Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop
- ★ 4.8
- Bakery
- $
- Little Italy
Order Cannoli filled to order
Vaccaro's has filled cannoli to order in Little Italy since 1956, a sit-down dessert counter for gelato, espresso, tiramisu and trays of Italian cookies.
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Artifact Coffee
Drink Pour-over coffee
Artifact Coffee sits in a historic stone building on Union Avenue, a Hampden daytime cafe and bakery pouring careful coffee with breakfast and lunch.
Patisserie Poupon
Order Croissants and fruit tarts
Patisserie Poupon near the Shot Tower is Joseph Poupon's French bakery, turning out laminated croissants, macarons and glossy fruit tarts since the 1980s.
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Cafe Los Suenos
Drink Single-origin Salvadoran espresso
Cafe Los Suenos is an immigrant-owned Remington roaster and cafe, owner Carlos Payes pulling Salvadoran-sourced espresso from beans he roasts in-house.
Faidley's Seafood
- ★ 4.7
- Street food
- $
- Downtown
Try Jumbo lump crab cake
Faidley's stand inside Lexington Market serves the city's benchmark crab cake since 1886, almost all jumbo lump, eaten standing at a counter off brown paper.
Atwater's
Order Sourdough loaves and seasonal soup
Atwater's bakes naturally-leavened breads at its Belvedere Square stall, a local bakery known for crusty sourdough, scratch soups and seasonal galettes.
Bird in Hand
- ★ 4.6
- Café
- $
- Charles Village
Drink Espresso drinks
Bird in Hand in Charles Village is a cafe and bookshop near Johns Hopkins, a collaboration of Artifact Coffee and the Ivy Bookshop among the stacks.
Ekiben
- ★ 4.6
- Street food
- $
- Fells Point
Try Steamed bao buns
Ekiben grew from a food cart into a Fells Point counter, building a citywide following on steamed bao like the Neighborhood Bird fried-chicken bun.
Clavel
- ★ 4.6
- Street food
- $
- Hampden
Try Tacos on house-nixtamalized tortillas
Clavel in Hampden presses its own nixtamalized corn tortillas for tacos al pastor and ceviche, a counter-and-bar room that started as a tortilleria project.
Pitango Bakery + Cafe
- ★ 4.5
- Bakery
- $
- Fells Point
Order Naturally-leavened bread and gelato
Pitango Bakery + Cafe in Fells Point pairs naturally-leavened breads and laminated pastries with the company's own gelato, a corner cafe on South Ann Street.
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Ceremony Coffee
- ★ 4.5
- Café
- $
- Mount Vernon
Drink Single-origin espresso
Ceremony Coffee's Mount Vernon cafe sits in the Marketplace, a bright bar pulling single-origin espresso and filter from the Annapolis roaster's own beans.
Chaps Pit Beef
- ★ 4.4
- Street food
- $
- Greektown
Try Baltimore pit beef sandwich
Chaps Pit Beef on Pulaski Highway is the city's benchmark pit beef stand, charcoal-grilling top round rare and piling it on a kaiser with tiger sauce.
Attman's Delicatessen
- ★ 4.4
- New American
- $
- Downtown
Try Corned beef sandwich
Attman's on Corned Beef Row piles a hand-cut corned beef sandwich high for not much, a cash-friendly lunch counter that has fed downtown since 1915.
Kneads Bakeshop
- ★ 4.3
- Bakery
- $
- Harbor East
Order Scratch croissants and sourdough loaves
Kneads Bakeshop is H&S Bakery's Harbor East flagship, a 17,000 square foot cafe and bakery turning out scratch sourdough, laminated pastries.
Common Ground
Drink Drip coffee
Common Ground in Hampden is a worker-owned cafe of more than 25 years, pouring coffee and serving scratch sandwiches and baked goods just off The Avenue.
Matthew's Pizza
- ★ 4.3
- Street food
- $
- Greektown
Try Crab pie by the pie
Matthew's Pizza in Highlandtown has fired thick-crust pies since 1943, including a crab pie loaded with jumbo lump and Old Bay that draws steady crowds.
Tortilleria Sinaloa
- ★ 4.3
- New American
- $
- Fells Point
Try Tacos on house tortillas
Tortilleria Sinaloa in Upper Fells Point presses its own corn tortillas and fills cheap, excellent tacos, a counter half a block east of Broadway.
The Helmand
- ★ 4.3
- Vegetarian
- $
- Mount Vernon
Try Vegetarian Afghan plates
The Helmand in Mount Vernon keeps its vegetarian Afghan plates and the kaddo borawni pumpkin gentle on the wallet, a cheap way into a celebrated kitchen.
Harmony Bakery
Order Vegan gluten-free cakes and cookies
Harmony Bakery in Hampden is Baltimore's vegan and gluten-free bakery, turning out dairy-free cakes, cookies and pastries from a small Chestnut Avenue shop.
Connie's Chicken and Waffles
- ★ 4.2
- Street food
- $
- Downtown
Try Hand-breaded fried chicken and waffles
Connie's Chicken and Waffles works a stall inside Lexington Market, frying hand-breaded chicken to order and stacking it over waffles for the lunch crowd.
Lexington Market
- ★ 4.2
- Chesapeake
- $
- Downtown
Try Crab cake, lake trout, market stalls
Lexington Market gathers cheap counters under one roof, from Faidley's crab cake to lake trout and chicken boxes, the city's oldest market and its best value.
The Bun Shop
- ★ 4.1
- Bakery
- $
- Mount Vernon
Order Sweet and savoury filled buns
The Bun Shop on Read Street in Mount Vernon is an all-day cafe and pastry counter, pulling espresso and serving filled buns, kolaches and pastries late.
Dooby's
- ★ 4.1
- Café
- $
- Mount Vernon
Drink Coffee and breakfast sandwiches
Dooby's on Charles Street works as a daytime coffee bar in Mount Vernon, pulling espresso and plating breakfast sandwiches before Korean dinner service.
Bonjour Bakery & Cafe
- ★ 4.0
- Bakery
- $
- Roland Park
Order Croissants and macarons
Bonjour Bakery & Cafe on Falls Road is a north Baltimore French bakery, baking croissants, macarons, quiche and sandwiches for a steady neighbourhood crowd.
Koba Cafe
- ★ 4.0
- Café
- $
- Locust Point
Drink Espresso and bagels
Koba Cafe on Fort Avenue is a Locust Point coffee shop with bagels, sandwiches and a study lounge upstairs, a neighbourhood favourite near Latrobe Park.
Walther Gardens Snowball Stand
- ★ 4.0
- Street food
- $
- Downtown
Try Egg-custard snowball with marshmallow
Walther Gardens runs one of the country's oldest snowball stands, shaving ice over syrup and topping the egg-custard classic with marshmallow each summer.
Broadway Market
- ★ 4.0
- Street food
- $
- Fells Point
Try Oysters, tacos and market counters
Broadway Market at the foot of Fells Point's square gathers grab-and-go counters for oysters, tacos and coffee under two rebuilt sheds with a rooftop bar.
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