The Hill, crab prices and last week's Top 10
Today's Table Talk column might be of interest to blog-only readers because I don't think I repeated anything this time. (I sometimes do.)
The lead item is on the Hill in Federal Hill, and I already have a correction to make in next week's column. I understood the owner to say he gets his desserts from Connie Crabtree, the caterer across the street, but he meant that he got the desserts from someone who shares her space but is a separate entity. The company is Tenzo Artisan Chocolate, Pastry and Catering. I received a very nice e-mail from the owner, Janice Shih, who is looking for a new space to expand into. ...
Also in the column I printed some steamed crab prices. I had picked up the phone and called a few places downtown just to see what I'd have to pay for a dozen hardshells. The prices varied but were all high. It wasn't meant to be a scientific survey, just a random sampling.
Last week's Top 10 Tuesday reprinted in today's paper is Outdoor Eating Places, with a few comments included.
(Algerina Perna/Sun photographer)
Comments
I can't wait to try The Hill. I've heard such good things!
Posted by: BaltBabs | June 17, 2009 3:49 PM
lg hot steamed crabs in Chinqateague $17 doz - shhhhh don't tell anybody else!
Those desserts look amazing! Ms. Shih could expand her operations into my kitchen...I suppose that's not what she had in mind though!
Posted by: Joyce W. | June 17, 2009 4:31 PM
They screwed up the web formating for your column, Elizabeth. Missed some headings and such.
Even if they'd gotten it right, it'd still be hard to read. Forget the main website. I'm not bothering any more.
Posted by: Lissa | June 17, 2009 5:46 PM
Patience Lissa. I' sure the people here worked hard on it. Nobody sets out to make something bad. Any new thing takes time to get used to and work out the bugs. I'll give them a week. :-)
Posted by: ~╥╥☺◄ terrier girl ►☺╥╥~ | June 17, 2009 7:03 PM
Lissa, could it be the browser you're using. E/L's column looks fine to me. I'm using Safari 4 on a Mac, but I also tried Firefox 3.0.11 and everything looks good.
Posted by: Jack Ziegler | June 17, 2009 7:20 PM
EL's column looks good in Chrome
Posted by: ceramic kitty | June 17, 2009 7:25 PM
I'm using the latest release version of Firefox. That doesn't explain missed headers. That is simply bad html. The font is way to small, and the page is mostly blank. I've looked at the source, and it sucks.
No, I'm not having any of this. It isn't my browser.
Posted by: Lissa | June 17, 2009 8:46 PM
Ha ha. It's always your browser according to bad coders.
Posted by: ceramic kitty | June 17, 2009 9:25 PM
The final part of this rant is that I am not your beta tester.
Posted by: Lissa | June 17, 2009 10:07 PM
The design and coding should come as no surprise, as these Tribune neononjournalist communicators are people who think it's OK for a headline to be "A new/old place to bite, imbibe" and then to leave it up for weeks. EL's blog page seems unchanged, it's the dining page of Entertainment leading to it they seem to have m-ucked up.
Posted by: chowsearch | June 18, 2009 7:59 PM
Shifting back to the topic du jour, those baby cheesecakes are the prettiest li'l things I've seen in a long while, and each with its shmear of sauce. PRETTY!
Posted by: Dottie | June 18, 2009 9:19 PM