"pltrgyst" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:29:54 GMT, "WhansaMi" wrote:

We will be attending a conference in Baltimore, MD in early November. We
will be staying in the downtown area, near the inner harbor. I'd like to
get suggestions for good places to dine while we are there. We enjoy all
kinds of food, and particularly love to go to new and unusual places.

Hmmm -- we just drove in from Baltimore a few minutes ago, having spent my
birthday weekend up there.

Cindy Wolf's Charleston offers the best food in the city in most foodies'
opinions.

A close second is Corks, in Federal Hill. Wonderful wines, great cheeses,
outstanding food. Trust Chris, the sommelier, to both feed and set you up
with
appropriate wines, and you'll have a terrific evening. (This is the only
restaurant in the entire US in which I am willing to place myself entirely
in
the hands of a sommelier for wine selection.)

The Baltimore outpost of Roy's, right across the square from Charleston,
is
excellent -- one of his best. His fusion food, both the several Roy's
standard
dishes and his local executive chef's creations, are always interesting.
(I
think we've now been to every Roy's in the lower 48, including the one
[Denver]
that has since closed... 8 )

Peter's Inn and Hamptons are also very good.

The Brass Elephant is better than Zagat would have you believe.

Wolf's Petite Louis, on the north side of town, is a fun place for
traditional
French bistro food.

Skip anything in Little Italy. While there are many decent places, there's
nothing intersting there, nothing that you can't equal or beat in any
large
city.

-- Larry

Thanks, Larry. I've run off this post, and will put it in the folder with
the rest of the material for the trip.

Sheila