Sorry I’ve been quiet, all you readers who totally come to this site to check up on new SOMD fads. I’m back with a review of the new family owned (presumably) restaurant in Leonardtown: Jessie’s Kitchen. I heard about Jessie’s Kitchen last week learning that it was next to the new Urban BBQ in Downtown Leonardtown. It was described to...
Ignore the distinctive curved front window of the former Shoney’s building and forget that the sign once read “CoCo Cantina†– this pub is a giant leap forward in quality from the location’s former selves. With 30 taps behind the bar to help you forget all the bad places that came before it and a menu with just as much...
Hello everyone, a number of news items have happened since my last update… Bottom of the Hill Restaurant and Tavern has opened in the old Pho Saigon location in Leonardtown.  I’ve yet to go there but reviews seem mixed thus far.  It sounds like, as with most new restaurants, they had a number of kinks with service that they’re still trying...
This weekend I attended the SAVOR Craft Beer & Food Experience hosted at the National Building Museum. I’ve done a number of other large beer festivals, including the Great American Beer Festival and and the American Craft Beer Festival, but never SAVOR until now. I was aware of it through the occasional notification from the AHA, but the fairly hefty...
Hey everyone, things in the area have been relatively quiet for the last number of months but there have been a number of news items… The much-loved local French restaurant Cafe Des Artiste closed back in March. It initially was looking like it was going to shut down and leave a large fine dining gap in the area, but thankfully...
I figured it might be worthwhile to try to occasionally do bulk news and events posts in lieu of lots of shorter single posts on local food/drink happenings… This is more news from December, but the Chinese restaurant Laughing Buddha over in Solomon’s has closed up shop. Local news has hinted that Salsa’s, one of the local Mexican chains, has...
Hey everyone, as most people are probably aware, St. Mary’s County, Maryland in the past couple years has progressively been changing the laws to allow for the opening of distilleries and craft breweries in the county. Â Tobacco Barn Distillery, supposedly off of Hollywood Road somewhere, I believe may be the first distillery in the county to actually begin operations as...
Rob Plant of Blue Wind Gourmet is opening his new restaurant, Elements – Eatery and Mixology, in the old Tides Restaurant location in California, MD on March 10th. The opening menu can be found here and they have lots of pictures up on their Facebook. The restaurant seems to focus on a lot of the same farm-to-table concepts that Blue...
Earlier this summer Flying Dog released Dead Rise, a new beer celebrating Old Bay’s 75th anniversary, which was brewed to taste like the quintessential Maryland spice. It’s a summer ale with an ABV of 5.6% and 25 IBUs. While initially extremely difficult to find in-store because of the high demand for the beer, I had assumed largely because of the...
Don’t forget that the Historic St. Mary’s City Beerfest is this Saturday from noon to 6pm! Looks like they’ll have the couple local breweries, as well as a few of the more distant Maryland breweries that are harder to find locally, including Brewer’s Alley and The Raven. Should be a good time! You can buy tickets at Historic St. Mary’s...
I thought I’d talk about a favorite place of mine. In California, MD in the San Souci Plaza Shopping Center sits a recently established barbecue joint that spills over with patriotism and support for our troops. Mission BBQ is a favorite of mine, a restaurant chain with just a few locations that definitely lives up to its name. Their apparent...
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