First edition Census Vintage 2025 · No. 30

Baltimore Weekly Eats.

Monday, August 17, 2026 · Baltimore

Wet City’s 10th on Chase Street was yesterday. Red Lobster week at The Dive is on the calendar today. Nora Blú is in a soft opening across from the Meyerhoff, Werewolves Welcome is pouring in Old Goucher after seven years, and Little Italy’s Feast of St. Gabriel ran through Sunday. The Banner is the desk. The Sun’s August clips reached us as Fox Baltimore reprints.

Thin on locked door dates. Sunday Social was “early August” in a July 29 Banner preview — no later confirmation found. Hello Trouble is mid-August (Banner, July 22) versus end of August (WBAL, July 29). Aru Aru is August 21 pending inspections. A DMV Caribbean Food Festival listing and a Baltimore Summer Food Festival Eventbrite page were aggregator-only and left out. The Banner’s August 7 Spagett piece is a cocktail trend, not an opening.

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Today · The Dive

Red Lobster week at The Dive

Monday–Saturday · Cheddar Bay biscuits included, per Fishbowl

Fishbowl dates the return; no address or hours in that item.

Source: Baltimore Fishbowl

Sunday · Mount Vernon

Wet City, ten years

223 W. Chase St · Saturday, Aug. 15 · noon–midnight · free

Baltimore Magazine’s weekend lineup: $6 drafts, retro food specials, DJs all day. Fishbowl had called it an all-day-and-night tenth-anniversary party without an address; the Magazine fills that in.

Sources: Baltimore Magazine, weekend of Aug. 14–16, Baltimore Fishbowl

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Little Italy · continues today–Sunday

Light Up Little Italy — Feast of St. Gabriel

August 14–16 · 11 a.m.–7 p.m. · streets of Little Italy · free to walk in

The festival’s own site: live music, food and drink, a People with Disabilities art show. Friday’s $160 five-course wine dinner at the Sons of Italy Lodge already ran. Sunday, 2:30 p.m., meatball-and-sausage eating contest on the neighborhood stage. Baltimore Magazine has the chef list.

Sources: Light Up Little Italy, Baltimore Magazine

Still on

This weekend

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This weekend

Cone Sisters at Gertrude’s

Snowballs and ice cream · also Sept. 19–20; Oct. 3–4 and 17–18

Fishbowl says the stand is back this weekend. No hours in that item.

Source: Baltimore Fishbowl

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Remington · Friday

Flour & Wood at La Maison

2600 N. Howard St · Friday, Aug. 14, from 5 p.m. · takeout only

First wood-fired pies from the old JBGB’s oven at Cafe Dear Leon’s Remington shop. One 12-inch pie per customer, first come, first served: A La Norma, pepperoni, cacio e pepe, funghi. Fishbowl had the 5 p.m. start; the Magazine said go early. That pop-up was Friday.

Sources: Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Magazine, Cafe Dear Leon

WebsiteReviews

New rooms

Openings

In pictures

The dining room at Nora Blú on Cathedral Street in Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon · soft opening

Nora Blú

1225 Cathedral St · grand opening later in August · Hush lounge still coming downstairs

Mohammad Elmanyari, Dezmon Parker, and Tariq Ibrahim’s first restaurant, across from the Meyerhoff. Chef Malcolm Sizer (Marta): grilled pompano on smoked romesco, crab-falafel bites, kibbeh nayyeh from the steak trim, oysters with saffron foam. Juvenile played the hall Friday. Banner, August 11: still in its soft-opening season.

Source: The Banner, Aug. 11

WebsiteReviews

The bar at Werewolves Welcome in Old Goucher

Old Goucher · soft opening

Werewolves Welcome

17 W. 24th St · grand opening slated for September

Bryan and Caroline Ranere’s seven-year, roughly $1 million rebuild of a 19th-century carriage house. No sign, just “Welcome” in the tile. Gin martini named for Peter the Wild Boy; tinned fish, charcuterie, and steamer hot dogs. Banner, August 12; Fishbowl already calls it open.

Sources: The Banner, Aug. 12, Baltimore Magazine

WebsiteReviews

The corner storefront of Urbano Mexican Fare at Rye Street Market

Baltimore Peninsula · opened July 14

Urbano Mexican Fare

2425 Rye St · 4,500 square feet in Rye Street Market

Northern Virginia Tex-Mex: guacamole, tacos, fajitas, grilled octopus. Banner dated the grand opening Tuesday, July 14. Older than this window; listed so July is not mistaken for an August open. Fall neighbors still promised: Blü Cā, Slurp Noodle, Hama Sushi, Live-K.

Source: The Banner, July 14

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Fells Point · opened Aug. 8

NeatFreak

1822 Fleet St · former Greyhound Tavern · 16 seats

Matthew Steinberg’s martini bar. Noon–5 p.m. happy hour, $10 martinis. The Sun’s August 8 piece reached this desk as a Fox Baltimore reprint.

