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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 #1100 on: August 26, 2019, 10:23:48 AM »

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1101 on: August 27, 2019, 01:37:21 PM »
Where can I find rental listings in the Frum neighborhoods?

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1102 on: January 21, 2020, 11:47:31 PM »
Is there a place near the Jewish community to stay for Shabbos?
 The bnb posted last page isn't available.
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1103 on: January 22, 2020, 02:25:18 PM »
Is there a place near the Jewish community to stay for Shabbos?
 The bnb posted last page isn't available.
Thank you
If you're looking for hotels then not really. technically there are some within walking distance but nothing really within the community. Unless you find an Air Bnb

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1104 on: January 22, 2020, 02:53:14 PM »
The closest hotel would be the Howard Johnsons on Reisterstown Road near Milford Mill.

https://goo.gl/maps/xP5x5UdCkvZRz8is9

The closest shul would be Beit Yaakov https://beityaakov.com/. I am not sure if Sterling Care next door also has a Shabbos minyan

I do believe there is a crashpad for meshulachim on the top of Machzekei Torah which is more centrally located but that would probably be unsuitable for a family

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1105 on: January 22, 2020, 03:07:56 PM »
The closest hotel would be the Howard Johnsons on Reisterstown Road near Milford Mill.

https://goo.gl/maps/xP5x5UdCkvZRz8is9

The closest shul would be Beit Yaakov https://beityaakov.com/. I am not sure if Sterling Care next door also has a Shabbos minyan

I do believe there is a crashpad for meshulachim on the top of Machzekei Torah which is more centrally located but that would probably be unsuitable for a family

I am not sure if Howard Johnsons is suitable for a family, it looks pretty sketchy. Best place is the double tree in the wiki, but its not close to the community

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1106 on: January 22, 2020, 04:53:08 PM »
I am not sure if Howard Johnsons is suitable for a family, it looks pretty sketchy. Best place is the double tree in the wiki, but its not close to the community
If you're up for a little walk you could walk from there to Ner Yisroel or TA. probably 30-40 minutes to either one

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1107 on: January 22, 2020, 05:34:50 PM »
If you're up for a little walk you could walk from there to Ner Yisroel or TA. probably 30-40 minutes to either one
Once your doing that stay by the Hilton DoubleTree or one of those hotels near the 695 and walk to Ner Yisroel for the Tefilos. Much eaiser walk.

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1108 on: January 22, 2020, 07:10:43 PM »
What about hachnasas orchim apartments?

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1109 on: February 05, 2020, 09:31:50 AM »
what would you say are nicest hotels with a harbor view?
also I guess still no regular scharachis minyan in downtown area?

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1110 on: February 05, 2020, 02:13:31 PM »
I noticed that downtown eateries are Under Kosher Supervision of Rabbi T. Weiss whereas star K supervises most of the other establishments
is there any difference in standard of supervision?

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« Reply #1111 on: February 05, 2020, 03:54:50 PM »
what would you say are nicest hotels with a harbor view?
also I guess still no regular scharachis minyan in downtown area?
The nicest hotel is the Four Seasons
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1112 on: February 05, 2020, 04:46:11 PM »
The nicest hotel is the Four Seasons
it has harbor water view?

I guess I meant to include hotels with harbor views  with reasonable rates up to ($200  night)

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1113 on: February 05, 2020, 04:57:24 PM »
it has harbor water view?

I guess I meant to include hotels with harbor views  with reasonable rates up to ($200  night)
Four seasons is definitely not going to be anywhere close to $200 a night. Look at the Renaissance Harborview. 
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1114 on: February 05, 2020, 05:43:51 PM »
I noticed that downtown eateries are Under Kosher Supervision of Rabbi T. Weiss whereas star K supervises most of the other establishments
is there any difference in standard of supervision?
depends who you ask. I know him quite well and it seemed like politics that required him to start giving his own hechsher. I personally rely on it.
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1115 on: February 05, 2020, 05:48:26 PM »
depends who you ask. I know him quite well and it seemed like politics that required him to start giving his own hechsher. I personally rely on it.

Is he a more yeshivash or modern orthodox?

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« Reply #1116 on: February 05, 2020, 07:47:00 PM »
Is he a more yeshivash or modern orthodox?
Yeshivish with it

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« Reply #1117 on: February 05, 2020, 08:18:37 PM »
Is he a more yeshivash or modern orthodox?
I'll just say that this is a terrible way of looking at the validity of a hecsher.
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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1118 on: February 06, 2020, 09:45:43 AM »
are any of the dunkin donuts CY?

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1119 on: February 06, 2020, 11:05:20 AM »
are any of the dunkin donuts CY?
Milk is and some products are powdered milk. There's a sign in the store that outlines all of that