Monday morning quarterbacking -- the Grille at Peerce's
Usually the first paragraph of a review kills me, but it was easier than usual to find the way in to talk about The Grille at Peerce's. A well-traveled chef has found a new home; an old favorite dining destination has been restored.
That's Peerce's owner Joe Binona in the photo with chef Mark Hofmann.
The restaurant is straightforward, and so is the review. I liked it. I think for people who live up there, the Grille at Peerce's might be just what they've been missing -- a well-run casual fare destination with reliably prepared cuisine.
What took me the longest was trying to come up with a headline that didn't play on the classical associations of restaurant's location -- Phoenix.
Baltimore Sun photo/Barbara Haddock Taylor
Posted by Richard Gorelick at 3:01 AM | Permalink
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Categories: Monday Morning Quarterbacking
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The Australopithecine existential romantic lizard Bohemian in me likes straightforward language.
Posted by: By the time I get to Phoenix, I'll be hungry | November 15, 2010 5:43 AM
what we need up here is a restaurant that can compete with a downtown restaurant. There are people out here who do get tired of going down town a couple of times a week for good food. We would love a Salt, Wine Market, Jacks, Blue Hill, B &O, Talara
Peerce's is ok that is about all you can say
Posted by: sas | November 15, 2010 6:26 AM
Or you could move.
Posted by: B>) | November 15, 2010 8:04 AM
Richard,
Speaking of revivals of old classic Baltimore restaurants, can you find out what's going on with the old Orchard Inn location? It looks like they are doing tons of renovations over there. Heard rumblings it might be called "The New Orchard Inn"?.
Looking forward to a return to some upscale dining in Towson.
Posted by: Brak | November 15, 2010 11:44 AM
The determining factor for me as to whether or not a place is a go to restaurant for when we don't feel like cooking is the price of wine by the glass. Do they have something good for $5 or $6 a glass? I would love this kind of information in a review but Ms. Large didn't provide it and now Mr. Gorelick is following in her footsteps.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | November 15, 2010 11:56 AM
Couldn't agree more EEL. Yes, cheap is good for me as well when it comes to wine by the glass, but that's assuming the wine in question is quaffable. I don't care if it sells for $1 a glass, I do not want to be drinking a 6 ounce glass of Gallo "Rhine wine," or anything else who's cheif attribute is an abiltiy to give me a headache in short order.
So instead of focusing on the cost and size of a glass of wine at a bar, how about a bit more information as to what that wine in question tastes like? Is that too much to ask, hmmmmm????
Posted by: JohnM. | November 16, 2010 8:41 AM