Category Archives: On The Spot
A Salute to the Curb Shoppe
This is not a bar and restaurant review. It’s a salute. After all, reviews are typically written about places that are new. Sometimes brand new and aren’t yet a known quantity. Mount Washington’s Curb Shoppe is anything but new, being one of the few remaining establishments that can trace its origins as far back as […]
Photos From the Mark Supik Co. Open Studio
Last Sunday we finally got a chance to check out a piece of Baltimore that we’ve been curious about for quite some time, and that many people here in town pass by frequently without realizing it. Mark Supik & Company’s shop at the corner of Baltimore and Haven Streets in Highlandtown doesn’t look like much […]
Sneak Peek Inside the New Red Emma’s
A couple of weeks ago the folks at Red Emma’s held an open house on the Saturday night after the Baltimore Book Festival to showcase the construction progress they’re making in their future home at the corner of North Ave and Maryland in Station North. The Chop popped in for a look and we snapped […]
Apex Theater Auctioned Today
About a year and a half ago we had the bright idea of doing a post about the Apex Theater. At the time, just about the only relevant Google result for the Apex was that City Paper feature from 2010. And that was more about the people who operate the theater and the financial difficulties […]