February 2019

Maryland is hosting its third annual Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week February 8-17, 2019. With 35 participating restaurants, (28 restaurants are in
Baltimore City) this is the largest Vegan Restaurant Week in the country. This year, the organizers are asking that restaurant goers vote on their favorite vegan menu item and post photos with the hastags #MyBmore #VeganRestaurantWeek #MDVeganEats #MDvRW.

I was invited to preview the Vegan Restaurant Week options at Golden West Café in Hampden, Baltimore. I’m not a vegan but I like to eat so I was excited to attend a vegan food event with other vegans and non-vegan foodies. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed the menu options, not that I thought I wouldn’t like them, I just didn’t know what to expect.

Vegan Cupcakes – Champagne and Strawberry

My favorite were the Oyster Po Boy and the Fish Tacos…guess I’m a seafood girl at heart. LOL! For more information and a full list of participating restaurants, visit https://www.mdveganeats.com/

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Last week, I was invited to the media preview of the new Alexander Brown Restaurant (135 East Baltimore Street) in Downtown Baltimore. The renovated bank building on the corner of Baltimore and Calvert Street was the oldest investment bank in the country built in 1901. It also has the oldest flushing indoor toilet in the United States, but of course it’s non-functional and tucked away behind a locked door… but a fun fact nonetheless. This building has bones, it survived the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904 and continued to operate as a bank until 2016.

The newly renovated 150-seat restaurant opens its doors on Monday, February 4th and will offer lunch, dinner and brunch service. Guests can also sit at the bar and the bar/lounge area and order food from an abbreviated bar menu.