General's Kitchen in Ocean City, 73rd St under the Beachmark. YUM! Everything is awesome, but be sure to try the creamed shipped beef. It's the only place I'll eat it. Don't miss the hats on the walls and be prepared to wait in line especially on the weekends. We are going in two weeks. I can't wait!

The Overlea Diner, 6652 Belair Road, is an authentic dinner and serves great food, One can substitute grits for hashbrowns, an important feature, in my book.

Hi. I am finally back. I love breakfast and was happy to see some places on the list that I was not aware of. Sanders Corner sounds like a wonderful location for breakfast on a warm spring day, though I don't think we are going to have any of those before June.

Welcome back! Glad to have you with us again. :-) EL

Here's the link for Sander's Corner.

Thanks so much. I guess I should have tried www.sanderscorner.com when Googling it didn't work. Although come to think of it, that wouldn't have worked either. :-) EL

All of the TT list have local ownership with the exception of First Watch which is, shall I say the dreaded word, part of a chain.

Jimmy's has the worst breakfast and I have lived in Baltimore all of my life. The last time I went there for breakfast and out of town friend begged me to go because she had heard how great it was. We got super slow service and the food made my friend's stomach hurt. Our waitress spent all her time making a grumpy complaining customer happy that she ignored everyone else. Not a good way to bring customers back.

John Roberts, thanks for the heads up about Overlea Diner. That's our "fall-back" when I don't feel like cooking, and we often have breakfast for supper. I had no idea they have grits, although I'm usually perfectly happy with their hash browns.

If you haven't tried Two Sister's (its located near the corner of 27th and Howard) its great! The two sisters who opened it worked at Pete's for years so they really know their breakfast! I highly recommend it -- food is better than Pete's b/c you don't have to wait in an outrageous line just for breakfast!

be sure to try the creamed shipped beef.

Where is it shipped in from? ;-)

Completely off-topic... but I've recently heard that Taste in Belvedere Square was closing... Anyone heard any rumors?

Spoons. As for the best ever, "Hash House A Go Go" in San Diego

Sanders' Corner in Parkville

Wow, Parkville has really been expanding its territory! :-)

I have no idea what you're talking about. :-) EL

here is one for the late weekend sleepers-

best breakfast all day Saturday: Howard's Deli on Cathedral in Mt Vernon. Awesome eggs and an old-school Baltimore vibe.

No one mentioned the Papermoon Diner. Is it still a good breakfast place?

I'll expand on my comment about First Watch. I ordered some spicy chorizo egg burrito or omlette (can't remember which, but chorizo was definitely involved). However, what I was served was the most bland chorizo on the planet, it was basically a pile of tasteless grease. That, plus the overcooked eggs and a 45 minute wait, I'm not heading back.

Any suggestions for the Ellicott City area? Tiber River has a great Sunday brunch and Eggspectation is usually good, but looking for something a little more diner-ish that's not Double T.

I admit I haven't been there in awhile (only because I don't get out that far) but what about Forest Diner In Ellicott CIty? If I were to go out that way I would never go to Double T when Forest Diner is right next door. Plus Forest was there first: Double T is the interloper!

Cookies Kitchen in Pasadena...best breakfast anywhere!

EL, Sanders is way the heck out Cromwell Bridge Rd, and to call it Parkville seems a stretch, even though it's probably "zip-code correct." Am I right, Hal?

I'm open to suggestions. If it were in the city, I could look at my neighborhood map. EL

Two other Fells Point places.

1. After many a late night, I have breakfast at Teresa's Deli in the FP Market. Coffee and some good quick food before I go back to bed.

2. Slainte's, on Saturday and Sunday mornings, opens up around 7:30 for English Premier League (soccer) games. The bar can be packed with fans and the breakfast is also very good.

Sanders is way the heck out Cromwell Bridge Rd, and to call it Parkville seems a stretch, even though it's probably "zip-code correct." Am I right, Hal?

It is indeed a Parkville zipcode, but it's not in Parkville (Carney is closer, but it's not in Carney, either).

The correct place name would be Loch Raven, but that's kind of become one of those forgotten place names (decades ago there was actually a Loch Raven post office, right next to Sanders). Mapquest still knows about Loch Raven,

"Near the Loch Raven Reservoir" might be as good of a description as any., except that the Reservoir covers a rather large area.

You haven't eaten a true Southern breakfast, with country ham and grits, if you haven't eaten at the Silver Skillet in Atlanta.

Mother's cassoulet had to be the best cassoulet in the world. I've got the receipt and was surprised to see it didn't have duck in it.

Any suggestions for the Ellicott City area? Tiber River has a great Sunday brunch and Eggspectation is usually good, but looking for something a little more diner-ish that's not Double T.

It's not really diner-ish, but serves a great breakfast in a cool atmosphere...the Trolley Stop on Main St. in Ellicott City. I think they have the best scrapple in town!

GregBEating - that's interesting news. I haven't heard anything, but it wouldn't surprise me. Everyone I know has had basically the same experience there - mixed service and food that's not quite good enough for the money.

I get their emails and they've been trying a lot of different special nights and promotions...

It's a shame, too - that's a great location for a restaurant and the space is really pretty cool. But if I'm at Belvedere, I'd rather get something from the Market, take it into Grand Cru and eat there...

I'm anxious to hear if anyone else has heard any rumors.

I'm with kitpollard on this one, although we haven't been back to Taste after a couple of disappointing visits. I wanted to support a new place in my own back yard, but with us it's two strikes and you're out.

