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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The coming on of Fall and the (finally!) broken heat means more than just stocking up the fridge with pumpkin ales. Around the Chophouse it means switching it up in the liquor cabinet as well. Gone are the need for light, crisp club soda mixers. This time of year we’re ready for something a bit […]
Despite what the phony hand-wringing moralizers among us say about how the government shutdown hurts everybody and there are real human consequences and veterans and cancer patients and little children yadda yadda and “there are no winners” well that’s bullshit. At the end of the day, like it or not, one side will win and […]