Just read Bourdain's synopsis on his trip to Baltimore.

http://anthony-bourdain-blog.travelchannel.com/read/rust-never-sleeps

Looks like he's doing Baltimore and Detroit together (those Polish places he mentioned? I lived about a mile away.). It'll be interesting to see what he does with that. Two rust belt, port cities that a lot of folks have tossed on the trash heap, but there are a lot of differences, too.

bryanintimonium - ok, I only had time to skim it, but it didn't sound too bad. Actually kinda nice. Why on earth would he go to Mo's though?

Good review, but I'm sad to say it will keep me away. I used to love going to Peter's Inn. I obviously haven't been in a few years, because just from the picture, it's changed. I understand you no longer automatically get their delicious salad and blue cheese garlic bread, which was to die for, with every entree. And the look of the plate seems a bit on the "fancy" side, from what I remember. The 6 green beans, the stacked taters. Ah well, at least I'll always have the fond memories...

I agree Joyce - I was really worried about his motivations for coming here but I think he "gets it" about Baltimore.

Mo's - who knows. One of my Dad's best friends adores that place for some reason. I suppose it fits into that category of not fitting into a real category kind of like our town itself. In the words of the Arabber from the first episode of Homicide: "not too Northern, not too Souther - on the water but not on the Ocean - and just a little inbred..."

I read that post yesterday and I agree - he seems to get it and I think he liked it here.

But is anybody else (besides the Convention & Visitors Bureau, I guess) worried that Baltimore won't ever shake it's Wire-ness, just because that's the most famous thing about the city?

I guess I'm just feeling a little jealous that Cleveland - a city I've never been to, but that doesn't sound all that different from Bmore - got this amazing up-and-coming foodie edit from No Reservations, while it looks likely that we'll end up with the "broken city" edit.

Then again, maybe the week that the mayor's indicted isn't really the best time to complain about this...

I'm jealous of Cleveland too. How did they end up with the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame? Maybe if we got some big touristy thing plunked into Baltimore we could shake our Wire/Homicide association. Maybe we should have the Old Bay Museum of Seafood Oddities...

Cleveland is ok. They have an awesome park system and some seriously entertaining weather. But, they don't have half the cultural and artistic life we have here.

What the picture says, but you didn't mention in the text, is "don't eat here if you're really, really hungry." That said, I've always enjoyed the food, atmosphere, and visibility/friendliness of the owners. Half price wine nights are a pretty good deal. One friend I took there was weirded out by the cucumber-water that was served that particular night, but I don't remember having it other times.