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Seven Mile Market - supposedly the largest kosher supermarket in the country.

Market Maven (formerly Seasons) - great prices for meat and chicken, also good place for shabbos food


Hotels:
Only 1 Close and decent hotel to Jewish area (but not quite walking distance) is this Hilton Doubletree

Airbnb in the frum community:
Eruv Inn
Edelweiss - Located about 15 minutes from the frum community, practically next door to Ateres Elka wedding hall

Otherwise, there are a number of nice hotels downtown (which is also the inner harbor area) and near BWI airport. There are no shuls in the downtown area with regular minyanim, aside from Mincha minyanim in various offices.



Restaurants in the Jewish area (in no particular order):

Dairy

Dunkin Donuts - 2 kosher locations
Here and Here

Croustille Cafe French Bakery - French bakery with many delicious dairy and pareve bakery items.

Milk & Honey Bistro - dairy homestyle cooking

Goldberg's Bagels - very good bagels and free wifi.

Mama Leah's - pizza that is a bit different, but IMHO (Lunatic), the best pizza in Baltimore

Tov Pizza - classic pizza shop - Mocha thinks this is a hell of a lot better than ^

Caramel's - pizza shop, also has sushi

Cocoaccinos/Pie 18 - cafe with sandwiches and salads, as well as custom made brick oven pizza

Playa Bowls Quarry Lake - "the original Acai bowl" - lots of great pareve options as well, delicious bowls

Pareve

Sushi Sakura
Cinnaholic Owings Mills - This location only was recently certified kosher pareve (across from the area Costco).

Meat

David Chu's - Reasonably priced great Chinese food and good sushi. Dan's rating - 7.25/10 
Address: 7105 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone:(410) 602-5008
Not to be missed:
  • Curry Chicken

Dougie's- This is now CLOSED. Leaving it up in the wiki since it is newly closed in case people are looking for it (9/29/23)

Knish Shop - Excellent subs and good sushi - Good place to pickup food for shabbos
Address: 508 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD 21208
Phone:(410) 484-5850

The Club Deli & Grill - Newly opened (2023) fleishig meat/sandwich restaurant

Taam Tai - Reasonably prices Asian food. Great Lo Mein. Located between Mama Leah's and Goldberg's Bagels

Kosher Bite - fast food (American, Israeli, and Chinese)
Not to be missed:
  • Double Burger (better than KD's a"h)

Serengeti - Traditional excellent steakhouse (review Here, Here and Here) - definitely the nicest place in Baltimore.
Address: 2839 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209
Phone:(410) 413-6080
Not to be missed:
  • Lamb Burger on Ciabatta Bun
  • Short rib eggrolls

Accent's - reasonably priced burgers, sandwiches and salads. Also has a full size liquor store.   
Address: Greenspring Shopping Center, 2839 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209
Phone:(410) 602-2224
Not to be missed:
  • English Pub Burger

Yesh Hummus and Grill - Excellent shawarma and other Israeli food.

Cafe Shalom - Located inside Sinai Hospital's Greenspring Cafe, they have dairy, meat, and pareve options. The only restaurant that's also open over Chol Hamoed Pesach.


Downtown Area

Me Latte - small kosher cafe located in Johns Hopkins

Candy
The Candy Store (Star-K)
http://www.thecandystoreonline.com/
7002 Reisterstown Rd, Baltimore, MD 21215
(410) 653-9900

Minyanim
See here for a complete list of minyanim

Merkaz Torah Utefillah (Eichenstein)
6500 Baythorne Rd, Baltimore, MD 21209
Shachris every 15 min

Agudah of Park Heights
6200 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215
4107643333 (Hotline)


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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #300 on: May 04, 2014, 02:48:32 AM »
are there any hyatt or spg or ihg or choice hotels that are close to Baltimore
would love to get a free night on the 17
Nothing in the Jewish community. Downtown area is like 20-30 min

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« Reply #301 on: May 04, 2014, 11:27:16 AM »
Nothing in the Jewish community. Downtown area is like 20-30 min
There is also a good Westin and Sheraton near BWI Airport. Also approx 30 min from Baltimore.. Much nicer area, imo.
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« Reply #302 on: May 04, 2014, 03:29:39 PM »
How long ago was this cuz I spoke to the owner Meir gold and at the time he still didn't have a place yet?
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #303 on: May 04, 2014, 05:33:52 PM »
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Cool! So where they gonna open up?
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« Reply #304 on: May 05, 2014, 04:19:19 PM »
are there any hyatt or spg or ihg or choice hotels that are close to Baltimore
would love to get a free night on the 17
the sheraton by the airport is one of the cheapest spgs in the region. also has an indoor pool
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« Reply #305 on: May 06, 2014, 10:48:14 AM »
I believe that there is also an aloft by BWI.. They are pretty cool

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« Reply #306 on: May 06, 2014, 12:16:46 PM »
i stayed in a Hyatt place once that was not that far from the community (not walking distance though)

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #307 on: May 07, 2014, 01:30:14 AM »
What are my options for a good value SPG property close to the inner harbor or the convention center?
And anyone have luch BRGing any of these?

