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April 26, 2011

50 best county restaurants, nos. 40-31

50 bestMy list of the 50 best county restaurants continues today, with numbers 40 through 31.

So far, the biggest objection seems to be to the presence of  El Salto, a cheap-eats perennial that I found hard to ignore. But some of you  are saying that it's overrated.

The list, by the way, only includes restaurants with table service, which eliminates all kinds of deserving places ranging from Andy Nelson's BBQ to Arundel Seafood to Maiwand Kabob.

What other places would have made the list if counter-service joints had been included?

Posted by Richard Gorelick at 9:25 AM | | Comments (4)
        

Comments

Sonic has table service?

I think the description under Facci may be a description of Stanford Grill?

No love for Ellicott City? I'm surprised to see Rumor Mill is the only one so far. I'm hoping Tersiguel's and Portalli's will both be in the top 10 as both consistently put out great food and service. I'd also like to see Pure Wine Cafe (great wine bar with small plates), Diamondback Tavern (great tavern food), Asian Court (great dim sum) and Honey Pig (great Korean BBQ) on there but I'm guessing they will not. Hopefully you will surprise me.

And if counter service was included I would put Canopy on rt 40 in there. You can say I'm a bit of a homer but you gotta support your team.

Thanks for putting Regions on your list. We go there often and I've only been disappointed perhaps once. The ever changing seasonal menu means I almost never order the same thing twice. Except perhaps for the fantastic grilled Ceasar.

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You are reading the archives. For updated blog posts about the Maryland food scene, see Richard Gorelick's new Baltimore Diner blog.
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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