I managed to make it over to the Hudson Street Stackhouse which opened a few months ago at 2624 Hudson Street across from the Safeway in Canton. The bar occupies the spot formerly occupied by the Hudson Street Cafe. The space is noticeably different. As I recall, Hudson Street Cafe had a bar that was like an island in the middle, and the back was kind of a dark, unfinished area with a pool table. The Stackhouse is much brighter and completely remodeled. The bar has pushed off to one side, which allows more room for tables, but doesn’t sacrifice space for barstools. When it first opened, the Stackhouse only served drinks, but now the kitchen is up and running.
The bar kind of reminded me of a cross between two other Canton bars… Relaxed, casual, and with a good beer selection like Mahaffeys…but a bit more spiffed up, bigger, and cleaner like Saute. The beer list wasn’t quite as extensive as Mahaffeys or Max’s, but still impressive with a bunch of beers on tap. The menu consisted of mostly upscale bar food ranging from about $5 to $15. The buffalo wings were about 7 bucks and were delicious. I also had a barbecue chicken sandwich with bacon on a fresh baked bun for 8 bucks. It was delicious. I noticed that the menu had a crabcake sandwich and a New York strip steak sandwich special which were both around $13 to $15.
The only glitch while we were there was that there was no server. I’m not sure whether he/she didn’t show up, or if there just isn’t any table service, but it was kind of awkward having to go up to the bar to order food and then have the chef bring it out for you. However, by the end of the evening, the bartender was coming around to the tables to check if people needed any refills…maybe she got the hint. I imagine these are the kind of details that they will hopefully work out over time.
The place was pretty busy for a weeknight, leaving me hopeful that they’ll be another strong neighborhood restaurant/bar nearby. With all this food and beer around, I might never need to go to the grocery or liquor store again.
I came across this really great story in the Baltimore Citypaper. This further reinforces the point I made in an earlier post that many of the home foreclosures in Baltimore are greedy investors that got in over their heads. While it’s great that these houses may ultimately be put to good use, stories like this across the nation have contributed to the financial crisis and will cost the rest of us taxpayers dearly.
This story in the Citypaper is about the owner of Caesars Forum Hair Salon (George Agelakis) located at the corner of Fleet and Patterson Park Avenue in the Canton area of Baltimore. Apparently him and some of his cronies had conspired to by several properties in the area…mostly shells…through a mortgage game of financing one property to cover another. When the bottom fell out, he foreclosed on millions of dollars worth of loans over several properties…which probably will end up as part of the bailout being covered by our taxpayer dollars. I for one am outraged.
The story is a long and convoluted one, but a great representation of how America got into this mess anyway. I suggest if you have a few minutes you read it! I’m interested in hearing any comments anyone might have.
This week, the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Baltimore Sun both endorsed a Red Line Transit Project which is fiscally responsible and responsive to community concerns along the corridor. The alignment, known as Alternative 4c, would be a Light Rail train beginning along I-70 near the Social Security Administration, tunnel under Cooks Lane, emerging on and following Edmondson Avenue and the old “Highway to Nowhere” to Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. At MLK, the alignment would tunnel under downtown along Lombard Street, connecting directly to the Metro at Charles Center, then continue in tunnel under Fleet/Aliceanna Streets through Fells Point. The Red Line would emerge at Boston and Aliceanna and travel in the median of Boston Street to Brewer’s Hill/Canton Crossing, then follow old railroad right-of-way to Greektown/Highlandtown at Eastern Avenue and then to the Bayview Campus where it would meet a new MARC Station. The proposal is estimated at $1.3 billion and is projected to carry 42,000 riders per day.
The Maryland Transit Administration will hold a series of hearings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement beginning on November 6th through November 14th. Strong public support for this alternative is needed to propel the project into the engineering and construction phases. Click here to comment on the Red Line DEIS.
You can also get project updates, view pictures of the recent transit tours to Phoenix, LA, Portland and Seattle, and following along on Twitter by visiting the City’s Red Line website www.gobaltimoreredline.com
Grabbed this from the MD Daily Record article about the Promenade being nearly complete. Although on a bike I guess you would have to walk 1/3 of the way – through Harborplace.
A New York Times article recently published a piece on how the East Baltimore Biotech Park is revitalizing the area around Hopkins, East Baltimore, and beyond.? The project will add 2,400 housing units, 4,000 jobs, and provide millions in added tax revenue for Baltimore City.? Click HERE to read the article.
It seems as if it has taken forever, but the new Brewer’s Hill Pasta Mista will be opening this coming Monday, according to a source at their popular? Towson location.? The Brewer’s Hill shop has been highly anticipated and will be the company’s second location.? Click Here to read more…
Hudson Street Stackhouse has reopened in the location formerly known as the Hudson Street Cafe in Canton.? In it’s previous life as Hudson Street Cafe, the bar was a cozy and laid back place, but lacked a certain special zeal.? The new incarnation appears to focus more on good selection, high quality, and good service.? They plan to start? serving food within the next few months…something the old place? didn’t have.
The Hudson Street Stackhouse is at 2624 Hudson St. across from the Safeway Parking lot. Hours are 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondays-Fridays and 2 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Phone: 410-342-0592.
From today’s Baltimore Sun. This sounds like a great project. A Target in the city would be a huge success, but I’m surprised Harris Teeter would open a second location within a few miles of their future location in Locust Point.
The Main Street-style shopping center planned for a former oil refinery site in the Canton Crossing mixed-use development – likely to be anchored by Target and grocer Harris Teeter – will include two large waterfront pavilions for shops and offices.
Developers of the proposed The District at Canton Crossing presented the idea for the pavilions along with their conceptual site plan yesterday to a Baltimore design panel in a first step toward winning city approval for the 570,000-square-foot center.
City battles backups on Boston St.
Proposals offered for clearing snag at major rail crossing
By Jessica Anderson |Sun Reporter
June 21, 2008
With a large fitness club on one side of Boston Street and new business on other side, the signs are clear that Canton is rapidly growing across a section of railroad tracks and into an adjacent industrial area.
Cars routinely clog Boston Street, with traffic jams now reaching as far east as Interstate 95, frustrating residents and visitors. “It’s already a nightmare,” said Darryl Jurkiewicz, president of the Canton Community Association.
The large, multitrack crossing used by three railroads that often switch from one track to the other increases delays and backups. The tracks run north and south, paralleling nearby South Haven Street. Continue Reading »
The old Baltimore Broom Factory, which sits at a highly visible location on the corner of Boston and Conkling Streets in Southeast Baltimore’s Brewer’s Hill neighborhood, will be undergoing a redevelopment over the summer months. The building, which really was a broom factory at one point, previously contained low rent studio space for artists, fabric suppliers, and the like. Rumor has it that the newly renovated building will be home to a new 300 seat restaurant. The Broom Factory project will complement other developments in the area including the Brewers Hill Project by SBER across Conkling St. and Ed Hale’s Canton Crossing projet across Boston St. Over the next four years, this area of Southeast Baltimore stands to gain over 1000 housing units and thousands of feet of retail space.