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« Reply #308 on: May 07, 2014, 09:54:30 AM »
What are my options for a good value SPG property close to the inner harbor or the convention center?
And anyone have luch BRGing any of these?
One believe that the cheapest is a category 4. BWI is about 20 min without traffic

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« Reply #309 on: May 07, 2014, 09:58:33 AM »
One believe that the cheapest is a category 4. BWI is about 20 min without traffic
key words on the 95 and the 495 are, "about 20 minutes without traffic".

Because as nice and wide as those 4-6 highway lanes are, they get very full and super slow during rush hour, accidents, police activity, etc....
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #310 on: June 14, 2014, 11:59:01 PM »
Anyone going to Seven Mile Market tomorrow morning?

I have a shoebox sized box (of 4 bags of California Gourmet chocolate chips) that I'd like to please have delivered from Pinkney,
between Reisterstown and Park Heights to Seven Mile Market.

They know it's coming. I just need to get it there....  Re: payment -- Can offer 1-2 bags of fresh choc chips right away, and more to come later this week.
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #311 on: June 15, 2014, 12:01:49 AM »
Anyone going to Seven Mile Market tomorrow morning?

I have a shoebox sized box (of 4 bags of California Gourmet chocolate chips) that I'd like to please have delivered from Pinkney,
between Reisterstown and Park Heights to Seven Mile Market.

They know it's coming. I just need to get it there....  Re: payment -- Can offer 1-2 bags of fresh choc chips right away, and more to come later this week.
Seriously? I think you're going a drop too far asking for favors for your business.
http://www.yellowcabofbaltimore.com/

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #312 on: June 15, 2014, 12:07:24 AM »
Seriously? I think you're going a drop too far asking for favors for your business.
http://www.yellowcabofbaltimore.com/
I would totally do that -- I don't live there.... 

Question: Would Yellow Cab pick up objects and not people?!?  Of course I'd pay. I paid $50 for someone in NY to do something similar -- it was 3 miles.
(PS - Many Balto people would find this a favor for them to have quality in their neighborhood store. Not everyone likes the ShopRite brands...)
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« Reply #313 on: June 15, 2014, 12:08:26 AM »
Seriously? I think you're going a drop too far asking for favors for your business.
http://www.yellowcabofbaltimore.com/

He's offering payment...

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« Reply #314 on: June 15, 2014, 12:26:11 AM »
Every good salesperson thinks their product will make everyone's life better and the world a sunnier place.

These are just chocolate chips, not liquid gold...

 How bout offering $$ instead of chocolate currency and not thinking that you're doing everyone a favor.

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« Reply #315 on: June 15, 2014, 12:32:42 AM »
Every good salesperson thinks their product will make everyone's life better and the world a sunnier place.
These are just chocolate chips, not liquid gold...
 How bout offering $$ instead of chocolate currency and not thinking that you're doing everyone a favor.
of course I'll offer money -- How can I get it to you -- via PayPal? Amazon Pay? It's a 10 minute favor - especially if you're planning on shopping there Sunday morning anyway and it would help a lot. I have friends there, but it's the timing that's the issue for Sunday AM, because someone is driving in 10 cases for free on Sunday.

Name the price and I'll pay. Thank you.
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« Reply #316 on: June 15, 2014, 12:36:48 AM »


of course I'll offer money -- How can I get it to you -- via PayPal? Amazon Pay? It's a 10 minute favor - especially if you're planning on shopping there Sunday morning anyway and it would help a lot. I have friends there, but it's the timing that's the issue for Sunday AM, because someone is driving in 10 cases for free on Sunday.

Name the price and I'll pay. Thank you.

I don't live there but you're proving my point. If this is a business, pay for shipping like everyone else. Your marketing your favor requests as we're all in this together and this is good for the world. ..

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« Reply #317 on: June 15, 2014, 12:37:57 AM »

I don't live there but you're proving my point. If this is a business, pay for shipping like everyone else. Your marketing your favor requests as we're all in this together and this is good for the world. ..
Give the guy a break... What's wrong with asking for a favor and offering pay

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« Reply #318 on: June 15, 2014, 12:48:34 AM »

I don't live there but you're proving my point. If this is a business, pay for shipping like everyone else. Your marketing your favor requests as we're all in this together and this is good for the world. ..
If people are willing to help him, why, pray tell, do you care?

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #319 on: June 15, 2014, 12:55:56 AM »
Give the guy a break... What's wrong with asking for a favor and offering pay
I don't know if you've been following this thread or not.
While I'm all for people making money and the DDF network is a great network and we often do favors for each other, she seems to be going overboard 'using' DDF to help shuttle the goods around the county for her.... in the name of doing us all a favor.
Edit to answer George: I wouldn't say I 'care' per say, just pointing out that some are getting annoyed at the numerous requests for help from the DDF crew for her business.

One thing that particularly bothered me and others is when it was marketed as a special promo price for DDFr's (by the case only) and turns out that a store in Crown Heights is buying from her and selling in their store for cheaper than the 'DDF Price'.

For example:
We will work hard to keep it up over the next few runs.
Low overhead, less 'middlemen', smart business decisions, and people who help out for free! Thank you for being a great team.
I don't get it. I imagine Benz is making something on these, yet he is still able to pass them on to customers for $2.50 a bag even with a Credit Card, while a private ddf sale where you need to buy a whole box costs $2.64 per bag and cash only? (And both locations are in CH).
(Im not complaining, im just trying to do some math :) )
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