AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 15, 2021 at 3:14 pmGrowing up in Washington, D.C., Andre McCain says, half-smoke sausages were a part of life: family cookouts and birthdays. Indeed, the half-smoke has become the signature dish in our nation’s capital, sold everywhere from street corners to the Smithsonian cafe.McCain is betting that Baltimoreans, too, will develop a taste for his hometown’s favorite food. This month, he opened a restaurant in Canton’s Can Company, kicking off with a soft opening attended by invited politicians including the city’s comptroller and Baltimore Mayor Brandon...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 15, 2021 at 3:14 pmGrowing up in Washington, D.C., Andre McCain says, half-smoke sausages were a part of life: family cookouts and birthdays. Indeed, the half-smoke has become the signature dish in our nation’s capital, sold everywhere from street corners to the Smithsonian cafe.McCain is betting that Baltimoreans, too, will develop a taste for his hometown’s favorite food. This month, he opened a restaurant in Canton’s Can Company, kicking off with a soft opening attended by invited politicians including the city’s comptroller and Baltimore Mayor Brandon...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMar 16, 2021 at 3:59 pmIt flurried all day Sunday in Vermont. watched the flakes with dread. Snow in the fryer would be trouble.This is the story of how the owners of Baltimore’s most popular fusion restaurant drove to Vermont over the weekend to cook a meal. It’s also a story about food and love and dying. And really, really amazing customer service.AdvertisementIt started out simply enough. Canton residents Brandon Jones and his wife, Rina, needed some carryout.Not just any carryout. They needed the tempura broccoli from Ekiben, the beloved local fusion spot...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMar 16, 2021 at 3:59 pmIt flurried all day Sunday in Vermont. watched the flakes with dread. Snow in the fryer would be trouble.This is the story of how the owners of Baltimore’s most popular fusion restaurant drove to Vermont over the weekend to cook a meal. It’s also a story about food and love and dying. And really, really amazing customer service.AdvertisementIt started out simply enough. Canton residents Brandon Jones and his wife, Rina, needed some carryout.Not just any carryout. They needed the tempura broccoli from Ekiben, the beloved local fusion spot...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJan 29, 2021 at 7:38 amMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday that restaurants can begin serving customers after 10 p.m. starting Monday, lifting a curfew that was put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.The new executive order takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Bars and restaurants must continue to limit indoor dining to 50% capacity, a measure intended to allow social distancing and decrease potential exposure to the coronavirus.AdvertisementHogan issued the curfew in November amid a troubling wave in coronavirus cases as the holidays were...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJan 29, 2021 at 7:38 amMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday that restaurants can begin serving customers after 10 p.m. starting Monday, lifting a curfew that was put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.The new executive order takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Bars and restaurants must continue to limit indoor dining to 50% capacity, a measure intended to allow social distancing and decrease potential exposure to the coronavirus.AdvertisementHogan issued the curfew in November amid a troubling wave in coronavirus cases as the holidays were...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunDec 10, 2020 at 7:39 pmBaltimore will close all dining at restaurants in the city to combat the spread of coronavirus, part of the first executive order from newly sworn-in Mayor Brandon Scott, who made the decisive move Wednesday on his first full day in office.Tightened restrictions, which go into effect at 5 p.m. Friday, also include caps at 25% of capacity for retail and religious institutions, gyms, malls and museums.AdvertisementWhile outdoor and indoor dining will be shut down, restaurants will still be able to offer carryout, drive-through and delivery...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunDec 10, 2020 at 7:39 pmBaltimore will close all dining at restaurants in the city to combat the spread of coronavirus, part of the first executive order from newly sworn-in Mayor Brandon Scott, who made the decisive move Wednesday on his first full day in office.Tightened restrictions, which go into effect at 5 p.m. Friday, also include caps at 25% of capacity for retail and religious institutions, gyms, malls and museums.AdvertisementWhile outdoor and indoor dining will be shut down, restaurants will still be able to offer carryout, drive-through and delivery...