Around Town

Things to Do

A few of our favorite corners of Baltimore.

See & do

Landmarks and haunts worth a detour while you're in town.

Fort McHenry's star-shaped earthworks and cannons overlooking Baltimore harbor

Locust Point

Fort McHenry

2400 E. Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD 21230

The Walters Art Museum, a Beaux-Arts building on North Charles Street

Mount Vernon

The Walters Art Museum

600 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201

The Charles Theatre, a historic red-brick cinema on North Charles Street

Station North

The Charles Theatre

1711 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201

Eat

Where we'd send you for a good meal.

The warm wood interior of Artifact Coffee in Baltimore's Clipper Mill

Clipper Mill

Artifact Coffee

1500 Union Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211

The curved oyster bar and penny-tile floor at Dylan's Oyster Cellar in Hampden

Hampden

Dylan's Oyster Cellar

3601 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211

The industrial brick dining room at True Chesapeake Oyster Co. in Whitehall Mill

Whitehall Mill

True Chesapeake Oyster Co.

3300 Clipper Mill Rd, Baltimore, MD 21211

Ekiben's Neighborhood Bird sandwich, fried chicken and herbs in a steamed bun

Multiple Locations

Ekiben

Fells Point, Hampden, Locust Point & more

A cook carrying a just-baked pizza on a wooden peel at Little Donna's

Upper Fells Point

Little Donna's

1812 Bank St, Baltimore, MD 21231

The upstairs dining room at Thames Street Oyster House, with exposed brick and white tablecloths

Fells Point

Thames Street Oyster House

1728 Thames St, Baltimore, MD 21231

Quaff

Coffee by day, a good drink by night.

The reclaimed-wood cafe and communal table at Ceremony Coffee Roasters in Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon

Ceremony Coffee Roasters

520 Park Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201

The long marble bar and warm woodwork at Dutch Courage in Old Goucher

Old Goucher

Dutch Courage

2229 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218

The lively taproom with a beer-bottle chandelier at Union Craft Brewing in Medfield

Medfield

Union Craft Brewing

1700 W. 41st St, Baltimore, MD 21211

Placeholder photos via Wikimedia Commons: Fort McHenry by Riis2602 (CC BY-SA 4.0); Walters Art Museum and Charles Theatre by Baltimore Heritage (CC0).