Baltimore Places To Visit
Aquarium and Museums
Bars
Cafes
Brunch Places
Dinner
Shopping
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We're in luck. This year Maryland's 28th Annual Artscape, "America's largest free public arts festival," is taking place during the weekend of our wedding. On their website you will find information about exhibitors and musicians (such as Dionne Warwick and Cake) who will be performing. To get there, head toward the Lyric Opera House, which is located at 140 West Mt. Royal Avenue, 21201, northwest of Inner Harbor East.

For those of you looking for the best crabhouse in the area, go to Costa's Inn. You'll need a car for to get there.

Aquarium and Museums
B&O Railroad Museum
Babe Ruth Museum
Baltimore Museum of Art (wonderful collection of Matisses)
Baltimore Museum of Industry (charming museum off-the-beaten path)
Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum
Fort McHenry
Green Mount Cemetary (John Wilkes Booth is buried here among other (in)famous Baltimoreans)
Living Classrooms (Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum)
National Aquarium
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Walters Art Gallery

Bars
Birds of a Feather (a unique bar specializing in scotches)
Neighborhood: Federal Hill
1712 Aliceanna St., Baltimore, MD 21231

Brewer's Art (try their Resurrection beer; you can also dine here)
Neighborhood: Mt. Vernon
1106 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 547-6925

13th Floor at the Belvedere Hotel
Neighborhood: Mt. Vernon
1 E Chase St., Baltimore, MD 21202

Red Maple
Neighborhood: Mt. Vernon
930 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201

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Cafes and Coffee
Blue House Cafe
Neighborhood: Fells Point
1407 Fleet St, Baltimore MD 21231

Daily Grind
Neighborhood: Fells Point
1722 Thames St., Baltimore MD 21231

Dangerously Delicious Pies (the name says it all)
Neighborhood: Federal Hill
1036 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 522-7437

Firehouse Coffee Co.
Neighborhood: Canton
1030 S. Linwood Ave., Baltimore, MD

Patisserie Poupon (wonderful french pastries)
Neighborhood: near the Shot Tower and Little Italy
820 E Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21202

Vaccaro's Italian Pasty Shop (best cannoli in Baltimore)
Neighborhood: Little Italy
222 Albemarle St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202

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Restaurants
Make reservations here for a number of Baltimore restaurants: OpenTable

Brunch
Attman's Delicatessen (this historic Baltimore institution serves the most amazing corned beef sandwich)
Neighborhood: Lexington Market
1019 E. Lombard St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Blue Moon Cafe
Neighborhood: Fells Point
1621 Aliceanna St, Baltimore MD 21231

Golden West
Neighborhood: Hampden
1105 W 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 889-8891

Greg's Bagels (bestest bagels; try their chocolate chip bagels or any of their fine varieties of lox)
Neighborhood: Belvedere Square (near where John and Nina went to high school)
519 E Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD 21212

Miss Shirley's
750 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 528-5373

513 West Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 889-5272

Morning Edition (open only on the weekends for brunch)
Neighborhood: Patterson Park
153 N Patterson Park Ave., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 732-5133

Paper Moon Diner (open 24 hours, 7 days a week; awesome, quirky decor)
227 W 29th St., Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 889-4444

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Dinner

Ambassador Dining Room (upscale indian)
Neighborhood: Guilford (near Johns Hopkins)
3811 Canterbury Rd., Baltimore, MD 21218 (enter though an apartment lobby)
(410) 366-1484

An Loi (vietnamese; best pho)
Neighborhood: Columbia
7104 Minstrel Way #9, Columbia, MD 21045 (located within a strip mall)
(410) 381-3188‎

b bistro (Mediterranean influenced food; reservations recommended)
Neighborhood: Bolton Hill
1501 Bolton St., Baltimore, MD 21217
(410) 383-8600

Bicycle (new american)
Neighborhood: Federal Hill
1444 Light St, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 234-1900

Blue Agave (mexican)
Neighborhood: Federal Hill
1032 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 576-3938

Bo Brook's (crab house)
Neighborhood: Canton Waterfront
2701 Boston St., Baltimore, MD 21224

Cantler's Inn (wonderful crab house in Annapolis with amazing, decadent sandwiches and dishes made with crab meat)
458 Forest Beach Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 757-1311

The Capital Grille (upscale steakhouse)
Neighborhood: Patterson Park
500 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 992-4911

Corks (new american)
Neighborhood: Federal Hill
1026 S Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 752-3810

Helmand (afghani; owned by Hamid Karzai's brother, Mahmoud)
Neighborhood: Mt. Vernon
806 N Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201-5308

Ixia (new american; owned by the same people who own Paper Moon Diner)
Neighborhood: Mt. Vernon (near Peabody Insitute, Walters Art Gallery and Washington Monument)
518 N Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 727-1800

Jong Kak (korean)
Neighborhood: Charles North
18 W. 20th St., Baltimore, MD 21218

Nacho Mama's (mexican)
Neighborhood: Canton
2907 O'Donnell St., Baltimore, MD
(410) 675-0898

Obrycki's (upscale crab house)
1727 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 732-6399

Ocean's Pride (suburban crab house)
1534 York Rd, Lutherville, MD 21093
(410) 321-7744

One-Eyed Mike's (upscale bar food, plus home to the world's first Grand Marnier club)
Neighborhood: Fells Point
708 South Bond St., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 327-9823

Philip's Seafood (great dishes made with crab, but this chain restaurant is not a crab house)
Neighborhood: Inner Harbor
301 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 685-6600

Rasoi (indian)
Neighborhood: Little Italy
411 S High St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 385-4900

Salt (new american)
Neighborhood: Patterson Park
2127 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 276-5480

SoBo Cafe (new american; vegetarian friendly)
Neighborhood: Federal Hill
6 W Cross St., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 752-1518

Tapas Teatro
Neighborhood: Charles North
1711 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 332-0110

Ten-O-Six (thai)
Neighborhood: Federal Hill
1006 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230

Thai Landing
Neighborhood: Mr. Vernon
1207 N Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 727-1234‎

Woodberry Kitchen (organic new american in an old foundry; reservations strongly advised)
Neighborhood: Clipper Mill
2010 Clipper Park Rd # 126., Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 464-8000

Zodiac (vegetarian; vegan)
Neighborhood: Charles North (close to Charles Theatre)
1726 N Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201

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Shopping
To buy local, check out http://www.buylocalbaltimore.com/

For antique/vintage shopping, head to Hampden.

For general shopping, head to The Gallery across the street from the Inner Harbor.

For a true suburban mall, head twenty minutes north to Towson (where Nina grew up) and visit Towson Town Center.
825 Dulaney Valley Rd., Towson, MD 21204

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