i'm heading down to baltimore from sept 5th-7th. i was hoping you could give me some tips on places to visit in the area and if you could recommend any good restaurants. i know most of the "touristy" things to do so i'm looking for some hidden gems. thanks guys!

 

Where will you be staying?
Will you have the Z or a rental?
How familiar with Bmore are you?

I heart your avatar but dont tell my beautiful cambodian GF I said that.

 

here is something I posted in another thread. It may be helpful. What kind of things do you usually like doing?

I just wrote this long *** post so im gonna give cliff notes:
Bars to try in baltimore. (I dont frequent columbia)
Idle hour
Dont know
No Idea
Little Havana
J Patricks
Metropolitan Cafe
Annabel lee

Let me know if you wanna come out for a few drinks man. We can definitely make that happen. (and I will show you good places to park)

Descriptions listed below.

Fridays and saturdays are usually pretty crowded there. (as with any place on cross st.) If you move a little further south charles st the parking gods smile upon you and the city loosens up a bit. Here are some great places to hit up with a 2 mile radius of thirsty dog.... or pub dog or whatever its named this week. (I have a story about why they had to change their name if interested).

the Idle Hour: Owners Brandon and Randall are usually working the bar. Darkly lit artsy kind of bar (need candles to sign your tab). No meat heads etc. Strong pours. Try the pickle back. Sounds gross but you gotta do it at least once. Also try the Chartreuse if you havent. They are the largest seller on the east coast. Fort Ave

Little Havana. Great weekly specials great mojitos pretty good margaritas really good food. Huge place that can get crowded on the weekends but because of the space service isnt too bad. Also has outdoor seating. Key Highway. If you hook up with a girl and spend the night head over to their brunch

"Dont know". Owned by a guy named Jason. Huge bar, lots of bartenders, drinks not to strong so stick to beer or specials. Food really good. Can get pretty crowded but girls like to be there so there are usually some good things to look at. Charles st. (also check out "no idea" Owned by same guys slightly smaller)

Ropewalk is also good but borderlines on meat head. Charles St

Metropolitan cafe. Tons of beers. Great food Small space but worth checking out. Charles st. (service is horrible no matter how crowded or empty it is)

Probably one of my favorite places in bmore is Annabel Lees. It was voted best adult bar in baltimore magazine. Dedicated to Poe this bar has lots of aswesome things. Small row house size (so you may have to wait for a seat but totally worth it.) Duck fat french fries which are awesome. and lots of other good food to eat. They play 1920's-30's music so its a little erie but totally adds to the feeling. Its over by patterson park so take your DD or remove your volks. Its right on the border. Not to scare you off its just not in as nice of place like federal hill. Again, really worth it. Park your car in fed hill and catch a cab.

If you move even further into south baltimore into locust point you can hit up a great irish bar called J. Patricks. Two old irish guys run the place. Its a little bit on the older crowd side of things but there is irish dancing on wednesdays with live music and live music on saturdays. There are like no windows in the place but its awesome. On of the TRUE irish pubs in the city. You wont be disappointed.

 

Ive also been a big fan of Fells point lately. Just park somewhere on the cobblestone and pop into a few places. Slainte is awesome. Lamb stew is fantastic. If youre looking for a really nice place to eat I just went to Tabrizis in fed hill. High class but not too ridiculous. Great outside seating with beautiful view of the water.

(I love living in baltimore if you cant tell)

 

I want to hear the Pub/Thirsty Dog story.

 

The Hustler's Club is awesome

 

hahahaha. Its not that interesting. Apparently some failed bar in Ohio I think had the name Thirsty Dog. It hadnt been active for like three years or something but apparently had rights to the name. The owners of Pub dog tried to buy the name but the people wouldnt budge. They then had to change their name from thirsty dog to pub dog.

On a side note someone called the health dept about dogs being in the bar. In bmore there used to be some patrons that brought their dogs in. No one really cared but apperently someone got a bug up their *** and put the kabosh on the whole thing. Apparently they got fined pretty hard.

If you go to a bar on Fort Ave called capt larrys you can still see bullet holes in the ceiling from when it used to be a baltimore city cop bar.

 

That place is kinda gross man. Gold club is a lot better. And its not on baltimore st FTW

 

i'll be staying at the sheraton in center city baltimore
i'll probably bring my Z or my gf's car.
i've been to baltimore a few times so i know the layout of the city but i'm no expert

i am half cambodian... does your gf have hot friends?

 

hahahaha. She doesnt actually hang out with a lot of asian people. I mean she hangs out with a lot of foreigners but they all live in Richmond. Looks like Gold club for you sir HA! Take cabs as much as possible. Only use yellow cab though. It will save you driving on some bad streets and its pretty cheap.

 

do you know if there are any special events or activities for labor day?

 

Not sure yet. Im doing the Roof top BBQ thing. Im sure there will be something going on. Pick a copy of the City Paper. Comes out on wednesdays I believe. It will usually have listings of any concerts etc.

I will ask around and get back to you.

 

http://www.citypaper.com/calendar/default.asp

this might have some info for you.

 

Is the Gold Club near the 895 exit?

 

Ah wait I meant Scores not Gold club. Scores is right near 83 near the Mt Vernon area of Bmore.

 

Bottle service at Hustlers was legit for me

 

we definitly need a MidA strip club night.

 

Couldnt agree more

 

Def dont bring the Z to baltimore unless you like potholes

 

+1000 on that, especially on lombard

For fine dining, this is a great place:

http://www.theprimerib.com/

You can also take a quick cab ride to the electric factory bars if you want to hit up several place in one spot. Also, your right there at Camden yards if the O's are in town.