COMING SOON
Kneads Canton: Kneads Bakeshop & Café is widening its footprint yet again. Set to open in the coming weeks at The Shops at Canton Crossing, a new location will take over the 2,000-square-foot space formerly home to Atwater’s—which closed over the summer. The menu will include most of the breakfast, lunch, and scratch-made baked goods found at Kneads’ flagship in Harbor East. There are also plans to secure a liquor license to serve brunch cocktails and other libations, which will be added post-opening.
This will be the fourth location for Kneads, which also has a cafe in Locust Point and a shop coming to Cross Keys this winter. Before the grand opening in Canton this fall, the space will undergo “minor improvements,” according to a press release, including new paint, marble tile flooring, boho light fixtures, and fresh furniture and equipment.
“When we heard the space was available, we jumped right on it,” co-owner Kira Paterakis said in a statement. “We can’t wait to meet our Canton customers and be the new daytime ‘hang out’ spot. After COVID, we find that people are sick of working from home. We encourage those with remote jobs to bring their laptops and stay a while.”
OPEN
Steak N’ Bone: Adding to the area’s Korean barbecue options, Steak N’ Bone debuted less than one month ago on O’Donnell Street in Canton—serving marinated proteins like pork, beef, and chicken that diners cook on personal grills at each table. The restaurant also offers small Korean side dishes called banchan, as well as appetizers like seafood pancakes, pork shumai, and fried pork dumplings with a signature soy garlic sauce.
The concept partly comes from Young Lee, one of the restaurant’s partners, who says Steak N’ Bone has been nearly two years in the making.
“We’ve gotten a great response from the neighborhood,” he says. “There are a lot of people new to Korean barbecue, but there are some who have been going outside Baltimore and are happy to have Korean barbecue within the city—and even within walking distance in their neighborhood.”
Steak N’ Bone is still in the process of obtaining its liquor license, but when it does, Lee says it plans to offer a variety of Asian-themed cocktails, plus Asian beers and a selection of whiskeys and bourbons. For the time being, it’s BYOB.
“We have really great, trained servers, so you don’t need to know Korean barbecue to come and try it,” Lee says. “We want to make sure everyone enjoys it and is able to try something new.”
NEWS
The Wine Source to Become Worker-Owned Cooperative: This week, Hampden wine, liquor, and specialty food store The Wine Source announced that it is transitioning to a cooperative business model, after former owner David Wells put the business up for sale earlier this year. The goal is for the shop to become fully employee-owned. “This change is not just a shift in how we operate—it’s a revolutionary step toward creating a company that truly reflects the values of community, collaboration, and shared success,” the shop wrote on social media. “To do this, we’re going to need your help.”
To that end, The Wine Source has launched a GoFundMe with the goal of raising $100,000, “to help with the costs associated with converting to a cooperative and to support the first phase of our community-focused initiatives.” The shop joins other Baltimore worker co-ops like Hampden neighbors Common Ground and Red Emma’s in Waverly.
ICYMI
Ammoora Makes NYT’s Top Restaurants List: Baltimoreans were buzzing last week when Ammoora, the high-end Syrian restaurant set inside the Ritz-Carlton Residences, earned a coveted spot on the New York Times’ list of America’s Best Restaurants 2024. The paper calls the Federal Hill restaurant a “revelation.” “Even a familiar hummus or baklava can make you feel as if your eyes have been opened, revealing vivid new colors,” writes NYT food and wine critic Eric Asimov.
“What makes this especially meaningful is that every accolade we’ve received has been organic and rooted in how well the community and diners across the country, and around the world, have embraced us,” Ammoora wrote on social media after the list went live. “We never expected to land on such an esteemed list, but we’re excited to keep sharing the authentic flavors of Syria with you all! Here’s to the next chapter!”
Read our July 2023 review of Ammoora, here.
EPICUREAN EVENTS
Saturdays: Remington Brunch Club
There’s a new weekly brunch spot in Remington—well, sort of. Every Saturday, neighbors and visitors alike can now congregate every outside of Mount Royal Soaps and Café Los Sueños for Remington Brunch Club, which will bring “a rotating collection of your favorite Baltimore food entrepreneurs” to the corner each week from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This weekend, for example, you’ll find an ice cream and pancake collab between Big Softy and The Charmery; pit beef sandwiches from Illegal Tender Pit Beef; and breakfast tacos, sammies, and smash burgers from Royal Sauce food truck.
10/13: Rooted Rotisserie’s At the Family Table
Fresh off an invaluable shout-out from food TikToker Keith Lee, Rooted Rotisserie in Southwest Baltimore is hosting At the Family Table, a special dinner put on in collaboration with ELA Eventz and Simple Girl. The meal on Sunday, Oct. 13 will feature five courses curated by Rooted Rotisserie chef and co-owner Joe Burton, plus wine pairings and take-home custom gift bags. Expect dishes like a crab and swordfish stew, bone-in short rib, shrimp Beaufort, rotisserie porchetta, and pineapple shortcake for dessert. Tickets are available now.
10/19 & 10/26: Eddie’s 80th Anniversary Celebration
Eddie’s of Roland Park is going big for its 80th birthday later this month. The local grocer will host two major celebrations, one on Oct. 19 at its Charles Street location and another on Oct. 26 at Roland Avenue. Both events will feature vendor tastings, snowballs from The Peggy, and the Taharka ice cream truck. But expect other curated experiences, too. On Oct. 19, programming will include the BARCS BFF wagon, live music from Tom Starr Trio, and tastings from Kirchmayr Chocolatier. On Oct. 26, shoppers can grab samples from Victor’s Meat Market and Michele’s Granola while enjoying tunes from Kevin Koa Trio and decorating pumpkins from 12-1 p.m.
SHUT
Medium Rare: Steak and frites chain Medium Rare has closed at The Rotunda in Hampden after less than a year in business. Founder Mark Bucher told The Baltimore Banner that “losses were massive.” The concept—which also has locations in Bethesda and Washington, D.C.—offers a prix-fixe service of salad, bread, and a Coulotte steak with hand-cut fries for $28.95. Bucher told the Banner that he hopes the closure is temporary, citing low foot traffic in the development: “I would love nothing more than to reopen…but we need to be subsidized,” he said. “We can’t ride the losses until the crowds come back to Baltimore.”