Six feet under
(Elizabeth Malby/Sun Photographer)
Someone suggested I do a Top Ten basement restaurants, which sounded good until I realized I couldn't name 10 basement restaurants, let alone 10 favorites. Tio Pepe and Abacrombie would be at the top of the list, of course ...
There's Akbar on Charles Street and True in the Admiral Fell Inn. And Minato, but it's moving next week. (I just called to check.)
If I could do past restaurants, I would include Savannah, Cindy Wolf's restaurant before Charleston, La Tesso Tana near the Meyerhoff, and Bombay Grill, the original one in the basement on Madison.
There must be more, but I can't think of them. I need two more to get to 10. Any suggestions?
You would think a basement location would be a kiss of death for a restaurant, but actually some of these have made it an asset. I can't think of a place that's more festive than Tio Pepe on a Saturday night.
Comments
I would add the smokehouse dining room at the Antrim in Taneytown.
Posted by: Robert Sandlass | May 10, 2007 3:22 PM
Niwana near Johns Hopkins is quasi basement
Posted by: Kate | May 10, 2007 6:33 PM
Nam Kang. The basement of the Brewers Art (not sure that counts). I think there is a basement at Copra.
Posted by: Jamie | May 11, 2007 9:15 AM