You never been to shake shack?

Yeah!

Oh the one off of San Marten???

She’s got a satellite cafe set up at Hopkins in the Space Telescope Building. I’m not sure if it’s accessible to non-Hopkins folks though. Last time I asked her if she was still going to reopen in Charles Village, she said it was still the plan. So one day hopefully!

I wish Carma's would open up again

Because I'm loyal to the local cafe that's a friendly, reliable member of the neighborhood.

Yep, they do it all by hand! Sometimes you’ll see them line up pour overs and just make a ton at once for their pots.

I don’t have enough coffee knowledge to understand drip vs. pour over though lol

I’m new to the city and only had the chance to try two places so far so…

1. On the Hill Cafe
2. Ceremony Coffee Roasters

1. Koba Cafe SERIOUSLY UNDERRATED
2. Pitango, and their almond croissants are seriously the best
3. After's Cafe, their maple latte is sooo good

common ground would be no. 4 though

I typically always get iced vanilla at koba and pitango. If you're an iced chai person Koba and After's seriously make the best in bmore

Ceremony tastes like a Russell Stover raspberry goo-filled chocolate. It's terrible.

High Grounds is my favorite Obi Wan themed coffee shop in Baltimore!

Pie time is hella fun! I’m not a massive pie fan personally but the coffee is spectacular and it’s right down the street :)

Ah, Dunkin, almost as good as RoFo and slightly better than Wawa! I’m surprised there aren’t more locations in Baltimore… /s

Shout out to Order & Chaos! Their coffee and food are great and the merch is hella fun, too.

I’m also a huge fan of High Grounds, Pie Time, and OneDo.

Too well-known. Not cool anymore.

Hippie Blend is awesome. Good coffee especially for take home grinds.

Charmingtons is a convenient location for me, one of the main reasons I go there, but I do like their bagels (with butter or smoked salmon, cream cheese, etc if I’m splurging.) They’ve always been nicely toasted. What I really like is their “Buzzilla” - coke, espresso and vanilla syrup. And I have a fondness for them because back in 2016, I sat in there for hours upon hours drinking some coffee but mostly studying for a licensing exam that I ended up passing.

Zekes should be in this conversation

I dislike On the Hill's coffee. I used to get it regularly and it always, and I mean always, had grounds in the bottom of my cup.

so cool that FIFA and Qatar literally had people die for us to watch the world cup.

I respectfully disagree about the bagels. I think their bagels are well-toasted (MUCH better than On The Hill's "toast" situation) and am happy with the amount of cream cheese on them. Some places add so much cream cheese that it's overkill and wasteful. For me, Charmington's hits the cream cheese sweet spot. It's not an authentic NYC bagel, but it's also not really a bagel shop.

However, I rarely order a bagel there because their breakfast sandwiches are SO good. They make a delicious vegan bacon.

I didn't go there in 2019 so I can't speak to that, but I think the current staff is lovely and A+ for being worker-owned.

Impossible to get into by now for sure. Def my fav for Chelsea games, but imagine they've been slammed since 7a

+1 for Pie Time for everything they serve

One do

Higher Grounds in Highlandtown (Dark Vadar plz)

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And yet, in a city of the same size as the one I came from, even this 1/6th is orders of magnitude better than no non-surface mass transit at all. I read about the original "W" concept for the Metro (along with the move from a robust rail system to buses thanks largely to GM's anti-trust violations).

I really wish that W idea or some variation would/had come to fruition. Along with the Red Line - and the obvious need for transit-based development - it seems like it would be a big help.