With a new look, new staff and some new menu items, the Baltimore landmark Hollywood Diner has reopened after being closed during January. Owner Cheryl Townsend opened the diner last March with hopes of drawing in downtown lunch customers from ...

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The “old lady” is coming back. Baltimore’s historic Brass Elephant restaurant could reopen as early as spring with new owners, a real estate agent said Wednesday. Workers were busy Wednesday inside the Mt. Vernon landmark checking the restaurant’s kitchen and ...

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When Alan and Bonnie Kingman read about plans to close the Hollywood Diner, they arranged to take a long lunch Wednesday and trek down from Lutherville to pay what they thought would be a last visit. The couple, both being ...

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The famed Hollywood Diner — donated to the city of Baltimore after its use on the set of Barry Levinson’s 1982 movie “Diner” — may, again, be closing its doors to customers as soon as Friday. But owner Cheryl Townsend, who ...

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CANNES, France — Baltimore boy Barry Levinson likes telling insider stories, whether about his beloved hometown or one of the most notorious crime families in America. Levinson, the Academy Award-winning director of “Rain Man,” has settled on the story of ...

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The Hollywood Diner has been a Baltimore landmark ever since Baltimore-native and movie director Barry Levinson filmed parts of his breakout film “Diner” in it in 1982. It wasn’t on the corner of Saratoga and Holiday streets then, nor was it called the Hollywood Diner, but its new owner is hoping both the location and the celebrity will help usher in diners looking for an inexpensive — yet delicious — meal.

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The Hollywood Diner has been a Baltimore landmark ever since Baltimore-native and movie director Barry Levinson filmed parts of his breakout film “Diner” in it in 1982. It wasn’t on the corner of Saratoga and Holiday streets then, nor was ...

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