Granny's serves soul food with a smile

This down-home restaurant may be in Owings Mills Mall, but it's certainly not mall food.

Backfin Blues is waiting to be discovered on the Susquehanna

Crowds pour in for the weekend seatings at the small-town riverside restaurant.

Lunch for $10 or Less: Subway

Six-inch schwarma is an adventurous example of the chain's kosher line.

Palmere's has solid American fare in Little Italy

In a neighborhood full of fancy restaurants, this low key bar is just the thing.

Martha & Mary's

The half moon-shaped Crab-Adilla at this Reisterstown restaurant is fun, hearty bar food.

Lewnes' is the locals' steakhouse

Regulars come to Eastport for straightforward steaks in an old-fashioned atmosphere.

Kloby's is smokin'

Sink your teeth into this bigger, better Laurel barbecue joint.

Matsuri is a satisfying lunchtime getaway

Federal Hill sushi spot has fresh, inventive food and nimble service.

Ryleigh's is still a pearl in Federal Hill

This pub finds a balance of party and cuisine.

L.P. Steamers is a Locust Point seafood institution

Only 15 years old, L.P. Steamers feels like it has been around much longer.

Don't pass Cabanita's Chicken by

Unassuming Peruvian chicken joint makes you feel at home.

Add Seaside to list of great Maryland seafood restaurants

The Glen Burnie favorite is the picture of a classic Maryland crab house.

Annapolis man is crab-picking king at Md. Seafood Festival

Selling chefs on local seafood, one boat trip at a time

Crabbers seek to take charge of their future

Make your next crab dinner a fancy feast

Hampdenfest looking for entrants for mac-and-cheese contest

Organizers of the annual Great Baltimore Mac-Off at Hampdenfest are looking for more contestants. The deadline has been extended through Sunday at 6 p.m.

Aquarium revamps cafe

The National Aquarium has revamped its main dining facility, and the new space has a fresh and local focus that is "in perfect harmony with the Aquarium’s green business practices and conservation education mission."

Maryland's oysters more depleted than thought, study says

A new scientific study recommends halting all commercial harvest of oysters in Maryland, warning that the ecologically important bivalves are even more depleted than previously believed and that continuing to catch them risks eliminating them altogether from much of the upper Chesapeake Bay.

Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week begins Sept. 12

Thursday mailbox -- is the dirty martini the stupidest drink ever?

Vodka is down, red velvet is up and did Twinings pull a New Coke with Earl Grey?

Joe Squared at Power Plant Live to open Wednesday

The new Joe Squared at Power Plant Live is set to open for business Wednesday at 5 p.m.

The Gathering - Take 3: Baltimore's food-truck rally set for Sept. 2

The food-truck rally known as the Gathering has eased into a monthly schedule of sorts.

Grocery stores that destroyed food did the right thing

Some Baltimore grocery stores that lost power in the hurricane also lost product. The Baltimore City Heath Department is concluding its post-hurricane inspections of Baltimore grocery stores, according to Brian M.  Schleter, the Public information officer for the department. The department had,...

Good manners in the long lunch lines at Gino's Burgers & Chicken

Dan Rodricks went to the new Gino's Burgers & Chicken. There, he discovered good manners, people waiting in line patiently calmly.

Chocolate (but not too much of it) may be good for your heart

Eating chocolate could benefit the heart, a study finds, possibly lowering heart disease by 37%.