Quiet rowhouse pocket east of Patterson Park where Marta and a handful of corner kitchens have drawn a new wave of dining.
Butchers Hill is a quiet rowhouse pocket east of Patterson Park where a new dining wave has settled. Marta leads it, chef Matthew Oetting's nouveau Italian room in the former Salt Tavern, built around a porterhouse lamb chop over polenta. Corner kitchens fill in around it.
Marta in Butchers Hill is chef Matthew Oetting's nouveau Italian room in the former Salt Tavern, built around a porterhouse lamb chop over creamy polenta.
Order: The porterhouse lamb chop over polenta.
Tip: The corner rowhouse is intimate; weeknights are the easier reservation.