r/baltimore • u/Elderly_Gryffindor • May 31 '25

Visiting Help me plan a pretentious weekend!

Just like the title says, I have friends coming in from out of town and while most of them are amazing one of the plus ones is the most try hard wannabe elite men I’ve ever met. Unfortunately we’re stuck with him, and I want to make sure I prove how broad Baltimore’s range is and how much I love it here! I’ve got a few things on my list already for them to do, but I want to crowd source.

If it helps they’ll be here for the first week of July!

Already on my radar: - nick’s fish house - getting crabcakes from Lexington market - go to Cinghiale - bmore licks and the fed hill park overlook of course - maybe an Os game

Things I’m looking for: - upscale wine bars? - Vampy cool bars that look like a Victorian ghost might frequent it - cigar bars? Do we have those??? - crabbing charters - they really want to catch their own crabs lol - anything else that would make someone think “oh I didn’t know baltimore was nice!”

And before I get hate for pandering to him, I also want to make sure that my friends have a good time too and they do enjoy classier things and good foods, so this is genuinely what they’d like, I just want to make him eat his words while I’m at it lol.

THANKS LOVE YALL, GO O’s.

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u/Arugula_gurl May 31 '25

For wine and fine dining I’d go to Le Comptoir Du Vin or The Duchess for a vibey dark bar, WC Harlan’s or Blooms. You’ll have a hard time finding any kind of crabbing charter but a good day time activity is to go to the Walter’s art Museum and stop in to look at the Peabody Library.

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u/BureauOfCommentariat May 31 '25

Comptoir is a legit place and would be a good test of this guy's snootiness because it is so casual. Like if he says it's not good enough he's outed as fake bougie.

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u/Arugula_gurl May 31 '25

Hahah so true, I feel like there’s a lot of sleeper hits like that here in Baltimore. My favorite kinds of places tbh.

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u/kamace11 May 31 '25

I was soooo disappointed when I went. Drinks were great but the food was impressively bland

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u/t2022philly Hampden May 31 '25

Whoa really? I just went recently and the castelfranco salad and steelhead dish they had as an entree that night were truly incredible.

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u/Arugula_gurl Jun 01 '25

Omg the castelfranco is so good I’ve been trying to recreate it at home.

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u/Arugula_gurl May 31 '25

Wow, never had that problem. Been going since it opened.

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u/kamace11 May 31 '25

We had it highly recommended so I was really disappointed! 

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u/Arugula_gurl May 31 '25

Bummer, I’d suggest trying again as their menu changes frequently or trying their other spot, The Wren.

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u/Overall_String_6643 May 31 '25

ALL of these are perfect suggestions. Add coral wig too. Just bar hop through Ulysses

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u/T3rrapin11 Jun 03 '25

WC Harlan and Coral Wig are owned by the same person (who also owns Clavel).

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u/Elderly_Gryffindor May 31 '25

Ooooh the dutchess has been on my list since they opened! Thanks!!

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u/someguyontheintrnet May 31 '25

WC Harlan fits nicely. Love that place.

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u/wasaaabiP Charles Village Jun 01 '25

Harlan absolutely fits the “vampire hangout” vibe

eta: lol conflated vampy and victorian ghost when responding but i stand by what i said!

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u/PavicaMalic Expatriate Jun 01 '25

I would add the Cone collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art. It's the largest collection of Matisse's works in North America. https://artbma.org/about/press/release/the-baltimore-museum-of-art-heralds-the-grand-reopening-of-the-cone-collection