Eddie Applefeld

Eddie’s Travel Picks: ‘By the Docks’ in Middle River, Maryland

What’s the one question a Maryland restaurant is sure to get? Right after “Where are you located?” it’s “How are your crab cakes?” Of course, what’s a restaurant to say: “Oh our crab cakes aren’t so...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: Milton Inn, Cunningham’s, and Citron

If you’re not hungry now, you will be when you reach the end. We are about to embark on a visit to three rather upscale restaurants. We’ll begin in Sparks Maryland. Here located on York Road is the...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: Carmine’s in Atlantic City

It didn’t take long for Carmine’s to become one of my favorite restaurants, even though it isn’t in Baltimore. It was a trip to the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City about five years ago that started...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: Sullivan’s Steakhouse in Baltimore

There’s very little in the world of dining out that compares to going to a really good steakhouse. If cooked just the way you like it, it can be the perfect topper to your day. The Baltimore area is...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: From Timonium to Annapolis: Il Basilico Trattoria Italiano and Azure

Let’s go on a little ride looking for restaurants. We’ll start in Timonium and what do you know, I found one. It bears the fancy name of Il Basilico Trattoria Italiano and you can find it at 29 West...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: A Restaurant Trifecta in Sussex County, Delaware

Let’s take a quick tour of three restaurants in Sussex County Delaware. That happens to be the shore which includes Rehoboth, Lewes, Bethany, Fenwick, and Dewey. These first two restaurants are in...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: ‘Let’s Take a Boat to Niagara’

I am now going to make a suggestion as to where you should take your summer vacation. It’s a place I hadn’t seen in about 30 years, that is until a month ago. It’s Niagara Falls Canada, as opposed to...

Review: ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’ at Epic Productions, Inc.

David Jennings and his talented actress wife Jamie are the co-founders of Epic Productions, Inc. and their first production in their new home at St. Mark’s on the Hill Church in Pikesville is the...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: Scottsdale, Arizona

When writing about a destination like Scottsdale, Arizona a writer could easily take up reams of paper. But since I neither have the time or space for that I just might write this feature in two...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: Mother’s North Grille and Sushi YA

MOTHER’S NORTH GRILLE Sometimes it seems if a restaurant owner has one or two successful locations the temptation is great for opening a third. Sometimes that’s a good idea, Sometimes not. After...

Eddie’s Travel Picks: A Visit to The Ivy Hotel in Baltimore, MD

Recently I had the honor to spend the night at the Ivy Hotel located in midtown Baltimore at 204 East Biddle Street at Calvert. It opened in June of 2015 in a house that was built in 1889. Of course...