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Jul 20, 2023Liked by Stephen Paul Adams

Nice list. Inherently somewhat subjective but this is a nice diverse take with no aching clickthirsty oddball takes. Quibbles? Of course, but they are really only that.

Ekiben's in Fell's Point as well.

Check Marta for Italian in Butcher's Hill/Upper Fells if you haven't already -- strong contender.

A few blocks up from that, La Barata is excellent Argentinian food going well beyond beef extravaganzas.

If Pastries, why not Breads? I'd say Motzi (teo doors doen from the first home I ever owned, though alas not yet there when I sold it) and Ovenbird.

It's in the same quasi-suburbsn heckscspe as DiPaq (albeit in an old building) but Gunther is very solid on the Americsn farm-to-table front.

I'm a huge Zeke's supporter.

Cheers.

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Thanks, Mark!

For the pastries, I just unfortunately haven’t been to Breads, Motzi, and Ovenbird. They’re on my list of places to go, so you’re just reinforcing it.

Marta is really good. I had a hard time categorizing them because they have a unique menu. When I went, I want to say we did mostly seafood entrees that weren’t inherently Italian. But now that I look at the menu again, it’s nearly 50%. So maybe we could categorize them as Italian.

And good call on Gunther. They are excellent. I’ll add them to the American section.

Thanks for reading!

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