Dinner and a Glass of Wine, Please!

The Wine Market Bistro is located in the Foundry on Fort in Locust Point, next to my gym.  The food is fantastic and you can select your own bottle of wine from the attached specialty wine store.  Sometimes I find it hard to pass this restaurant by on my way to the gym.

The Wine Market also boasts a very nice happy hour at their sophisticated yet friendly bar.

Fleet Street Kitchen, a relatively new addition to Harbor East/Little Italy's already stellar collection of restaurants, has a great farm-to-table menu and wonderful selection of wines.

Fleet Street Kitchen is one of three, soon to be four, restaurants in the Bagby Restaurant Group family, which also includes the Bagby Pizza Co. and Ten Ten.  Baltimore Magazine recently bestowed the "Best Pizza" award on Bagby's Pizza, which you can see here next to Fleet Street Kitchen.  Bagby's Pizza has broad appeal and is a good bet for people both with and without children.

Station North's Tapas Teatro boasts a cozy bar, urbane atmosphere, delicious small plates, and a movie theater next door, not to mention a lively outdoor dining scene on Charles Street. 

 

 

 

South Baltimore's Tabrizi's easily claims one of the most scenic spots for outdoor dining on the water, and their Mediterranean menu offers tasty and healthy fare.  The setting is so spectacular, a lot of couples choose to get married here, so regulars know to check their website before heading over.

This view of the bar captures the Harborview neighborhood, in which Tabrizi's is located.

Clearly, not ALL Tabrizi's diners are going to be drinking wine!

To many devotees of the Brewer's Art's award-winning beers, drinking wine at this Mount Vernon establishment is a sacrilege.  Something about the atmosphere in the main floor of the Brewer's Art, though, just makes people (and not just me) order a glass.  Perhaps it is the high ceilings and architectural detail that lends an air of sophistication to the atmosphere.

The Resurrection is the Brewer's Art's most famous beer, and their garlic rosemary fries their most famous snack.  The Brewer's Art has a front bar (pictured here), a cozy middle room with comfortable seating,

and a sophisticated dining room in the rear of the building.  The dark and intimate basement bar has a much different - but equally special - vibe.  There are a lot of little nooks and crannies, so patrons can have their own little space to sit and discuss the meaning of life.  Baltimore's bicycle messengers have long claimed the basement at the Brewer's Art as a home base, so it is not unusual to see all manner of bikes attached to the railing leading to the basement.