is anyone playing in Baltimore this weekend?
or NYC next weekend (i'll be in town 4/3-4/5)?
Yeah, when in Bolton Hill the Mt Royal Taverrn is a good stop to make -- and a much more tolerable spot IMO since the smoking ban passed. even if you're against the ban, that place was a cancer trap.
Depending on how deep you are in BH, you may be in walking distance of these veggie-friendly places I mentioned:
Dukem (Ethiopian)
Zodiac ("American")
Egyptian Pizza/Nile Cafe/Al Pacino Cafe/whatev (name-changing Egyptian pizzeria 900 Cathedral St)
Red Emma's -- leftist bookstore cafe @ 800 St. Paul St.
Oh, and forgot to mention:
The Helmand -- excellent Aghani spot at 806 N. Charles. Food quality and atmosphere make it seem like it'd be very pricey, but it's in the $10-14 veggie entre range, so a very good dinner option. vegetarian mantwo and vegetarian aushak are recommended, as is the pumpkin appetizer and the shornakod (very heavy on the cilantro!) salad. classy place, busy on the weekend.
some others nearby that are decent but unexceptional:
XS -- 1300 block of N. Charles. atmosphere here is cheesy/slick wannabe 90s Manhattan, but they have some decent veggie sushi and salad options
Indian spots galore -- there are a bunch of Indian (and one Nepalese) places a few blocks further south on N. Charles. Best is probably Akbar, but all are decent and veggie-friendly but nothing you've never had before.
But you'd probably do better to stick to the others I mentioned above -- and, assuming you have wheels (which you'll need to get the records!), check out some of the others I listed in my prior post.
You'll also be in walking distance of the independent 5-screen Charles theatre. They have a Hitchcock revival series going on Saturdays at noon, as well as a regular schedule of new stuff:
http://www.thecharles.com/
If you go to Normal's books and records (again, E. 31st right before Greenmount) -- and you should! -- if you do so Saturday or Sunday day, head around the corner to the Baltimore Free Book Thing, a huge space full of free books (but sadly they got no records). I've scored some great stuff there. It's even organized by genre (but not alphabetized, so you do have to dig).
http://www.bookthing.org/
3001 Vineyard Lane
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this show is happening in Bmore Saturday the 29th:
MICROKINGDOM (Record Release Show)
NOVELIST (Buffalo, NY)
OAK
10PM / $6
http://www.talkingheadclub.com/
203 Davis St.
the only band of the 3 i know is microkingdom. they are improv jazz with a freeform noise edge. definitely not for everyone, and definitely not the right group if you're in party mode, but if you like jazz/noise/psych stuff they can make for a great listen. includes a former member of no-wave pranksters Oxes, if that means anything to ye.
Actually, if noisey psych-rock is your thing, check their Friday show, too. Some band on Holy Mountain that sounds cool. but I'm not familiar.
