Baltimore Checkbook: 'We always joked it was a bridge too far:' O'Flynn's owner says distance led to South Baltimore restaurant's closure

Friday, April 20, 2018

'We always joked it was a bridge too far:' O'Flynn's owner says distance led to South Baltimore restaurant's closure

When Liam Flynn opened O'Flynn’s Crab & Cask House almost two years ago, he hoped the bar and restaurant would encourage new investment in the less-developed Brooklyn neighborhood it calls home. But the struggle of getting Baltimoreans to travel south — to a place many mistakenly believe is beyond city limits — was real. Flynn said this week that O'Flynn’s will be closing at the end of the month. The South Baltimore spot, known for its steamed crabs and drafts of Guinness, struggled for…