College Park is the latest jurisdiction to launch what has become an ubiquitous marketing tactic: the restaurant week.

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Restaurants around Baltimore are offering special meal deals for Restaurant Week. Approximately 100 area restaurants began offering special fixed-price meals for lunch and dinner starting Friday. Two-course lunches cost $15.12 and dinners are $20.12 and $30.12. The deals continue through ...

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Five of Baltimore’s top restaurateurs doled out hundreds of bite-size delicacies to a lunchtime crowd Wednesday as they competed to win the “Appetizer Challenge,” the kickoff event for Baltimore’s sixth annual Summer Restaurant Week. The contest, held inside Light Street ...

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Some things just get better with age — fine wine, a chunk of bleu cheese. And with the right vision and planning, a shopping mall. That’s been the case for the Mall in Columbia, said many patrons Tuesday as they ...

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WASHINGTON — Jose Andres is moving from small plates to big ideas. The Washington chef best known for popularizing tapas — the Spanish custom of dining on small, shared dishes — has been not so quietly refocusing, keeping one eye ...

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FREDERICK — A former “Top Chef” contender plans to open a second restaurant in downtown Frederick where his family has roots. Bryan Voltaggio opened his first Frederick restaurant, called Volt, in 2008. It offers modern American cuisine, local produce and ...

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You know those white security tags stores attached to clothing to prevent theft? I met the guy that invented those in Las Vegas this weekend at the International Council of Shopping Centers’ RECon conference. Larry K. Canipe, of Boca Raton, ...

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And we’re talking literally. Get ready to meet some of the highest-paid waiters you’ll probably ever have. On Monday, Morton’s The Steakhouse in Baltimore is hosting a celebrity server night featuring Ravens players including quarterback Joe Flacco, center Matt Birk, ...

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Rewards cards or frequent diner cards are pretty old news when it comes to walk-up establishments like coffee shops or delis. And you might find them at chain restaurants like Applebees or T.G.I. Friday’s. But you just don’t see them ...

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Of course there are many more fancy things on the menu at Milan, Little Italy’s new restaurant, than veggie meatballs…but that’s what stuck out to me because I rarely see them. Milan, described in its news release as a “dining ...

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