Upscale Italian Spot Cinghiale Is Foreman and Wolf’s Latest

IN THE NEWS: The Baltimore Sun’s Elizabeth Large reviews upscale Indian restaurant Ambassador Dining Room (410-366-1484, 3811 Canterbury Road, Baltimore, ambassadordiningroom.com) and reports the opening of Italian spot Cinghiale (pronounced “Ching-GYAH-lay:), Tony Foreman and Cindy Wolf’s (Charleston, Petit Louis Bistro) newest restaurant. The name means “wild boar” in Italian, and the chef is Stefano Frigerio, [...]

‘Gourmet’ Lauds ‘America’s Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants’

Gourmet magazine’s October 2007 issue features a guide to “America’s Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants.” gourmet.com:
RESTAURANTS WITH FARM CONNECTIONS: 2nd Street Bistro, Livingston, MT; Amherst Chinese Food, Amherst, MA; Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN; Crook’s Corner, Chapel Hill, NC; Eve, Alexandria, VA; La Provence, Lacombe, LA; Lantern, Chapel Hill, NC; Pacific’O and I’o, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Tree House [...]

Rocket to Venus Named Best New Eatery

IN THE NEWS: City Paper’s Best of Baltimore 2007 critics and readers pick Rocket to Venus as Best New Restaurant and Charleston as Best Fancy Restaurant, with the critics going with Eastern House as Best Cheap Restaurant and Chameleon Cafe as Best Underappreciated Restaurant and readers selecting PaperMoon Diner as Best Cheap Restaurant. citypaper.com … [...]

Pikesville Staple Backfin Restaurant Closes

IN THE NEWS: WJZ.com’s Ron Matz reports the Sept. 12 closing of Pikesville’s historic Backfin Restaurant. Owners Sharon and Tony Thomas are retiring. … An Inner Harbor hotel owner has sued seafood restaurant McCormick & Schmick’s, alleging the eatery’s owners violated terms of its lease agreement by opening M&S Grill restaurant one mile away, [...]

Admiral Fell Inn’s True Restaurant Closes

IN THE NEWS: The Baltimore Sun’s Elizabeth Large gives two stars in reviewing upscale bar Kolpers in Hampden (1520 Clipper Road. 410-683-0604) and notes the closing of True Restaurant at the Admiral Fell Inn and the opening of Aloha Tokyo (formerly the French Quarter at 1120 E. Fort Ave. in Locust Point), while Karen [...]

Airport Lands Greene Turtle, Rams Head

IN THE NEWS: Ocean City-based The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille has opened its first-ever airport location at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s Concourse D, the Baltimore Business Journal reports. Another local bar chain, Rams Head Tavern, is expected to open an airport location this fall. baltimore.bizjournals.com … The Baltimore Sun’s Karen Nitkin gives [...]

Critics Rate Silver Moon, Yellow Dog

IN THE NEWS: The Baltimore Sun’s Karen Nitkin gives two and a half stars in reviewing the new Silver Moon Diner (9605 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore, 410-682-5050). … Elizabeth Large reviews The Yellow Dog Tavern (700 S. Potomac St., Baltimore, 410-342-0280) and blogs about a visit to Gertrude’s, and reports that chef Edward Kim (Saffron, Soigne, [...]

Brooklyn Park’s Club 4100 Set For Auction

IN THE NEWS: A Brooklyn Park gathering place for Charm City notables including Johnny Unitas, Cal Ripken Jr. and Oprah Winfrey is headed for the auction block after nearly 50 years of private ownership, the Baltimore Business Journal reports. Baltimore-based A.J. Billig & Co. Auctioneers has scheduled a Sept. 6 auction for the Anne [...]

Bombay Grill Group Sets Indigma Opening

IN THE NEWS: The Baltimore Sun’s Elizabeth Large reviews Brasserie Tatin and reports, “Tony Chemmanoor, head of the Bombay Grill restaurant group, has gone back to what he knows best: Indian food. Chemmanoor is the owner of what was the group’s crown jewel, Saffron at 800 N. Charles St. When it opened, Saffron served Indian [...]

Wolf, Foreman Set To Open Cinghiale

IN THE NEWS: The Baltimore Sun’s Elizabeth Large reviews Annapolis’ Sam’s on the Waterfront (2020 Chesapeake Harbour Drive East, Annapolis, MD) and previews Cindy Wolf and Tony Foreman’s latest venture, a Northern Italian restaurant called Cinghiale (pronounced ching-GYAH-lay), set to open soon across Lancaster Street from their signature establishment, Charleston. The couple’s Charleston Group [...]