Review: The Park Bench, the new Boomer's on the Hill
For today's Live section, I reviewed The Park Bench, which I had blogged about recently. Here's the beginning of the review:
South Baltimore's newest bar has been open for less than a month. It's so new, it doesn't even have decorations on the wall, except a clock and an alarm box. The toilet still has a remove-before-using sticker.
So few have stepped inside, it still has that new apartment smell. When I spoke with manager Stephen Gronowski recently, he hadn't even settled on a name yet, wavering between The Park Bench or just Park Bench.
Still, I went down for an early look last Friday, and found a bar that, though short on pizzazz or notoriety, shows a lot of promise. Gronowski has said the Park Bench doesn't aim to be much more than a neighborhood bar. It isn't, but it's also much more handsome than some of South Baltimore's other recently renovated bars.
The rest of the story is here.
Photo: The Park Bench (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
You would have been better off reviewing something more established so that you actually had something to write about. Cheers to you for not dooming the bar before it got a chance to get off the ground, but there is really nothing valubale gained from reading this article (and yes, I read the full version) other than the fact that they have Loose Cannon for $4.50.
But you're getting closer! Keep on truckin'.
Posted by: kateebee | December 3, 2010 11:41 AM
@kateebee- now the article on Hudson Street Stackhouse was nice as well, 2 in a row!
and it's a review on a new place, Sam was a big proponnent of reviewing a place before anybody else did.
There are still the places on Fort Avenue
Barracudas?
Five Points?
New Rafters soon?
He's getting better.
props
Posted by: anon;) | December 3, 2010 12:12 PM