Top 10 Places not to worry about the weather. In other words if you were caught in a blizzard/ice storm, don't worry, they serve breakfast as well.

Top 10 Places that also offer entertainment. (Limited, but probably 10 out there)

Top 10 Places to dine after 10:00 PM.

Thius is an easy one on a day like today. How about the Top-10 Diners?

I'm a big fan if The Double-T myself. Sip & Bite and the Bel-Loc are old favorites as well.

Best "snowed-in" meals

Top Ten Places for a Great Order of French Fries (or other side dish) - this would nicely compliment the column on Top Ten Burgers.

That, or the Top Ten Places with Great Sports Food to view the Packers in the Super Bowl ...

I like the live entertainment idea. Also, since Baltimore seems to panic at the 1st snowflake what about a Top 10 foods to buy in advance (excluding milk and eggs).

I think the Top 10 places to get Fries is a great idea!

Top Ten restaurants where vegetarians and carnivores can both get satisfying meals. There's been a fair amount of veggie-bashing around here lately by some of my fellow commenters and I'd like to see a little more harmony.

What about a top 10 list of markets for ethnic or specialized foodstuffs? It's not technically *dining*, but many of us like to cook some of the ethnic foods we enjoy when we eat out. Along the lines of Trinacria or Mastellone's for Italian, Near East Bakery for middle eastern, Egon Binkert for German meats, etc. So many new ones must be out there, and it would be nice to know where to find them. (And if you're not the right columnist to address this who, who would be? Suggestions?)

Unless I missed it previously, how about a Top 10 most Romantic Restaurant? Valentine's Day is just around the corner.

I "second" the Top-10 diners. Pete's Grill in Waverly is my favorite. I always liked the Towson Diner, but hadn't been there in years. One thing's for sure, there sure isn;t a lack of good diners in the Baltimore area.

One of the all time great diners was the Stone Tavern 25th street? I wonder if it's still open. I would doubt it but you never know. That was a classic if there ever was one.

But the most overrated diner by far is Jimmy's in Fells Point. Sure, it's the place where local politicians want to be seen whenever the national media is in town.

Not sure if you've already done this but how about the Top 10 of all Top 10's of 2007? Top 10's can get old (there I said it), since most are a matter of knowing who owns the place, mood of the day, what part of Baltimore you live in, social predisposition (a party animal vs. someone who finds joy in solitude), hot button issues (crab cakes, pizzas and Italian restaurants are the perennial ones I see on this blog) and some places don't even last for more than a year.

Oh I know, how about a list for the most underrated, unheard of, out of the way restaurants in Baltimore? Have I missed this one? That seems to be how most local restaurants are known for. I know friends who live in Baltimore for 10 years now, near the stadiums, and have never heard of b bistro (and they aren't hermits either, not that there's anything wrong with that).

I hate Starbucks, so therefore, how about a Top Ten of home-grown coffeehouses (but urban AND suburbs). I have been to other cities that had a plethora of coffeehouses, even in the suburbs. I can't find comparable ones in Baltimore.
Think coffeehouses with atmosphere: brick walls, overstuffed chairs, reading material, etc.

I would love a top ten places for fried chicken.

Vernon, I'm with you on Jimmy's. very overrated, but for some reason whenever a national politician comes into Baltimore, Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin insist on a stop to Jimmy's. As a result, the network cameras follow suit. But for any out of towner wanting to try Jimmy's, trust me, it aint worth it. There are much better diners in Baltimore.

Cafe Hon is another rip-off joint.

Any area Double T blows both Jimmy's and Hon away.

I used to like ralphie's diner in Timonium, but the problemwas that it was in a horrible location somewhere in the bottom of a deerco office building.

Any list of top 10 diners should have the New Town Diner in Owings Mills at or near the top of the list. Pike's Diner isn't bad either.

I second the comment about Jimmy's. Last time I was there {and I do mean the LAST time}, lousy service {coffee shortage?}, the worst home fries etc.

