Friday, August 17, 2007

Hello

Welcome to my first blog post. I'll be using it to chronicle my culinary adventures. I've recently moved to Baltimore from Philadelphia, and am steadily working my way through restaurants that seem like they might be interesting. I have the sense that Baltimore can't quite compete with San Francisco or New York (or Philadelphia for that matter), but I'm excited to explore what my new home town has to offer.

It's probably apparent already that I'm a bit of a food geek. In Philadelphia, I went to more than 130 restaurants in the four years I lived there. I kept a list of these restaurants, with categories, Top Ten lists, etc. which was on my web page. I'm aiming to do a bit better in Baltimore. As I visit restaurants, I now enter them into a spreadsheet that includes contact information, location, type of food, price point, and notes about the restaurant. (I'll post this shortly and link to it.)

To date, I've been to the following Baltimore restaurants:
Ambassador
Asahi
b Bistro
Bertha's
Bicycle
Brasserie Tatin
Cafe Hon
Cafe Zen
Chipotle
Gertrude's
Helmond
Holy Frijoles
Kali's Court
La Tavola
Little Havana
Miss Shirley's
Pazo
Peter's Inn
Petit Louis Bistro
Regi's Bar and Grill
Saffron
Salt
S'ghetti Eddie's
Taste
Thai Restaurant
XS
Yabbba Pot
Zen West

Not bad for three months, eh? I've made a list of places I want to try out:
Abacrombie
Aldo's
Amicci's
Black Olive
Blue Moon (brunch?)
Brass Elephant
Brewer's Art
Brightons Orangerie
Chameleon Café
Helen's Garden
Ixia
Louisiana
Martick's
Metropolitain
Mezze
Obrycki's Crab House
Samos
Tio Pepe

I welcome suggestions about places I should try. Happy eating.

2 comments:

Christopher Busta-Peck said...

I can't speak highly enough of Martick's. I'm not sure how well it fits into your cost/benefit analysis, but for the money, I think that it's an excellent deal.

thai girls said...

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  cuisine
  • American(traditional)
  • Cafe Hon
  • Gertrude's
  • Regi's
  • Asian (other)
  • Ambassador
  • Cafe Zen
  • Nam Kang
  • Saigon Remembered
  • barbecue
  • Alabama BBQ Co.
  • Big Bad Wolf BBQ
  • Rub BBQ
  • breakfast
  • Blue Moon Cafe
  • Miss Shirley's
  • eclectic
  • Pazo
  • Saffron
  • Taste
  • French
  • Brasserie Tatin
  • Petit Louis
  • Italian
  • La Scala
  • La Tavola
  • Mexican
  • Arcos
  • Holy Frijoles
  • Zen West
  • Latin/Caribbean
  • Little Havana
  • Trinidad Gourmet
  • Yabba Pot
  • pizza
  • Iggie's
  • S'ghetti Eddie's
  • pub/bar
  • Brewer's Art
  • Red Star
  • sandwiches
  • On the Hill Cafe
  • seafood
  • Bertha's
  • Costas Inn
  • Kali's Court
  • sushi
  • Asahi
  • Kawasaki Cafe
  • Matsuri
  • XS
  • Thai
  • Thai Landing
  • Thai Restaurant
  • vegetarian
  • Yabba Pot
  •   neighborhood
  • Bolton Hill
  • b Bistro
  • On the Hill Cafe
  • Butcher's Hill
  • Salt
  • Canton
  • Three...
  • Charles Village
  • Gertrude's
  • Nam Kang
  • Trinidad Gourmet
  • Yabba Pot
  • Dundalk
  • Costas Inn
  • Federal Hill
  • Bicycle
  • Little Havana
  • Matsuri
  • Regi's
  • Rub BBQ
  • Fell's Point
  • Asahi
  • Bertha's
  • Kali's Court
  • Kawasaki
  • Red Star
  • Hampden
  • Cafe Hon
  • Holy Frijoles
  • Lauraville
  • Alabama BBQ Co.
  • Big Bad Wolf BBQ
  • Chameleon Cafe
  • Little Italy
  • La Scala
  • La Tavola
  • Mount Vernon
  • Brewer's Art
  • Helmand
  • Iggie's
  • Nam Kang
  • Saffron
  • Thai Landing
  • XS
  • Tuscany/Canterbury
  • Ambassador
  • Brasserie Tatin
  • Upper Fell's Point
  • Arcos
  • Waverly
  • Trinidad Gourmet
  • Thai Restaurant
  •   cost
  • $$
  • Alabama BBQ Co.
  • Ambassador
  • Arcos
  • Asahi
  • Bertha's
  • Big Bad Wolf BBQ
  • Cafe Hon
  • Cafe Zen
  • Helmand
  • Holy Frijoles
  • Iggie's
  • Little Havana
  • Miss Shirley's
  • Nam Kang
  • Red Star
  • Saigon Remembered
  • S'ghetti Eddie's
  • Thai Landing
  • Thai Restaurant
  • Zen West
  • $$$
  • b Bistro
  • Brasserie Tatin
  • Brewer's Art
  • Chameleon Cafe
  • Costas Inn
  • Gertrude's
  • Kawasaki
  • La Scala
  • La Tavola
  • Matsuri
  • Pazo
  • Peter's Inn
  • Petit Louis
  • Regi's
  • Salt
  • Taste
  • Three...
  • XS
  • $$$$
  • Bicycle
  • Kali's Court
  • Saffron
  • $$$$$
  • none yet
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