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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 #1182 on: February 09, 2021, 10:58:47 AM »
https://www.croustillecafe.com/

French bakery and pastries

https://g.co/kgs/4Sgoan
looks amazing! They just opened? They have Hanukkah donuts on their menu

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« Reply #1183 on: February 09, 2021, 11:05:58 AM »
looks amazing! They just opened? They have Hanukkah donuts on their menu

They had a soft opening a bunch of months ago. Yes, their stuff is very good

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« Reply #1184 on: February 09, 2021, 11:09:42 AM »
They had a soft opening a bunch of months ago. Yes, their stuff is very good
So now they are officially opened? under Star- K? Is it CY?

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« Reply #1185 on: February 09, 2021, 11:14:06 AM »
So now they are officially opened? under Star- K? Is it CY?

Yeah, they are open. I think its Star-K. And if it is, then it needs to be CY. For sure a good hechsher

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« Reply #1189 on: April 21, 2021, 06:12:38 PM »
Would anyone know if the MD tolls are the same price if I'm using a MD Ezpass or NY Ezpass?

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1190 on: April 21, 2021, 06:39:40 PM »
Would anyone know if the MD tolls are the same price if I'm using a MD Ezpass or NY Ezpass?
Which tolls? At least one I know of is cheaper with MD

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1191 on: April 21, 2021, 07:00:33 PM »
Would anyone know if the MD tolls are the same price if I'm using a MD Ezpass or NY Ezpass?

The Tidings bridge on I95 has signage saying $6 MD E-Zpass, $8 everyone else. I'm sure there are others but that's the only toll road I've taken in MD

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« Reply #1192 on: April 21, 2021, 07:21:12 PM »
The Tidings bridge on I95 has signage saying $6 MD E-Zpass, $8 everyone else. I'm sure there are others but that's the only toll road I've taken in MD
Also if you go often enough, it's probably worth taking US 40 and getting a free one year pass for $28. You don't need e-zpass for that as they will give you a transponder just for that bridge if you don't have MD e-zpass

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Re: Baltimore Master Thread
« Reply #1193 on: April 21, 2021, 07:57:20 PM »
Also if you go often enough, it's probably worth taking US 40 and getting a free one year pass for $28. You don't need e-zpass for that as they will give you a transponder just for that bridge if you don't have MD e-zpass

What do you mean by free one year pass?

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« Reply #1194 on: April 21, 2021, 10:48:18 PM »
What do you mean by free one year pass?
It used to be a decal that was good for a year on the route 40 bridge. Now they give a transponder (or add it to your MD e-zpass account). You have to renew every year

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« Reply #1195 on: April 21, 2021, 11:03:30 PM »
It used to be a decal that was good for a year on the route 40 bridge. Now they give a transponder (or add it to your MD e-zpass account). You have to renew every year
how much money does it save per trip?

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« Reply #1196 on: April 21, 2021, 11:18:01 PM »
how much money does it save per trip?
It's $6 for md E-ZPass and $8 for out of state. It also adds 5-10 min to the trip

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« Reply #1197 on: April 22, 2021, 09:02:57 AM »
Also if you go often enough, it's probably worth taking US 40 and getting a free one year pass for $28. You don't need e-zpass for that as they will give you a transponder just for that bridge if you don't have MD e-zpass

Yeah but since I already take several detours to avoid other tolls along that route I'm not sure about adding another

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« Reply #1198 on: April 22, 2021, 09:19:29 AM »
Yeah but since I already take several detours to avoid other tolls along that route I'm not sure about adding another
You have to decide which is most beneficial

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« Reply #1199 on: April 22, 2021, 09:25:24 AM »
You have to decide which is most beneficial

I'd legitimately appreciate seeing that get discussed. Tolls from NY-baltimore are a lot but a lot of the tricks to avoid them aren't worth it