So today is Halloween and all. Happy Halloween Baltimore. But today is significant for a couple other reasons as well, which is what we want to talk about today. Today is also the fourth anniversary of the Baltimore Chop. Okay, that’s not strictly true because our anniversary was actually 3 days ago on the 28th. […]
It was unfortunate to hear in yesterday’s news that Santoni’s supermarket is closing up after 83 years in business. Growing up near Dundalk, about halfway between two Santoni’s locations, it was a regular stop for the Chop’s family growing up (although not as regular as Mars). We’ve got those old blue collar roots, and when […]
Most people do the great majority of their supermarket shopping in one store, and usually it’s the store that’s closest to home. We’re not much different, and we tend to stick to Giant for that very reason. But Giant Food operates two stores in North Baltimore, and lately we’ve found that the one closest to […]
The Baltimore Sun yesterday published an article titled Redesigning Baltimore: Planners envision new development among mass transit stations. In it the Sun’s Yvonne Wenger describes some of the finer points of a large overhaul of zoning regulations that the city is now considering. One of those finer points is transit-oriented development, which really made us […]
First things first: friend of the blog and sane, decent Baltimorean Paul Gardner has launched a petition on Change.org to voice opposition to the Harbor Point TIF. Since you are also a sane, decent Baltimorean please click over and sign it now, before you continue reading. Okay, now that that’s done we get to talk […]