Skerri, last summer(*) I was able to buy booze at Wells’ Liquors (which is actually right on the B-more city limit by about 200 yards, very marginally Towson) in the evening so it’s cool on that aspect; at least, Maryland seems to understand it should be private enterprise that sells alcohol. I never understood state liquor stores…
Canton and the Point are good locations for food/drinks, as earlier mentioned. BTW the usual and customary warnings about any large urban agglomeration stand in Bawlmer as everywhere.
You’ll be going in June, so within a month or so after that you’ll even have ArtScape going on. Good time to get introduced to the place – Enjoy!
And goodness gracious, between 1986 and 1988 I WAS a Pharmacy Technician in Baltimore! (Hospital, not research)!
(*)My brother and a very long-time dear friend still live there, though I left 10 years ago as of the end of this month.
Well’s is practically within walking distance of where I live, but we usually go to the Liquor Superstore I mentioned previously, at Joppa & Loch Raven. It’s on Loch Raven, under the Ethan Allen store, sorta behind the Bel-Loch Diner, another fine dining establishment.
I lived a few blocks from Joppa and Loch Raven when I was a kid - on Amuskai Road. And I never ate at the Bel-Loc Diner, tho the rest of my family has. Maybe when I’m up there this weekend…
The thing that just kills me about East Baltimore is finding a bar on just about every corner. You’d think no one did anything but drink!
I recall hearing somewhere (on television) that an inordinate percentage of the population of Baltimore are heroin addicts. Something like 40%. I find this hard to believe. Is there any truth to this?
According to Congressional testimony of the DEA :" By 1997, there were 38,985 heroin addicts reported in Baltimore, representing one heroin addict for every 17 residents of Baltimore. "
I suspect these numbers have increased substantially by now, but 40% seems way overboard from what I have seen.
Holy cow. I thought Charleston was bad, considering you can walk down King Street on a Saturday morning and see used needles in the trash cans in front of restaurants.
That’s ok, though, because the other day my sister told me that Baltimore is the syphilis capital of the U.S. (There was an outbreak of congential syphilis in 1996-97. That’s the only info I can find on the CDC website.) Another website I found said Baltimore is fourth in line for Crime Capital of the U.S. (It isn’t any sort of official website, because it’s some Geocities page, but it was an interesting thought.)
I’m still moving there, darn it. Syphilis and crime, be damned!
Data from 2000 Census, found here:
Baltimore City:
31.6% White
64.3% Black/African American
1.5% Asian
1.7% Hispanic
Median Income $30,078, $16,978 per capita, 22.9% below poverty level.
Now this is Baltimore city, not including any of the outlying areas. The rest of the county is 74.4% white and has a median income of $50,667 & 6.5% below the poverty level. Draw your own conclusions. Like any large city, it has its nice parts and its places you just don’t do. I’ve never even been east of Calvert St…
Oh, hush up. I didn’t bring up the liquor; someone else did. Go stand in the corner. I’m going to go drink my lunch now. :hic:
And yes, it’s the Bel-Loc Diner. No “H” on the end. I knew I was spelling it wrong, but couldn’t figure out exactly what I was doing wrong.
Home of the open-faced turkey sandwich. Fluffy white bread, sliced turkey, mashed potatoes and that yellowish gravy. Yum!
And good old-fashioned meatloaf.
Other places of interest:
The Walters Art Gallery, The Baltimore Museum of Art, the Edgar Allen Poe burial site, the Babe Ruth Museum, the Riverwatch Restaurant in Essex (while in Essex you can play “Count the Mullets!”), and the Ocean Pride restaurant in Lutherville (a tad over-priced but worth it), the Aquarium and the Inner Harbor.
