TL;DR - This is a Baltimore story about Crabcake & Friends. When your people love you, and you amplify access, this results in more people loving you. Located at the foot of Beverly Hills and right around from Lake Montebello are my paired favorites in all of Baltimore: Koco's Pub & the Beverly (Hills) House, 21214.
I went to school in Baltimore and will always consider it my preferred place of refuge in the hardest of times. I love that the Baltimore economy will not support a Yuengling above $3, and has remained resistant to inflation since 1999. That is power.
As I map my way out of Maryland a second time around, this is my shared experience of a Koco's crabcake that so tired out my jaws such that I offered a cold beer to the kitchen to evidence their victory. Then just a block or two away was Beverly House, where they offered me seat, banter, and camaraderie for nearly six hours - just to hang out.
And I supported these local Baltimore businesses to my hilt that day, and again later in the week! Heck, I even came back three weeks later, once provisioned for my westward drive, to gift my friend Gerald, proprietor owner of the Beverly House, a bottle of my favorite wine found at J. Hollingers. Because what else can you give such a knowledgeable wine enthusiast save your own favorite wine!
Thank you Koco's, Beverly House, and to all the wonderful locals that yelled Glory Be to Baltimore with me a bunch of times in June. And I will always return! read more