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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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« Reply #540 on: March 17, 2015, 06:57:50 PM »
fascinating. Then he bought a $27 million mall in Prince George's County.

He owns a lot of the RE along the Reisterstown Road corridor.  The shopping center where Goldberg's and Mama Leah's is, the building right across from Caramel's (where his office is based), and a bunch of others.  As well as that mall he purchased and a bunch of other shopping centers.

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
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Does anyone have a recommendation for an honest mechanic in Baltimore? Thanx!

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Does anyone have a recommendation for an honest mechanic in Baltimore? Thanx!

Mobile mechanic. Comes to your house.

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Mobile mechanic. Comes to your house.
I Googled and came up with multiple mobile mechanics. Do you mind being more specific? Thanx again!

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I Googled and came up with multiple mobile mechanics. Do you mind being more specific? Thanx again!

I will pm you

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I will pm you
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« Reply #546 on: March 19, 2015, 11:21:00 PM »
Serengeti report:

I finally made it over to serengeti this week and had a great experience overall. I had planned on using gift cards from great kosher restaurants (SBS), but they did not arrive in time, so I had to actually spend money 😔😭

We ordered the following:
Ribs appetizer - very soft and good sauce, but the meat itself was not so flavorful.
Short rib egg rolls -  these were a special,  but according to the waitress,  they are available most days. You get 2 large egg rolls filled with delicious soft meat and a really good dipping sauce. These are amazing,  definitely a must have.
Picture is below.

We ordered 2 steaks:
Rib steak - cones with a choice of sauce,  and is pretty good
Chili Rubbed Steak Tournado with Peppercorn Sauce -  a bit spicy (which the menu does say)  and very different yet delicious (picture below)

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #547 on: March 19, 2015, 11:56:05 PM »
Serengeti report:

I finally made it over to serengeti this week and had a great experience overall. I had planned on using gift cards from great kosher restaurants (SBS), but they did not arrive in time, so I had to actually spend money 😔😭

We ordered the following:
Ribs appetizer - very soft and good sauce, but the meat itself was not so flavorful.
Short rib egg rolls -  these were a special,  but according to the waitress,  they are available most days. You get 2 large egg rolls filled with delicious soft meat and a really good dipping sauce. These are amazing,  definitely a must have.
Picture is below.

We ordered 2 steaks:
Rib steak - cones with a choice of sauce,  and is pretty good
Chili Rubbed Steak Tournado with Peppercorn Sauce -  a bit spicy (which the menu does say)  and very different yet delicious (picture below)
How are their prices ? 

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« Reply #548 on: March 20, 2015, 08:00:10 AM »
How are their prices ?

Pretty reasonable. 50 is their prix fix menu, otherwise, 40 to 50 per person

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Serengeti is definitely getting on my bad side.  Tried going last night for dinner but they were closed for a private party.

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« Reply #550 on: March 20, 2015, 03:44:33 PM »
Serengeti is definitely getting on my bad side.  Tried going last night for dinner but they were closed for a private party.

Perhaps they are up to the "needing reservations" level and they'll need to be called in advance. I got a rib eye steak from Moti's Grill last night. The seasoning was great and the steak was huge, but it was very tough. What's the consensus with Moti's overall? It's really in Rockville, so maybe posted elsewhere. The mashed potatoes and green beans that came with the steak were excellent -- a 10/10.
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Look at the DC thread

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« Reply #552 on: March 27, 2015, 03:40:19 PM »
Umami is closing next week :(
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« Reply #553 on: March 27, 2015, 03:47:32 PM »
Umami is closing next week :(

Yup, saw that. I think it was Serengeti that did them in. Umami was the nicest in Baltimore and had alcohol, but it really was nothing special. Now that we got a nice place, they are shot because better and cheaper Chinese can be had at David Chus.

Dan, you got to try the egg rolls at Serengeti - Much better than the Avocado at La Gondola

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« Reply #554 on: March 27, 2015, 06:32:27 PM »
Yup, saw that. I think it was Serengeti that did them in. Umami was the nicest in Baltimore and had alcohol, but it really was nothing special. Now that we got a nice place, they are shot because better and cheaper Chinese can be had at David Chus.

Dan, you got to try the egg rolls at Serengeti - Much better than the Avocado at La Gondola

You mean these??  Best $12.50 I've ever spent.




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« Reply #555 on: March 28, 2015, 10:21:09 PM »
Yup, saw that. I think it was Serengeti that did them in. Umami was the nicest in Baltimore and had alcohol, but it really was nothing special. Now that we got a nice place, they are shot because better and cheaper Chinese can be had at David Chus.

Dan, you got to try the egg rolls at Serengeti - Much better than the Avocado at La Gondola
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« Reply #556 on: March 28, 2015, 10:21:50 PM »
Blasphemous!!!

Have you had both?

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« Reply #557 on: March 28, 2015, 10:24:07 PM »
As @davidmal says: "Likes" feed the family

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« Reply #558 on: March 28, 2015, 10:25:15 PM »
Of course

I was not so impressed by the LA gondola egg rolls
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #559 on: April 14, 2015, 11:41:41 AM »
I'm looking for a ride from Yeshiva Lane to Lakewood for a package, before Shabbos. Please PM me if you know someone going. TIA