Richcroft celebrated a ribbon-cutting for the Kahlert Café in Sparks — a farm-to-table job-training café staffed by adults with intellectual and developmental differences. Organizers aim to open to customers by mid‑May.

Pollo Campero is converting the old Boston Market at Snowden Square, joining Chick‑fil‑A and Raising Cane’s to deepen Columbia’s fast‑food chicken cluster this summer.

Little Italy's Crave is opening a second location in Baltimore County after rebranding from Waffle-Licious in 2025.

The Honolulu-born L&L Hawaiian Barbecue closed its Towson location after roughly three months, leaving a newly vacant Uptown storefront while corporate listings still show it open.

Foraged., the hyper‑seasonal restaurant on North Charles Street, closed its Charles North outpost after April 12 as the team pivots to a Patowmack Farm project in Virginia.

One-Eyed Mike's, the Bond Street bar known for its Grand Marnier bottle club, is closing after 23 years. Regulars are already sharing memories of the neighborhood spot.

Pirates Cove's dock bar reopens April 25 with live music, fresh oysters and a fundraiser for the Woodland Beach Volunteer Fire Department.

Pearl Restaurant and Ponche Tiki Bar quietly closed at Market Space in downtown Annapolis, and local reporting says Osteria 177 will take over the space.

Eden Center’s Truong Tien is opening a second location at Maryland Live Casino & Hotel in Hanover this May, bringing Hue-style Vietnamese dishes closer to Baltimore.

The Rockwell, a Fells Point staple, will close later this spring after more than a decade in business. The announcement followed the owners opening a new bar nearby.

Baltimore favorites Fuzzies Burgers and Stuggy’s debuted at Nationals Park, adding smash burgers, crab‑mac dogs, vegan nachos and new dessert stalls to the concourse.

Longtime Fells Point record‑store owner Bryan Burkert is opening Wonderland, a two‑story bar on Aliceanna Street; the ground floor opens this weekend and the upstairs will follow.

A county-only bill would let certain Baltimore County restaurants sell sealed cocktails with takeout under rules requiring food purchase, ID and sealed lids; it now needs a procedural step before reaching the governor.