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Amicci's
Amicci's may be the southernmost place in America where you can still find blinged-out Italian waitstaff serving decent gnocchi in a loud dining room. The pane rotunda (garlic bread with shrimp) is the stuff of local legend.
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Bertha's
A command emblazoned on bumper stickers across the state, 'Eat Bertha's Mussels' is shorthand for 'Come to Fell's Point, get sloshed in a dark pirate's den and gorge yourself on shellfish'. Bertha's Sunday brunch is as famous as her bivalves.
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Bicycle
Striking colored walls, a spacious interior and a hip art-gallery feel accent the French-, South American- and Asian-inspired (in other words, nouvelle-Californian) offerings.
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Blue Agave
Blue Agave does hip, upscale Mexican food, but it's not pretentious; a midwestern family would feel as welcome here as a clique of New York socialites. The pork carnitas platter is heavenly, and incidentally, the margaritas could knock out a horse.
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Brewer's Art
This subterranean cave mesmerizes the senses with an overwhelming selection of beers. Its upstairs embodiment serves respectable dinners in its classy dining room.
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Cafe Hon
You don't have be sporting rhinestone-studded glasses and an ironic bouffant to eat here, but you'll earn serious brownie points. The fare at this veggie-friendly diner is as hearty as the café's attitude. After dinner slide over to adjacent Bar Hon.
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Dominicano Internacional Restaurant
These Dominicans immigrated to the Land of Plenty to serve plenty: of chicken, pork, goat etc. It's all good. Technically in Highlandtown, bright island murals and Spanish-speaking waitstaff make this a fun place to eat on a summer afternoon, although there's no Red Stripe - damn.
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Dukem
Dukem could give the Ethiopian places in DC a run for their money, except it's actually a satellite colony of a Washington joint by the same name. That's fine; the father has taught the son well in East African standards of spicy chicken and lamb sopped up with spongy flatbread.
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El Trovador
El Trovador is a cornerstone of the Latino community, and it does gussied up Salvadoran favorites (pork stew, grilled steak with onions and tomato sauce) with style.
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Faidley's
Here's a fine example of a place that the press and the tourists found out about long ago, yet whose brilliance hasn't been dimmed by the publicity. Faidley's is best known for its crab cakes, in-claw meat, backfin (body meat) or all lump (the biggest chunks of body meat). Tuck in at a stand-up counter, a cold beer by your side, and know happiness.
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Jimmy's Restaurant
Jimmy's has been scrubbed clean as of late, but you could never scrape all the grease off this waterfront spoon. This quintessential diner serves scrapple (you don't wanna know), and lest we forget, you can take a six-pack to go. This, friends, is what it means to be Bawlmer.
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Kumari
If you haven't had Nepalese food, think heavier and creamier (and at this place, tastier) than your average curry. Kumari's buffet is great value and a potent hangover cure to boot.
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Nacho Mama's
The food here is tex-mex-y decent but really, you should come here at night for the infamous hubcap of dozen-tequila-shot-strong margarita (no, really).
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Never on Sunday
This working-man Greek diner caters to junkies, addicts, students, writers and other assorted scum. The food won't wow anyone into submission, but people usually come here too late/hungover to care.
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New York Fried Chicken
We're not exactly sure why a fried chicken place south of the Mason-Dixon would associate itself with NYC, but we are sure this place (and its associated, expanding franchises) serves some of the best greasy goodness in the city.
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Vaccaro's Pastry
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. No, seriously, the cannoli at this Italian bakery is the best in the state. And seriously, don't bring a gun.
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