Lock Up Your Scooters
It was a big weekend for scooter thefts in Hampden. Five Vespas were stolen from Scott Baxter’s garage behind the 3800 block of Falls Road, ranging from a vintage 1966 scoot to a pair of 2005 models...
View ArticleMcCabe’s Closed ?
Following a tip from one of her readers (who read the news on Chowhound) Elizabeth Large reports via her Baltimore Sun blog, Dining@Large, that Hampden favorite McCabe’s has closed. We called McCabe’s...
View ArticleMcCabe’s on the Auction Block
Calling all entrepreneurs. The Hampden pub formerly known as McCabe’s Fine Food and Spirits is up for public auction, 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 14, at 3845 Falls Road (contact A.J. Billig & Co....
View ArticleNew Wine Bar Opens
“Hip in Hampden” is the motto of Baltimore’s latest drinkery, 13.5% Wine Bar (1117 W. 36th St., [410] 889-1064), which opened July 10, bringing the bar-as-lounge concept to 36th Street. A peek inside...
View ArticleGrano is Moving
According to a post on Baltimore magazine’s In Good Taste blog, Hampden’s pasta bar is on the move. Grano, which is one of those love it or hate it places, is moving off the Avenue and into 3547...
View ArticleBelgian Pub to Open in Hampden
We were tipped off by the Midnight Sun (which was tipped off by Beer in Baltimore–don’t you just love the interwebs?) that a Belgian pub is opening in Hampden. It’s called De Kleine Duivel (which means...
View ArticleUnclean! Unclean!
She’s finally gone and done it. Not satisfied with having Disney-fied Hampden, Denise Whiting—owner of Café Hon and creator of Honfest—is going national. She has registered the word “hon” as a federal...
View ArticleAtomic Books to expand store space, open a bar
In a post on its blog yesterday — April Fools’ Day, mind you — Atomic Books announced plans to take over a space being vacated in the spring by Doubledutch Boutique and expand the square footage of...
View ArticleWalmart project dead, for now
After spending $5 million in pre development and legal costs, WV Urban Developments is no longer trying to build a Walmart at 25th and Howard Streets, the Sun reports. The 25th Street Station, in...
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