Category Archives: Dining

Table Talk: Lost City Diner finally materializes

Posted on August 24, 2011 by almosthipguy

A long-awaited project opens in Charles North; the results are ravishing By Richard Gorelick (Baltimore Sun, 8/24/11) Let’s just say that hydroelectric dams haven’t taken as long to complete as the Lost City Diner, Joy Martin’s long-awaited project in the … Continue reading →

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Pennies for Poe: Near the Diner Grill, A Bowl of Change for the Literary Giant

Posted on April 20, 2011 by atomictv

By Laura Vozzella (Baltimore Sun, 4/13/2011) Baltimore schoolkids collected pennies nearly 150 years ago to save Edgar Allan Poe the indignity of lying in an unmarked grave. Now another “Pennies for Poe” campaign is under way, this time with the … Continue reading →

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Recalling My Career as a Gino’s Girl

Posted on April 13, 2011 by atomictv

By Mary Hoffman (DundalkPatch.com, 4/11/2011) “…Like most girls, I worked the counter waiting on customers. Only on occasions were the counter girls allowed to work the grill. And yes, it’s true, we applied that special Gino Giant sauce with a … Continue reading →

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Michael Phelps Sells Subliminal Subway Sex

Posted on April 1, 2011 by atomictv

Via Subliminal Messages in Advertising: “In this banner taken from SUBWAY restaurants official website you can see that the steam ascending from the sandwich spells SEX. The word SEX is also etched several times on the sandwich and on Phelps’ … Continue reading →

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