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Food & Drink
Review: The Buttonwood Offers Eclectic Plates in Mt. Vernon
The menu travels the globe as much as chef/owner Minh Quang Vo did before he got into the restaurant business.
News & Community
Patagonia Baltimore Does a Lot More Than Sell Jackets
The Fells Point store—the outdoor retail company's largest in the world—emphasizes the importance of getting out into the community as much as outfitting it.
Food & Drink
Korarima’s Vegan Ethiopan Fare Shines at 32nd Street Stall in Waverly
Husband-and-wife team Daniel and Helen Wassé feature aromatic dishes from their native Ethiopia at the weekly farmers market—and expansion plans are in the works.
Food & Drink
Review: Ellicott City’s Pepper House Ups the Local Sichuan Game
Most of the dishes are doused with chiles in one form or another, but thanks to chef Frank Liang’s deft touch in the kitchen, the food is not overwhelmed by heat, but by flavor.
GameChangers
Meet the Brains Behind Baltimore’s Popular Anti-Animal-Abuse Campaign
Now an expanded nonprofit, Show Your Soft Side began as an awareness campaign in the Baltimore Public School system featuring posters of sports stars with their pets.
GameChangers
Angeles Evans’ “Very Purposeful Journey” to End Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence
As TurnAround’s senior manager of community engagement and training, Evans helps the community identify signs of abuse and support those affected.
News & Community
Kofman’s Shoe Repair Gets a Reboot at Lexington Market
Step inside the revived workspace of fourth-generation Baltimore cobbler Alex Kofman, whose age-old profession is going through a bit of a renaissance.
News & Community
What It’s Actually Like to Swim in the Inner Harbor
On Sunday morning, 150 swimmers—many appropriately sporting crab floaties and Orioles gear—intentionally leapt off the dock at Bond Street Wharf. Among them was our own research editor Amy Scattergood.
GameChangers
Heather Warnken Advocates for Marginalized Baltimoreans Harmed by the System
The executive director of UBalt's Center for Criminal Justice Reform addresses inequities to ultimately make communities safer.
Food & Drink
Review: La Calle Extends Fells Point’s Taco Row
Mole is at the heart of the menu at the Mexican restaurant—which is owned and operated by brothers who share recipes from their native Puebla.
Food & Drink
How Sacré Sucré’s Owners Turned a Macaron Obsession Into a Pâtisserie
One look at the pastry case, and the artistry of self-taught owners Manuel Sanchez and Dane Thibodeaux is more than evident.
Food & Drink
Review: Dimsum Palace Brings Hong Kong-Style Carts to Catonsville
Apparently, diners with ties to the Old Line State told staff at the restaurant's Florida locations that Maryland sorely needed dim sum restaurants—and they listened, for which we should all be grateful.
Food & Drink
Chef Carlos Raba Expands His Vision with Nana
Raba's new family spot in Stoneleigh is intentionally at the opposite end of the culinary spectrum as Clavel, the hip Remington taquería that earned him national attention. But he runs both kitchens with same level of authority, compassion, and attention to his own history.
Arts & Culture
Baltimore’s Charles and Senator Theaters Turn 85
That the two theaters, now the oldest in Baltimore, are still open and screening films is thanks to the creativity and perseverance of one local family.
Food & Drink
Review: The Dara Brings Excellent Thai Food to Fells Point
The restaurant in the old Red Star space kept much of the pub’s cozy interior, but the menu—from a Bangkok-born chef—is a far cry from pizza and wings.
Travel & Outdoors
The Canton Kayak Club Wants Baltimoreans on the Water
Despite the city's reputation as being built by and for ship-builders, dockworkers, and fishermen, many of its current residents don’t get out on the water. For 25 years, the club has been working to change that.
