Pizza slices bigger than your head!

Open for dinner (5pm). Thai food with good vegetarian options at moderate prices.

The most fresh and flavorful Thai in town.

The place isn’t much to look at, but the food is delicious and inexpensive. Dine in or take out; call ahead for faster service. Try the chicken pad thai and Thai iced tea. So small, you can watch the chef cook.

Great traditional music. High quality, amazing food.

Cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, reasonable prices, pool tables.

Mighty fine pub grub and pool, plus lots of authentic Charm City atmosphere.

Mighty fine pub grub and pool, plus lots of authentic Charm City atmosphere.

Great cheeseburgers and close to JHU.

Offers seasonally-influenced European-style country fare and housemade beers. Dark downstairs bar with couches for hanging out.

Fourteen different kinds of Buffalo wings. Affordable bar food and recreation room with pool tables, foosball, etc. Fun to go have a burger and hang out.

Wonderful Persian menu for lunch and dinner. Friendly service and interesting atmosphere.

Shishkabobs, souvlaki platters, and gyros all on their housemade pita bread. Great prices for delicious food. Portions are large enough to split.

Excellent and authentic Persian cuisine, offering a buffet Monday-Thursday and Sunday.

Reggae music and vegan food.

Tapas Teatro is the real deal for sophisticated Spanish dining.

Fondue becomes a memorable four-course dining experience.

A stylish bistro on the Avenue.

Menu offers both Chinese and Japanese foods. Fantastic delivery sushi, none of the dishes taste heavy and greasy.

An Irish-owned Mexican restaurant and shrine to both Elvis Presley and National Bohemian Beer. Canton’s Nacho Mama’s is nothing if not eclectic. Enchiladas, quesadillas, and fajitas share space on a menu with Mama’s Meatloaf, baby back ribs, and the mysterious Mexican Fishdo.

A little far, but worth the drive for real, traditional Mexican cuisine.

Refined Mexican with a new menu.

Cozy little Mexican restaurant and expanded bar with vegan options. Hot sauces on a continuum of fire. (Take the Light Rail to the Woodberry stop, and take the Shuttle Bug to 36th Street)

Yummy build-your-own burritos made fresh while you wait. You better be hungry if you order the large!

Great, cheap, Mexican chain.

Great, cheap, Mexican chain.

Great, cheap, Mexican chain.

Great, cheap, Mexican chain.

Great, cheap, Mexican chain.

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Delicious hot pots, steaming broth soups, and authentic Korean specialties. Also offers Japanese and Chinese dishes. Open late.

Korean barbeque and sushi bar. Serves lunch and dinner daily.

Cheap sushi. Great, cheap breakfast burrito. Four floors of modern dining. All day breakfast.

Mouth-watering noodle dishes and Korean inspired entrees. Sushi is a bit over priced, and watch out if you order any dish “spicy”! Uniquely decorated interior and lovely back deck for summer dining.

Delicious, fresh sushi in a nice atmosphere.

Baltimore’s first Japanese restaurant! All-you-can-eat sushi on Wednesday nights for $23.95 (at sushi bar) and 10% student discount with valid ID.

Innovative Japanese cuisine at decent prices (lunch averages $5). The restaurant also serves as a gallery of local artwork. Check out carry-out menu on their website.

Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. All-you-can-eat sushi for $16.95 every night. Need we say more? (Take the #3 or #11 bus up Charles Street to 25th Street.) Closed Monday.

Reasonablty priced, fast service and always a table. The also deliver for minimum orders.

Delicious Japanese cuisine. Small, authentic feel downstairs and larger upstairs.

Serves sushi and other Asian foods.

Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, trendy setting. Worth the price for a special evening out. Valet parking available.

Northern Italian cuisine—grilled pizza, pasta, paninis—in a cozy setting.

Don’t let the strip-mall setting fool you—this is one of the best-rated Italian eateries around. Reasonably priced; online ordering too!

Brick-oven, contemporary Italian cuisine.

Eat in, or take-out Italian food. DJ party most weekends.

Brick-oven style pizza, pasta, salads, and desserts. Take-out and delivery.

Cheaper and more informal than the other restaurants in Little Italy, and the food is good.

Amazing all-you-can-eat lunch buffet.

Excellent Indian cuisine, with a large variety of South Indian dishes.

Authentic Nepalese and Indian food; very good quality and reasonably fast delivery.

Royal Indian cuisine in a dark, cozy setting. On the pricey side but worth it. Great lunch buffet.

Serves good breakfast and lunch, voted “best gravy” in City Paper.

Enjoy comfort food in this family-owned diner. Nostalgia abounds, with an art-deco style interior unchanged since 1938, and sandwiches for less than $3. They also have homemade soups and heartstopping breakfasts complete with grits, scrapple, and cream-chip beef. 7am–2pm, Monday–Friday.

Typical Mid-Atlantic chrome-faced diner that serves Greek food, excellent desserts, and breakfasts with a higher-than-average pricetag. Open 24 Hours.

Great home-cooked food at super-cheap prices. Open 24 hours.

