Before a couple of entries in our Baltimore Eats series, we wanted to share a little doc from our first exploration of Hampden, a neighborhood north of the inner harbor. Per Ilya's feedback... no password! Enjoy!

Hampden Vibes from Robert Rixman on Vimeo.

Now onto some restaurant reviews:

Loch Bar

Our weekend of indulgence started at Loch Bar where we grabbed a cocktail before our reservation at Fleet Street Kitchen. We made two new friends and watched the Preakness Stakes at what is quickly becoming our favorite bar in Baltimore!

Crabicusious Rating: 5 crabs out of 5 (we've been here before)

Fleet Street Kitchen

Fleet Street Kitchen is your classic farm-to-table kind-of-expensive hipster-eatery. We ate a lot of food. And the chef sent out a few "extra bites" so probably best to do this one bullet style:

Bourbon mules with house made ginger beer (!)
An insane cheese board with strawberries and candied pecans
Beat soup
Lamb Rago
Some kind of carrot dish
Smoked Salmon
The most tender chicken medallions in history
Some dough balls compliments of the chef (oops I forgot what this was called)
Praline Kit Kat Dessert (had to take this to go for obvious reasons)

So yeah, Bryson would have had trouble finding something to eat...

We found ourselves in somewhat of a food coma afterwards. I can't imagine why!

Crabicurious Rating: 5 crabs out of 5

Woodberry Kitchen

Trade your hipster beard and skinny tie in for dread locks and a flannel button up that could pass for a female blouse. We're not talking "touristy Harbor East", we're talking an abandoned foundry, doubling as an art studio, with a brunch restaurant nestled right there; and of course, a mere mile from one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America, because everywhere else would have been too corporate.

Obviously. this place was HIP! Also its the #11 ranked restaurant on TripAdvisor.

While the spot was packed, we were lucky enough to score a couple of seats at the bar. I ordered a breakfast flatbread made right and Leslie went with the French toast. As you could guess of a place with this kind of hipster quotient.... the food was fire!