Federal Hill residents will once again have a restaurant and bar to enjoy at the corner of Riverside Avenue and Cross Street when the Outpost American Tavern opens this weekend in the former Porter’s Pub and Grille. Porter’s was a mainstay of the restaurant scene in Federal Hill at 1032 Riverside Ave. for nearly 15 years before it closed in 2014. Federal Hill resident Chris Frisone and his partner, Seung Cho, are now leasing the space as owners of the Outpost American Tavern. The restaurant will…
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From the outside, Monument City Brewing Co.’s new brewery at 1 N. Haven St. in Highlandtown still looks like the factory and the warehouse it served as since 1901. The doors that serve as the main entrance from the off-street parking are obvious upgrades, but once inside, the space maintained its open feel and that was exactly what brothers Ken and Matthew Praay were going for. From the brewery system and tanks to the storage in the back and the distribution side of the operations, Ken Praay said…
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As Bill Kurek puts up the “closing” sign in his hardware store’s window Tuesday morning, he has mixed emotions about closing the shop after 85 years of business in Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood. “It was time,” Kurek said of his retirement and the end of Kurek’s Hardware Store, a small mom-and-pop store at the corner of O'Donnell and South Clinton streets. Closing the store and selling the building isn’t just the end of an era for 68-year-old Kurek, a third-generation owner of the store. It's…