I nominate the Golden Key in Hamilton on Harford Rd. Crappy booths, sit at the counter, and enjoy your $4.75 western omelet/GREAT home fries/toast.
Coffee is pricy at $1.75/cup; sip water instead.

The best diner around bar none, is the Honey Bee Diner in Glen Burnie!

If you want an authentic "Baltimore" diner, you shouldn't go to the Cafe Hon. But if you want to go to a place that pretends to be a Baltimore diner, then Cafe Hon is your place.

While we're talking about Diners, I always found it interesting that there are really no diners in greektown. Kind of ironic.

Vernon, I remember the Stone Tavern, and I think it still might be there. 25th Street in between Greenmount and Loch raven.

Although you couldn't pay me to go into that neighborhood without oidy armor. But in the 70's and early 80's, you could really get a great meal there. In fact, the Stone Tavern of that era would cetainly be on my top-10 list of diners. maybe put it on a top-10 list of "diners past."

Bel-Loc is legendary, but their food is adequate at best....unless you're drunk at 3am.

If you do top 10 diners then Valentino's Diner on Harford Rd & Northern Pkwy should get serious consideration for the list.

Top 10 fired chicken? Fells point Chicken in Broadway Market is the best bar none. the fried chicken stalls in lexington market are also worthy of being on such a list.

I like the diner idea. Also the fried chicken.

We have a thread on Chowhound about the bet food finds at Baltimore's public markets going on that would be a great top ten list.

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/479562

I'll take a stand for Jimmy's having gone there for years (admittedly only for breakfast) without a complaint. What exactly do you find so bad about it?? Bad service is an easy thing to complain about when talking diners...afterall they are diners, not fine dining establishments. Go there on a Sunday morning and tell the hoards of people waiting for a table that Jimmy's is overrated - I bet their defense of the place would be pretty fierce.

By the way, I don't necessarily think Jimmy's is the best, but defintely Top 10.

Since the consensus seems to be for diners, I think we need to better define what exactly qualifies. Obviously price is a factor, but is serving breakfast all the time also one? Would Golden West qualify since it serves breakfast all day on weekends? Presumably not. While we're on the subject, I enjoy Two Sisters on Howard, though I'm not sure it's Top 10 material.

Fells point Chicken in Broadway Market is the best bar none

Fells Point Chicken has been gone for awhile now.

This picture looks like a still from the lost Patterson/Gimlin Bigfoot Film.

LOVE Diners, so I'm all for a Top 10! My fave is li'l ol' Overlea because it's close to home, but Double-T and Bel-Loc are very good, too.

I like the french fries idea, though with a peanut allergy I'm sure I'll have to skip some of the top contenders. :-(

As for diners...I'm a UMBC grad, so I've got to put in a vote for the Double T on Rt. 40 - love the pancakes, and the dessert case is mesmerizing. I'm also a big fan of Paper Moon, even though it's not an "old school" diner.

Speaking of Top 10s, how about a guilt-free top 10? I'm not interested in the foie-gras debacle. One of my favorite foods is veal and yes I am aware of how they're raised. I was thinking more along the lines of environmentally guilt-free. For example, I think tilapia is both good for me (as fish) and good for the environment as being both farm-raised environmentally friendly. The more I learn about orange roughy the worse I feel about how much I ate in the early 90s. Obviously, things like transportation costs and suppliers factor in, but I want to at least feel less guilt about what I eat, specifically that my children will be able to eat it in the years to come. I again want to emphasize that I do not mean "cruelty-free" food, but simply "not-evil."

Matt H.--Farm-raised fish doesn't necessarily mean it's environmentally friendly. Quite the contrary, according to recent reports I have read.

"Speaking of Top 10s, how about a guilt-free top 10?"

How about a top-10 list of places to eat Chilean Sea Bass! ;-)

Though i appreciate the Chilean Sea Bass jest, how is it every decent place I have ever been has it on the menu? That deserves its own posting, though it could simply become the Top 10 passe entrees, and I seem to remember another series of postings about hot trends and fads in dining somewhere . . .