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Baltimore Walking Foodie Tour in Fells Point

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Don't-miss vendors

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Faidley's Seafood

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.

Chaps Pit Beef

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.

Eat your way around Fells Point

2 of the street food on this list are in Fells Point. So are these tours and tastings.

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Ekiben

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

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.

Broadway Market

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.

Matthew's Pizza

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.

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