Source: Baltimore Sun via Fox Baltimore, Aug. 8

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Federal Hill · opened Aug. 1

Slutty Vegan, Cross Street Market

Cross Street Market · Saturday, Aug. 1

Pinky Cole Hayes’s plant-based stall. Soft opening Friday night, official Saturday, per the Sun reprint. Separate from the Peninsula shop the Banner said shut in June.

Source: Baltimore Sun via Fox Baltimore, Aug. 2

South Baltimore · unconfirmed

Sunday Social

2 E. Wells St · former Papi Cuisine · “early August” as of July 29

Sammy Davis Jr. and Miskiri Hospitality: all-day brunch, cinnamon rolls, eggs Benedict, Lavazza from 6 a.m. The Banner’s July 29 preview is the last dated clip this desk found. Not treated as open until a later story says so.

Source: The Banner, July 29

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On the calendar

Popups & events

In pictures

Heirloom tomatoes, the Fishbowl Hot Plate image for Baltimore’s tomato week

This week

Tomato menus

Hersh’s, Tuesday, Aug. 18 · Sally O’s × Richfield Farm, Wednesday

Fishbowl’s August Hot Plate: Hersh’s runs a tomato menu and merch Tuesday. Wednesday, Sally O’s does a tomato wine dinner — savory tomato pie with corn ice cream, duck with tomato pancakes. Several other Wednesday dinners in that item lack times or ticket links and are left off the cards.

Source: Baltimore Fishbowl

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Ekiben Night Market social image

Fells Point · Aug. 29–30

Ekiben Night Market

1500 Thames St · Sat 4–10 p.m. (VIP 2:30; late entry 7 p.m.) · Sun 12–4 p.m. (VIP 11 a.m.)

Ekiben’s own page: $25 GA, $125 VIP, $15 Saturday late entry; no day-of tickets; kids 12 and under free. Posted lineup includes Silver and Sons BBQ, Plant Baked by Sarah, Attman’s Deli Harbor Point, Mexican on the Run, Tortuga Kombucha & Deli, and Key Neapolitan by Verde. Baltimore Magazine says Aru Aru is on it too.

Sources: Ekiben, Visit Baltimore

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Aug. 17–22

Red Lobster week at The Dive

Monday–Saturday · Cheddar Bay biscuits included, per Fishbowl

Fishbowl dates the return; no address or hours in that item.

Source: Baltimore Fishbowl

Sunday, Aug. 23

Spritz & Salumi at Cinghiale

August 23 · Harbor East

On Fishbowl’s “mark your calendars” list. No time or ticket URL in that post.

Source: Baltimore Fishbowl

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Coming

In pictures

Crab pupusas from Aru Aru, courtesy the restaurant via Baltimore Magazine

Fells Point · August 21

Aru Aru

Eastern Avenue · pending final inspections

Marvin Rodriguez’s first brick-and-mortar, in a space leased from Ekiben’s Steve Chu. Crab pupusas, Colombian empanadas from Oso’s Bites, vegan and gluten-free options; agua frescas paused at the start. Baltimore Magazine; Fishbowl repeats the “hopefully” Aug. 21.

Source: Baltimore Magazine

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Pepper House’s Ellicott City storefront, from The Banner

Remington · mid-October

Pepper House at R. House

301 W. 29th St · mid-October · old Tio G’s / Chopped Broadway stall

Yuan Shen and Frank Liang’s Sichuan room copies the Ellicott City menu — dan dan, Chengdu dumplings, malatang — into the food hall. Banner, August 6; Magazine says the stall starts October 1. Mid-October vs. Oct. 1 is flagged, not smoothed over.

Sources: The Banner, Aug. 6, Baltimore Magazine

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Hamilton-Lauraville · date conflict

Hello Trouble Luncheonette

5414 Harford Rd · former Maillard Patisserie

Andrew Weinzirl: Sweet Revenge McGriddle homage, tomato pie with Duke’s, iced Guillermo, Sophomore coffee, house breads. Banner (July 22) said mid-August; WBAL (July 29) said end of August. No August confirmation it opened.

Sources: The Banner, July 22, WBAL, July 29

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South Baltimore · mid-September

OPP

Around the corner from Sunday Social · mid-September

Sammy Davis Jr.’s solo room: Oysters, Pizza & Pasta — and Other People’s Paintings. Banner, July 29. No street number in that piece.

Source: The Banner, July 29

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Baltimore County · September

Heritage Smokehouse, Jacksonville

George and Jen Marsh with Robert Voss · September, day TBD

The Govans pit moves north after the York Road close. Menu still coming, smoked meats expected to stay.

Source: Baltimore Magazine

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Baltimore Peninsula · autumn

Blü Cā, Slurp Noodle, Hama Sushi, Live-K

Rye Street Market area · autumn 2026, days TBD

Banner, July 14, quoting the developer: Blü Cā Jamaican under construction; Slurp Noodle, Hama Sushi, and karaoke bar Live-K “this autumn.” BK Lobster is no longer coming.

Source: The Banner, July 14