Yes, Howard's in Mount Vernon is great. When I lived there, Mr. Jefferson, my dog, and I would go there for egg and scrapple sandwiches.

Don't all yell at me, but my family and I love to eat breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Our love affair with CB started on a road trip to Key Largo in our RV, and ever since then we stop for all-day breakfast at CB if we're on the road. When we're at home in Baltimore, we go to Miss Shirley's. We used to be regulars at Papermoon but much prefer Miss Shirley's for the amazingly yummy food. Now I've read such nice things about Two Sisters, we'll try that too.

No one will yell at you on my blog. EL

Re: Ellicott City and HoCo

Ditto Eggspectation. Very good breakfast destination. I would also give extremely strong kudos to Frank's Diner. Located just South of the Route 175 and Route 1 intersection in Jessup. Great breakfasts.

I third kitpollard's & Dahlink's comments. But I would still hate to see a local place go under.

Brother Bim wrote Mother's cassoulet had to be the best cassoulet in the world. I've got the receipt and was surprised to see it didn't have duck in it.

It's entirely unfair to brag about a recipe and then not offer to share. Elizabeth, can you make him post it?

Good idea. You're up, BB. EL

See, this is what makes the sandbox the sandbox: Elizabeth, can you make him post it? You can just hear the whine of a 5-year old. (You know I love you, Rosebud.)

I will never set foot in a Cracker Barrel for this reason:

In 1991, Cracker Barrel instituted a policy requiring employees to display "normal heterosexual values which have been the foundation of families in our society." According to the text of Understanding and Managing Diversity, 17 workers were fired because they admitted or were assumed to be homosexuals after the first few months that the policy was created. The company refused to change their policy in the face of protest demonstrations by gay rights groups.

That's what I was trying to subtly suggest by my comment about PCness. I have no idea if our waiter was actually gay, but he was not trying to be a good ole boy. I was wondering if the protests have finally made an impact. It would be interesting to know what the company's current policy is. I'll see if I can find out. EL

Thanks for the info on Cracker Barrel, Piano Rob. I was not aware of this situation. If it's indeed the case, then I'll have to seriously rethink whether I go there in the future.

I still love Papermoon for breakfast. Their homefries are perfect....

EL: Here is Cracker Barrel's Policy from their website.

http://www.crackerbarrel.com/about-outreach.cfm?doc_id=740

There's more: in 2002, the company's stockholders, in a proxy vote of historic proportion, voted 58% to rescind the practice after 10 years of efforts by the New York City Employees Retirement System, a major shareholder. While a formal shareholder vote was never taken, immediately after that, the board of directors added sexual orientation to the company's nondiscrimination policy. However, in 2008, Cracker Barrel, along with Archer Daniels Midland and Nestle Purina Pet Care, achieved the lowest score (15 out of 100) of all rated Food and Beverage companies in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, a measure of Gay and Lesbian workplace equality.

In the early 2000s and again in 2006, Cracker Barrel has faced accusations including a pattern of racial discrimination in its treatment of customers. After national press attention to these accusations, the company announced explicit policies intended to address the charges, and the most prominent critics have not repeated their criticisms, but still they did end up paying $2 million for race and sexual harassment at three Illinois restaurants. Stores now display a sign in their front foyer clarifying this policy, as has become the policy after a similar incident involving Denny's restaurants. In March 2006, Cracker Barrel agreed to pay $2 million to settle class allegations of sexual and racial discrimination brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.). In October of 2006, Rose Rock, the mother of popular comedian Chris Rock, threatened legal action after she claimed that she and her daughter were discriminated against at the company's Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, restaurant due to not being served for over an hour. She said when she asked the manager about the delay, the manager did not try to find the cause of the delay, but told the Rocks that they could have a free meal, which she refused.

Cracker Barrel was one of eight companies indicted and accused of making alleged illegal corporate campaign contributions to the Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee (TRMPAC), started by Rep. Tom DeLay. Less than five months later, however, all charges against Cracker Barrel were dropped. In dismissing the charges on February 2, 2005, the District Attorney stated that "there was no intent on the part of (Cracker Barrel) to violate any laws," and stated that the company "has demonstrated to the District Attorney that it has a history of good citizenship and high ethical standards." For its part, Cracker Barrel admitted no wrongdoing, and agreed to make a charitable contribution of $50,000 to support a "nonpartisan, balanced and publicly informative program" at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, with the intent of reinforcing what it called its "longstanding commitment to good corporate citizenship and proper participation in the political process".

In May 2007 Cracker Barrel temporarily removed hamburgers from its menu at most locations after a patron ate a metal fragment resembling part of a razor blade in her hamburger at a restaurant in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Seems Cracker Barrel's idea of good corporate citizenship and proper participation in the political process is that fine old American method: buy off someone. (Would love to take another shot [bad pun in there somewhere] at Texas, but the corruption seems so obvious on its face.) I'm thinking my 2-a-year road trip lunches will be at Rutter's deli counter, next Fall. (Rather limited choices on I-83 north of here.) Now what would be nice is if the news side picked up on this as a story, as they have several other blog first issues (duck liver anyone?)

There looks to be another Sarah in the sandbox now...I will have to think of a better name now....any suggestions?

just getting around to reading this list...

i love golden west's food, but i've discontinued going there. the hipster waitstaff is as ambivolent about service as they are about life. as a hampden resident, i had been going there since it was BYOB and you could eat on the front porch when it was down 36th in a row home. several bad waiter/waitress experiences have made me never intend to return. i actually walked out the last time before drinks arrived. believe me, we didn't need to rush.