If you want to make others suffer because you suffered and "turned out ok" - you didn't actually turn out ok.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have a look! I did not know the Department of Aging was a thing.

Thanks!

What's the difference between a pizza and my pizza jokes?

My pizza jokes can't be topped!

Second for Silver Diner. Everything they have there is good.

oh nice! i was last there this summer, and i suppose it wasn't yet opened at that time. i look forward to going back.

between gambrills and EC, you'll find jailbreak in laurel, right where 32 meets route 1. i recommend it all the time. great beer, great kitchen, chill atmosphere.

crooked crab is a good in-between location as well right off 32 and telegraph road (170), though the beers there tend to be more on the hoppy/crafty side compared to jailbreak, so really good if you're into that sort of thing. they don't have a kitchen, but lots of places deliver to that location.

if you want to meet in glen burnie, which would probably be about twenty minutes drive for the both of you, pappas and olive tree have nice bars and fairly conventional comfort food menus.

while the beers are good at all three, jailbreak holds an advantage in variety, comfortable accommodations, and in having their own kitchen.

second for jailbreak. they always have something i want to drink there, and the food is consistently good (especially the fries). relaxing environment, too.