Highlandtown's Greek diaspora pocket along Eastern Avenue, lined with souvlaki houses, bakeries and the diners that still pour strong coffee.
Order The crab pie, a thick crust topped with jumbo lump and Old Bay.
Matthew's Pizza in Highlandtown calls itself Baltimore's first pizzeria, open since 1943 and known for a thick-crust pie and a crab pie loaded with lump.
Order The pit beef on a kaiser, rare, with tiger sauce and raw onion.
Chaps Pit Beef on Pulaski Highway is the benchmark for Baltimore pit beef, charcoal-grilling top round rare and piling it on a kaiser with tiger sauce.
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The Creative Alliance in Highlandtown runs cooking workshops in its Creativity Center kitchen, community-led sessions ranging across global home cooking.
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