — the dish might be called California dreamin'.

Frederick is an ideal destination for a weekend getaway. Here's a guide of the best attractions, eats, shopping and more.

By Wesley Case

Apr 20, 2017

Baltimore's restaurant landscape continued to flourish in 2016 as more eateries opened and more structures emerged to support the growth of chefs and food e

By Sarah Meehan

Dec 22, 2016

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Franchisee Tisha Skinner is opening a Smoothie King at BWI airport. She expects it to open in late October of early november in Terminal D.

By Sarah Meehan

Sep 9, 2016

Six Baltimore chefs will put their bartending skills to the test in a charity cocktail competition next week.

By Sarah Meehan

May 24, 2016

Wetzel, the executive pastry chef at Gertrude's, is among a contingent of local chefs and restaurateurs gearing up for this year's Ride for the Feast, a two-day, 140-mile bike ride from Ocean City to Baltimore to benefit Moveable Feast. This year marks Wetzel's third riding with the Rebels with a Cause, a team of about 65 cyclists that also includes celebrity chef and restaurateur Bryan Voltaggio, Wit & Wisdom executive chef Zack Mills, City Cafe owner Bruce Bodie, and fellow Gertrude's

By Sarah Meehan

May 10, 2016

A Frederick restaurant co-owned by celebrity chef Bryan Voltaggio has agreed to pay three workers a total of $3,540 to settle a lawsuit alleging they worked unpaid overtime.

Pie Five Pizza Co., fast-casual pizza chain that's growing in Baltimore will open two locations at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

By Sarah Meehan

Mar 10, 2016

Five big names in Baltimore's culinary industry will face off in a cooking competition April 23 to benefit the Saint Agnes Hospital Foundation.

By Sarah Meehan

Feb 4, 2016

Bryan Voltaggio will emcee The Supper, an April 23 event that will feature four award-winning chefs participating in a cooking competition to benefit the Saint Agnes Hospital Foundation.

By John-John Williams IV

Jan 11, 2016

"Top Chef" alum Bryan Voltaggio opened Aggio, his fine-dining Italian restaurant, in Baltimore in February 2014.

By Wesley Case

Dec 23, 2015

Bryan Voltaggio's first Aggio location in Washington, D.C., has closed its doors.

By Sarah Meehan

Dec 7, 2015

The brothers Voltaggio are teaming up for the first time to open a steakhouse at the MGM National Harbor casino.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 30, 2015

Chef Bryan Voltaggio and his business partner Hilda Staples are denying allegations from two former cooks who say they weren't paid overtime while they worked at Voltaggio's restaurants.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 25, 2015

Two of chef Bryan Voltaggio's former employees are suing him and his restaurants, arguing they were denied overtime pay.

By Scott Dance

Aug 31, 2015

Frederick-based Flying Dog Brewery is celebrating the second year of its wildly popular seasonal release, Dead Rise Old Bay Summer Ale, with a week-long restaurant promotion.

On July 1, Gertrude's will host DougStrong, a fund-raising evening in support of Doug Wetzel, the restaurant's executive pastry chef, who suffered liver and kidney failure while competing in a May 30 triathlon near Chestertown.

Reaction to Monday's Freddie Gray-related protests and violence from social media and more.

Voltaggio to throw first pitch, sign cookbooks and cook up chili-cheese hot dogs

For "Home," which will be released Tuesday, Bryan Voltaggio drew inspiration from the meals that he cooks for his wife and three young children as well as dishes for holidays and dinner parties.

By Julie Scharper

Apr 3, 2015

In his first solo cookbook, ¿Home,¿ local food superstar Bryan Voltaggio highlights the Mid-Atlantic cuisine of his youth, turning his creative precision to classic dishes using regional ingredients. This asparagus-and-barley dish, which appears in the book and is also on the menu at Aggio, Voltaggio¿s Italian restaurant in Power Plant Live!, welcomes spring in Maryland with the fresh flavors of white and green asparagus.

A recap of the Feb. 11 episode of "Top Chef," as a winner is crowned. Curse that unbalanced shrimp broth soup!

Bryan Voltaggio's second Baltimore restaurant, Family Meal, is set to open this Friday on Pratt Street in the Inner Harbor. The former "Top Chef" star opened Aggio in June at Power Plant Live. Voltaggio has another Family Meal restaurant in Frederick.

By Kristine Henry

Dec 31, 2014

There is still time to make New Year's Eve dining reservations, but you better hurry.

2014 was another healthy year for Baltimore dining. The report of a sudden restaurant closing was followed by the announcement of a hopeful opening.

Here are some of the local-interest cookbooks that got our attention this year. Consider them for holiday giving, or as a gift to yourself.

At Thursday's monument lighting, food from Bryan Voltaggio and a few favorite food trucks

Downtown Frederick's shopping scene grows into something special

The 'Top Chef' alumus opened his first Baltimore restaurant in June