Chef’s Wine Tasting Dinner @ Junior’s
CC licensed image courtesy of Flickr user joe lencioni Last week, The Wife and I walked down to Charles Street and into Juniors for their Chef’s Wine Tasting Dinner. These sorts of things, where you...
View ArticleJunior’s, Charlotte’s, Changes In The hood
Junior’s, the Federal Hill restaurant that I held near and dear to my heart for their Winesdays, has closed. It has been replaced by what looks to be a culinary batting cage. Test Kitchen? What is a...
View ArticleTaverna Corvino Opening and Enomatics in Vienna, VA
Taverna Corvino, the restaurant the replaced Junior’s in Federal Hill, is open. Beer in Baltimore has some scoop. I stoped by before opening today and perused the bar menu, a range of appetizers in the...
View ArticleMaryland Wine Is Too Expensive
Ate at Woodberry Kitchen in Clipper Mill the other night. I wasn’t so impressed with Woodberry Kitchen the first time I went there, but on this night it was fantastic. They really knocked it out of the...
View ArticleTaverna Corvino Is Open for Business: Go Drink Some Wine While It Is Still Cheap
Finally got a chance to check out Taverna Corvino, the Italian restaurant on Light Street in Federal Hill. Taverna Corvino replaced Junior’s in the location that works like a Tilt-A-Whirl for upscale...
View ArticleMaryland BYOB Laws
Went to eat at Amicci’s in Baltimore’s Little Italy last week. The cause was celebratory, so I called ahead to see what their corkage policy was. I was told their liquor license wouldn’t allow BYOB....
View ArticleTrip Report: Wine Tasting in the Willamette Valley
Finally got out to Oregon’s Willamette Valley to do some wine tastin’, picture takin’, and relaxin’. The first thing I noticed while driving from winery to winery is all the dysentery is how they have...
View ArticleCorkage: The Next Big MD Wine Issue
12/06 Update: The Baltimore Sun published an op-ed today about the “flawed” laws banning corkage in Maryland. Did you know that it’s illegal in Maryland to bring your own wine to dinner at a...
View ArticlePG 305-11: Corkage Bill Hearing in Prince George’s County
I had the opportunity this evening to attend a meeting of the Prince George’s County House Delegation of the Maryland General Assembly, where (among other things) the delegates heard testimony from the...
View ArticleMaryland Wine Week: Spreading the Word
Haven’t made it out to a Maryland wine festival yet? Today’s your lucky day… er, week. Today kicks off Maryland Wine Week, when restaurants and retailers get in on the game and feature (finally!)...
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