15 new american places in Baltimore we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Baltimore | New American across every city.
New American is where much of Baltimore's ambition lives, chefs working seasonally across a single tight menu in rooms scattered through the neighborhoods. The Food Market in Hampden and Charleston in Harbor East represent two ends of the range, while Peter's Inn in Fells Point keeps a cult following for its short, ever-changing chalkboard menu.
The Food Market ★ 4.2
hampden · 1017 West 36th Street, Baltimore, MD 21211
The Food Market anchors Hampden's Avenue, where chef Chad Gauss turns out playful New American plates and his well-known Amish soft pretzels.
Peter's Inn ★ 4.2
fells-point · 504 South Ann Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
Peter's Inn in Fells Point is a former biker bar turned chef's favourite, with a weekly-changing menu around a famous garlic bread and a New York strip.
Charleston ★ 4.8
harbor-east · 1000 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Charleston is Cindy Wolf's Harbor East flagship, a 2025 James Beard winner for its beverage program, where you build a Lowcountry menu course by course.
Magdalena ★ 4.5
mount-vernon · 205 East Biddle Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Magdalena inside the Ivy Hotel is chef Scott Bacon's seasonal American bistro, plating a changing canape board and Chesapeake plates in a stone mansion.
Cookhouse ★ 4.4
bolton-hill · 1501 Bolton Street, Baltimore, MD 21217
Cookhouse in Bolton Hill is chef George Dailey's restored 19th-century rowhouse, plating pan-seared John Dory with chanterelles and foie-gras croquettes.
Gunther & Co. ★ 4.2
canton · 3650 Toone Street, Baltimore, MD 21224
Gunther & Co. in Canton is a contemporary American room in a restored boiler building, plating fried oyster tacos and a Thai-spiced seafood hot pot.
Woodberry Tavern ★ 4.5
hampden · 2010 Clipper Park Road, Baltimore, MD 21211
Woodberry Tavern is James Beard winner Spike Gjerde's small Clipper Mill room, the successor to Woodberry Kitchen, cooking off Maryland farms and waters.
Stuggy's ★ 3.9
fells-point · 1928 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
Stuggy's in Fells Point is an evening hot-dog shop known for its crab mac-and-cheese dog, staying open to 11pm on weekends for the Broadway bar crowd.
Ekiben Fells Point ★ 4.3
fells-point · 1622 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21231
Ekiben's Fells Point counter stays open into the evening near the Broadway bars, sending the Neighborhood Bird fried-chicken bun to an after-work crowd.
Max's Taphouse ★ 4.0
fells-point · 737 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231
Max's Taphouse on Fells Point's Broadway pours from more than a hundred taps late into the night, with a kitchen of pub grub to soak up the beer.
Peter's Inn ★ 4.6
fells-point · 504 South Ann Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
Peter's Inn is a former biker bar in Fells Point with no reservations and a short weekly-changing menu of upscale comfort food and well-poured drinks.
Tortilleria Sinaloa ★ 4.3
fells-point · 1716 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21231
Tortilleria Sinaloa in Upper Fells Point presses its own corn tortillas and fills cheap, excellent tacos, a counter half a block east of Broadway.
Attman's Delicatessen ★ 4.4
downtown · 1019 East Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
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.
Chaps Pit Beef ★ 4.3
greektown · 720 Mapleton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205
Chaps Pit Beef on Pulaski Highway delivers a hefty, cheap pit beef sandwich, charcoal-grilled rare top round on a kaiser with tiger sauce and onion.
Connie's Chicken and Waffles ★ 4.1
downtown · 112 North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Connie's stall in Lexington Market fries hand-breaded chicken to order, with the half-and-half chicken box a cheap, classic Baltimore corner-store meal.