Upton Mansion is being renovated.
Category: Baltimore
Instagram post on Bo Brooks (Baltimore crab restaurant)
The photo below is of the Bo Brooks location on Belair Road which is where it was in the 1970s when I moved here. It was a great place to get crabs.
In the 1990s, it moved to a much more upscale location in Canton. Somehow the old place seemed more authentic. Don’t get me wrong – I would have done what they did and make the new place more upscale. It reminded me of the difference between old Memorial Stadium and Camden Yards,
I was shocked when it closed a few years ago. See the video below on the closing which you have to go to YouTube to see.
I remember Marconi’s
Holiday Inn in downtown Baltimore
The old Holiday Inn, now apartments, used to have a revolving restaurant on top. It’s now a gym.
Instagram on 1416 Madison Avenue in Baltimore
Mr. Trash Wheel’s eyes are missing!
YouTube time lapse video of a Baltimore building destruction
Instagram post on China Doll (old Baltimore restaurant)
I remember the China Doll restaurant on the 400 block of Park Avenue in Baltimore. I ate there at least once. When I moved to Baltimore in 1976, Chinese restaurants like China Doll served chow mein and chop suey. The first Szechuan restaurant I can recall was Szechuan in Federal Hill. Then there was Uncle Lee’s on Greenmount Avenue. These two restaurants were a revelation.
Being in a bar right after it was robbed
I remember being in Jo’s Organic Bar on Cross St. in Baltimore right after they were robbed. This was in the early 1980s. The police were still in the bar. You could get a drink as long as you had exact change.
Sad! 