mobtown_misanthrope
mobtown_misanthrope t1_jde7v1z wrote
Reply to comment by Disastrous_Food_6973 in Inner harbor restaurants. by Disastrous_Food_6973
In descending order of spendiness:
- Sagamore Pendry (5 star, super swanky bar, smack in the middle): https://www.pendry.com/baltimore/
- Hilton Harbor Point (4 star, 5-10 minute walk East of the middle of Fells): https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/bwihppy-canopy-baltimore-harbor-point/
- Admiral Fell Inn (3 star, basement Tavern, smack in the middle of Fells, supposedly haunted): https://www.choicehotels.com/maryland/baltimore/ascend-hotels/md280?mc=llgoxxpx
- Inn at Hendersons Wharf (3 star, I don't think they have a bar, 5-10 minute walk West of the middle): https://www.choicehotels.com/maryland/baltimore/ascend-hotels/md281?mc=llgoxxpx
mobtown_misanthrope t1_jcpz0j6 wrote
Following as well
mobtown_misanthrope t1_jcmgob5 wrote
Reply to Bars that are "bring your own food" by GullibleClerk3070
Many breweries don't have on-site food an allow you to BYOF (or order to there).
mobtown_misanthrope t1_jcbwhz5 wrote
Reply to Baltimore St Patrick’s Day Spots? by billiamprydz
Mick O'Shea's! Opens at 11, Irish food and music all day.
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mobtown_misanthrope t1_jc323oh wrote
Reply to Housing near Hopkins Hospital? by RiskEcstatic8264
Anywhere on the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI or Keswick-Homewood-Eastern-JHMI shuttle routes would be better than living by the East Baltimore campus. The shuttle routes and maps are here.
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8u1rpr wrote
Reply to comment by PigtownDesign in How walkable is the Mt Vernon Area? by juicycasket
Aka the Charm City Circulator Purple Route. The northbound stop is at Pratt and Calvert.
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8u1lt2 wrote
Reply to comment by dizzy_centrifuge in How walkable is the Mt Vernon Area? by juicycasket
Yep!
The free bus (the purple line of the Charm City Circulator [CCC]) that goes from Mt. Vernon to downtown picks up at the Washington Monument (Charles and Monument St.—as does the JHU shuttle, which you can just hop on if it comes first). Southbound CCC picks up at St. Paul and Madison or St. Paul and Centre. So you can easily hop on and save some steps either way if you want. The Circulator runs approximately every 15-20 minutes (supposedly), though it does not run late at night.
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8u0jkf wrote
Reply to How walkable is the Mt Vernon Area? by juicycasket
I lived in Mt. Vernon for 11 years without a car, mostly before Uber etc. existed. It's profoundly walkable.
If you walk downtown along Charles, stop into Mick O'Sheas for a pre-game drink/snack!
ETA: You'll also find plenty of scooters, e-bikes, and a N/S free bus route.
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8tzfbl wrote
Reply to comment by BilgeWalker in Will Baltimore Ever Be As Great As Cleveland? by BilgeWalker
There are no detached homes in Mt. Vernon save a few carriage houses that definitely aren't for sale, or if they are, they're like 800sqf and half a mil.
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8ot4cd wrote
Reply to comment by goblinphase in Nice safe place to stay near Ottobar by North_Pollution7510
Thirding Revival. Reasonable prices, smack in the middle of interesting architecture/famous shit/decent bars and restaurants/, few tourists vs. downtown, and a good community member that supported displaced businesses and ran food giveaways during the pandemic. Hotel Indigo meets many of those criteria as well, though a bit farther from Ottobar.
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8osqn2 wrote
Reply to comment by Few_Society5388 in Nice safe place to stay near Ottobar by North_Pollution7510
It's good pizza, at least it has been in my experience. Nicely fermented sourdough crust. Basically across the street from Ottobar.
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8osjfi wrote
Reply to comment by North_Pollution7510 in Nice safe place to stay near Ottobar by North_Pollution7510
Hotel Revival in Mt. Vernon has complimentary parking as part of a package and would make for a more interesting trip than an airport hotel: https://www.jdvhotels.com/hotels/maryland/baltimore/hotel-revival-baltimore/specials/park-n-play
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8o783p wrote
Reply to comment by bmore in Parklet fee: Restaurants, bars weigh future of outdoor structures by GovernorOfReddit
Would have been useful had the reporter asked if the restaurant owners would be willing to pay the same fee per space, eh?
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j8o6gx8 wrote
tl;dr: ask follow up questions!
I feel like this article (like many in the Banner, sadly) could have been much more informative and useful if the reporter had dug a bit deeper in his interviews. In particular, most of the owners interviewed said they would take down their parklets because the $10/sqf fee was prohibitive. OK, ask what fee would be viable for them? Would you be comfortable with $5/sqf? $7? $3? Should there be a low fee to start, with a timed escalation over 2-3 years to give you time to determine the ROI? Would credits/discounts based on quality of facility design, etc. be useful?
Especially when combined with newly-imposed design standards, if you're asking people to pay a (potentially) prohibitive fee and ALSO spend even more on a (non-permanent) redesign/redevelopment of what they have already paid for—all without a strong idea of the revenue that it will generate minus the pandemic influence—we're just going to lose the amenity and the city is going to lose any potential revenue. There needs to be a balance struck between city revenue, aesthetic considerations, and the fact that these business owners really don't know what that ROI is going to be in a changed environment. An article like this could have jumpstarted that conversation, but as is, basically reiterates what we've already heard in other outlets and in the survey.
More broadly, this is an issue I've seen in all the coverage of this issue—the city set an arbitrary $10/sqf rate, and there seems to have been no substantial public discussion at all about whether that's the appropriate rate or not—just a zero sum alternative that there should be no fees. Dig deeper, Banner (or Sun, or Beat, or whatever).
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j7me1rj wrote
Reply to comment by Cryptizard in The new Lexington Market is so disappointing by sleaziep
Also two delis—Krause's Lite Fare (legacy stall) and royal Deli (new).
mobtown_misanthrope t1_j6kj7wn wrote
Reply to comment by frolicndetour in Best neighborhoods to buy a home in by KrevinCupine
In the same general area, check out Lauraville and Arcadia/Beverly Hills too. Lots of good home options within the $300-350 range. It's about 15 minutes from downtown, and about 35-45 from Ft. Meade (depending on if you take the tunnel or not).
mobtown_misanthrope t1_jde9qsx wrote
Reply to comment by mobtown_misanthrope in Inner harbor restaurants. by Disastrous_Food_6973
Oh, and Fells Point is cool and all, but definitely get yourself a $20 dat pass on the water taxi and check out some other neighborhoods like Federal Hill and Canton.
In Fells Point, do go by Cat's Eye for live music (365 days per year), Max's for a massive beer selection, Bertha's (if it's still open at that point) to get your sticker and some mussels, Pierpoint for some non-traditional smoked crab cakes, Blue Moon for brunch, Captain James Landing (water side deck, not the big boat building) for steamed crabs. Check out the Broadway market.
Do not go to Choptank.