From MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services: Popular Ocean City restaurant and brewery, Ocean City Brewing Company, will be making its Baltimore debut at The Boulevard at Box Hill project in Abingdon, Harford County, Maryland this fall. Ocean City Brewing Company will be taking the place of Joe’s Crab Shack that just announced their upcoming closing […]
Harford Hotspots: Bellissimo Seafood Bar & Grill – Convenient, Comfortable, Consistently Good
When the inevitable question pops up of “where should we go for dinner?”, I never think of Bellissimo right off the bat. And I have no idea why. It’s conveniently located right in the heart of Bel Air, is never overcrowded, is beautifully decorated and offers a wide variety of food that is consistently good. […]
Forgotten Harford: 80 People Arrested and 50 Machines Seized During Harford County’s 1964 Pinball Raid
Forty-seven years ago, the Harford County Sheriff’s Department, along with state and other local police agencies, conducted one of the largest gambling raids in the county’s history. Slots were phasing out in the state of Maryland. However, the temptation of gambling remained. In order to fill this new void, pinball machines became a new medium […]
Moonshine On Pikes Peak
Being a ‘cancer’ and likening that to the moods and ideas that befall me on a nightly basis, the thought of images of moonlight…or better yet, moonshine, fill my heart with joy especially when the images being conjured up are following the hand of Dave DeRan, artist of note living on Pikes Peak Road, just […]
Greene Turtle in Bel Air Closes
The Greene Turtle on Main Street in Bel Air closed its doors Tuesday after the restaurant felt it was “unlikely” that a new lease agreement could be reached with its landlord. In a statement to The Dagger, a company spokesman said the Greene Turtle parent company and its Bel Air franchise decided that they would […]
Bill Watch – Last Call For Drinking Events In Baltimore?
This Thursday, the Maryland State Senate will be voting to pass new legislation to stop all drinking games at bars. While the legislation focuses on a 2-year, city-wide ban on bars promoting or holding Beer Pong events, the last paragraph (below) is open for interpretation and may cause many drinking events at bars within the […]