The Bar Telephone

Posted on April 16, 2012 by The Chop

In a Baltimore Sun piece last week, the lazy, mediocre Erik Maza took pains to mention four separate times in a 400 word review that there is no telephone hooked up in Murphy’s Law Tavern. “It seems [Bar Rescue’s] producers — or the owners — forgot to fix some things. The phone line, for one. […]

The New York Times Dumps on Baltimore Again, But Local Artists Are Too Busy Making Art to Notice

Posted on May 21, 2010 by The Chop

The Baltimore Chop was none too thrilled on Wednesday when we read on the Midnight Sun that the New York Times is looking down its nose at us again. They seem to see Baltimore as little more than a source for so-so regional cuisine, a great inspiration for campy Broadway musicals, and a crummy baseball […]