Bistros, trattorias and the everyday places where Baltimore actually eats.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Baltimore actually eats.
14 places
Order The corned beef sandwich, hand-cut and piled high, with a potato knish.
Attman's Delicatessen has anchored downtown's Corned Beef Row since 1915, piling hand-cut corned beef and pastrami high in a no-frills lunch counter.
Order The jumbo lump crab cake, broiled, almost all crab and no filler.
Faidley's Seafood at Lexington Market has sold its jumbo lump crab cake since 1886, a stand-up counter where you eat the city's benchmark cake off paper.
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.
2 of the casual dining on this list are known for crab cake.
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.
Order The Neighborhood Bird steamed bun, fried chicken with herbs and spicy sauce.
Ekiben in Fells Point built a citywide following on steamed bao, plating the Neighborhood Bird fried-chicken bun and a tempura broccoli bun in a tiny shop.
Order A dozen steamed crabs in season, or the crab cake the rest of the year.
Mama's on the Half Shell on Canton Square is a neighbourhood crab-and-oyster house, working steamed crabs, oysters and a crab cake across two busy floors.
Order A dozen heavy steamed crabs and a pitcher, eaten with mallets on the deck.
LP Steamers in Locust Point is a classic two-storey crab house, steaming blue crabs heavy with Old Bay and serving a rooftop deck above Fort Avenue.
Order A stack of pancakes and a milkshake.
Papermoon Diner in Remington is a daytime diner crowded with toys and mannequins, plating big breakfast plates and milkshakes amid the maximalist decor.
Order The green chile, ladled over eggs or a breakfast burrito.
Golden West Cafe on Hampden's Avenue is a longtime counter for green chile, breakfast burritos and Southwestern plates with strong vegetarian options.
Order A plate of the house-made pasta, plus the branzino when it runs.
Sotto Sopra on Charles Street in Mount Vernon plates house-made pasta and an opera-night supper, a long-running Italian room with a deep wine list.
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Order The tuna melt at lunch, or a raw-bar spread before dinner.
Johnny's in Roland Park is Foreman Wolf's relaxed neighbourhood diner, plating a tuna melt, raw-bar plates and a wood-fired all-day menu daily.
Order Whatever Stillwater or rare Belgian is on draft, with the seasonal plates.
Of Love and Regret in Brewers Hill is a gastropub from the Stillwater beer team, pairing a tight craft tap list with seasonal plates and Belgian.
Order The breakfast sandwich early, or a bowl of ramen later in the day.
Dooby's in Mount Vernon is an all-day Korean-leaning cafe, plating breakfast sandwiches by day and a ramen and Korean dinner menu after dark.
Order A cannoli filled to order, with an espresso to follow.
Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop has filled cannoli to order in Little Italy since 1956, a sit-down dessert counter for gelato, espresso and Italian cookies.
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