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June 21, 2009

Next Sunday's review: Talara

TalaraBartender.JPGNext Sunday I review Talara, the new ceviche and Nuevo Latino tapas bar (with a little sushi thrown in for good measure) in Harbor East. I got around the ceviche/seviche question by not mentioning Talara's sister restaurant, Seviche in Pittsburgh. That way I can go with our style book and spell the raw fish marinated in citrus juice with a "c" without confusing folks.

If you've been thinking of trying Talara's Happy Hour, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and after 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, do it before my review comes out. I think it's a great deal, and I say so. You spend about two-thirds of what you'd be spending otherwise. ...

When I e-mailed a friend to ask him to make reservations, I sent him my Table Talk item on Talara, including this sentence:

Loud salsa music, South Beach atmosphere, mojitos, a live-wire bar crowd, outdoor seating - what's not to like?

He e-mailed back, "Everything except the mojitos."

It says something about the place that by the end of the evening he had been won over.

(Kenneth K. Lam/Sun photographer)

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 2:54 PM | | Comments (6)
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Does that bartender have Romulan eyebrows?

Mojitos. They go great with sweet potato fries, sitting at a beachfront bar with the setting sun as a backdrop.

Lesson learned this week: Do not try to do the Bacardi mojito dance at home while muddling the mint. splashy splashy.

Can't wait to try out Talara myself...

Trekie Talara

If you google "star trek talara" there is a bunch of stuff

UGH....went there and won't go back! With 5 bartenders why did I have to flag someone down to take my drink order? I was sitting at the bar with money in hand! Never was offered a menu so don't know about the food. Too loud, too much neon. Oh, and the valet service closes at 1am-they don't tell you that up front! There has to be a better "trendy" place to hang out.

I have to say a 1 a.m. deadline wasn't really a consideration for me. :-) EL

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Richard Gorelick was appointed The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic in September 2010. Before joining the paper staff fulltime, he contributed freelance criticism and features articles about food to area and regional publications. Along the way, he dispatched for short-distance trucking companies, shilled for cultural non-profits, and assisted in cognitive neurology research – never the subject, always the control.

He takes restaurants seriously but not himself, and his favorite restaurant is the one you love, too.
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