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJul 03, 2020 at 8:03 pmFacing protests and calls for a boycott, Baltimore’s Atlas Restaurant Group is pushing back against allegations of racism.In a statement released Thursday by the company’s lawyers, the restaurant group pointed to its good works, released surveillance photos that show Black patrons at Ouzo Bay and identified the brand of shorts a white child was wearing on Father’s Day.AdvertisementThe response stems from a now-infamous moment June 21 when Black mom Marcia Grant and her 9-year-old son, Dallas, in Harbor East. A manager informed Grant that...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJul 03, 2020 at 8:03 pmFacing protests and calls for a boycott, Baltimore’s Atlas Restaurant Group is pushing back against allegations of racism.In a statement released Thursday by the company’s lawyers, the restaurant group pointed to its good works, released surveillance photos that show Black patrons at Ouzo Bay and identified the brand of shorts a white child was wearing on Father’s Day.AdvertisementThe response stems from a now-infamous moment June 21 when Black mom Marcia Grant and her 9-year-old son, Dallas, in Harbor East. A manager informed Grant that...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 29, 2020 at 7:00 amRay Alcaraz has been eating well during the pandemic. Homemade ravioli at Chiapparelli’s, the meatballs from Joe Benny’s, lemony veal piccata from Aldo’s, and of course, cannoli from Vaccaro’s: Alcaraz, who grew up in Little Italy, is on a one-man mission to patronize the neighborhood’s restaurants in crisis.“I have gone to almost every restaurant to get a meal and I’m still not done,” said Alcaraz, president of the promotion center for Little Italy.AdvertisementThere’s not much else to do but eat, these days, here, or anywhere else. The...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 29, 2020 at 7:00 amRay Alcaraz has been eating well during the pandemic. Homemade ravioli at Chiapparelli’s, the meatballs from Joe Benny’s, lemony veal piccata from Aldo’s, and of course, cannoli from Vaccaro’s: Alcaraz, who grew up in Little Italy, is on a one-man mission to patronize the neighborhood’s restaurants in crisis.“I have gone to almost every restaurant to get a meal and I’m still not done,” said Alcaraz, president of the promotion center for Little Italy.AdvertisementThere’s not much else to do but eat, these days, here, or anywhere else. The...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 17, 2020 at 8:53 pmShe remembered World War I. During the Great Depression, she learned to make a can of tuna last a week. When World War II broke out, she tended to her victory garden.But in the last few months of her life, as the coronavirus pandemic raged around her, Downing Jett Kay spent most of her days confined to her bed at Towson’s Pickersgill Retirement Community.AdvertisementMrs. Kay, , died Friday afternoon after a months-long illness. She was 112. Supercentenarians, or people older than 110, are rare; scientists think just dozens remain in the...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 17, 2020 at 8:53 pmShe remembered World War I. During the Great Depression, she learned to make a can of tuna last a week. When World War II broke out, she tended to her victory garden.But in the last few months of her life, as the coronavirus pandemic raged around her, Downing Jett Kay spent most of her days confined to her bed at Towson’s Pickersgill Retirement Community.AdvertisementMrs. Kay, , died Friday afternoon after a months-long illness. She was 112. Supercentenarians, or people older than 110, are rare; scientists think just dozens remain in the...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 28, 2020 at 7:59 pmThe reservations are set for 5 p.m. Friday. Staff at Ananda in Fulton look forward to welcoming guests to the open-air patio for the first time in months — even if it means they’ll be wearing face masks and shields and placing dishes on tables spaced 6 feet apart.“We missed serving people,” said Lopsang Lama, bartender and server at the Howard County restaurant known for its nostalgic take on Indian cuisine.AdvertisementRestaurants in Baltimore and outlying counties open up for outdoor table service Friday in what many are calling a first...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 28, 2020 at 7:59 pmThe reservations are set for 5 p.m. Friday. Staff at Ananda in Fulton look forward to welcoming guests to the open-air patio for the first time in months — even if it means they’ll be wearing face masks and shields and placing dishes on tables spaced 6 feet apart.“We missed serving people,” said Lopsang Lama, bartender and server at the Howard County restaurant known for its nostalgic take on Indian cuisine.AdvertisementRestaurants in Baltimore and outlying counties open up for outdoor table service Friday in what many are calling a first...WW…