Awesome and authentic counter-service—only diner by the Waverly Farmers’ Market. Come for breakfast or a very early lunch, weekdays, 7 am–1:15 pm; Saturday, 8 am–1pm.

Funky atmosphere with lots of colorful toys glued to the walls and hanging from the ceiling. Owned and decorated by a MICA graduate. Sunday—Thursday, 7 am—12midnight; Friday—Saturday, 7am–2am (Take the #3 or #11 bus from Charles Street to 29th Street. Walk west to the diner.)

A typical greasy spoon diner. The place to go for pretty good food if you don’t have much to spend.

A good place for breakfast and enormous sandwiches. It’s too bad it isn’t open late.

A classic, huge, all-night diner with an extensive but somewhat expensive menu, lots of pies in the cases in front and a jukebox at every booth.

Great all-night diner with terrific banana cream pie, lots of Brenda Lee and Patsy Cline on the jukebox. Good milkshakes, too.

Upscale Chinese bistro, a varied, large menu.

Large menu with good Chinese food.

Delicious Asian cuisine—Szechuan, Chinese, and sushi. Very friendly and always busy. Great for takeout or before a flick at the Senator Theatre.

European coffee house with cozy atmosphere— fireplace, couch, lots of places for reading. Huge coffee menu and many delectable delights such as pastries, pies, cakes, and entrées.

All the coffee you could ever want! (Take Light Rail to Mt. Washington. Take footpath under the overpass.)

An urban bistro with a richly varied menu. Live jazz on Thursdays and Fridays.

Full vegetarian and vegan dining, organic coffees, smoothies, and a bar. Breakfast includes such fanciful fare as waffles, pancakes, and “soysage.” Friday and Saturday nights the kitchen is open until 11 pm. Bar until 2 am.

Has a great juice bar, delicious vegetarian and vegan entrées, soups, salads. Also has the best vegan oatmeal-raisin cookies ever!

Fun atmosphere with an excellent Southwestern influenced menu. All their meat is free range. Many vegetarian and vegan options, too.

Gourmet and light fare, bulk coffees, and teas. Good vegetarian selection.

Sandwiches and salads at reasonable prices

Inexpensive Middle Eastern fare and great desserts. Eat on the porch or in the eclectic dining room. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Delicious coffee, espresso, cappuccino, bagels, muffins, cookies, and pastries. Great location to sit down and read a book or play chess.

Fine coffee and eats on the Avenue.

Diner food with a flair: burgers, sandwiches, desserts, and a good selection of vegetarian meals.

The best breads and pastries around.

7 am–3 pm daily; Friday/Saturday nights, 11 pm–3 am. Excellent Mexican breakfast and lunch food available during their eccentric hours.

Directly next to The Charles Theater. Grab some delicious tapas before or after a film.

Rich, yummy ice cream very close by; also in Mt. Washington near the Whole Foods.

Cheap and tasty sandwiches, burgers, and Philly cheese steaks downstairs at Sutton Place Apartments.

Great vegan and vegetarian options; menu changes daily-check the website. Includes dessert soups and interesting flavors. Also has sandwiches, frittatas, and salad. Great prices.

Closest place to the Studio Center to grab a latte, sandwich, or “killer” cookies.

A hot-sub chain, near the State Center.

A variety of sandwiches, desserts, coffees, and baked goods. Now offers a dinner menu.

Get a taste of Baltimore’s brushes with fame by eating at the chrome-plated greasy spoon that appeared in hometown boy Barry Levinson’s Diner, the Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan syrup-fest Sleepless in Seattle, and television’s sorely missed Homicide: Life on the Street. Cash only. Breakfast, lunch, and delivery. Tuesday-Friday, 7am-3pm.

Excellent pizza, sandwiches, and salads right next door to Studio Center. Open daily, 4 pm–2 am; delivery 5—10 pm.

One block south of Penn Station between Preston and Mt. Royal, Jay’s Deli offers good, inexpensive sandwiches for carry-out (you can eat at their outside tables). Jay’s Café offers full table service, indoor and out; go to Viccino’s Carry Out for pizza, subs, and pasta. Allow an hour for delivery.

Delicious food from Afghanistan. Try the pumpkin and yogurt sauce appetizer. Good vegetarian entries.

Salads, sandwiches, and smoothies.

Excellent Ethiopian within easy walking distance.

Salad, burgers, sandwiches, platters—basic bar food at basic prices. Great fries.

Just down the street from MICA, the City Café features good coffee, munchies, and a menu ranging from sandwiches and salads to surf and turf. Long hours and sidewalk service available.

Sandwich and submarine chain.

Neighborhood bistro with a Mediterranean influence. Nice outside tables. Dinner only. Weekdays 5—10 pm; Sunday Brunch 10 am—7 pm.

Has nothing to do with the actor, but does make 30 varieties of innovative pizzas with interesting toppings. They also have a full Middle Eastern menu, reasonably priced.

Features a serene waitstaff, not-too-spicy Indian food, a large selection of vegetarian entrées, and a daily lunch buffet. Their website gives you their menu and special offers.

Upscale fine dining with a standout seasonal menu;a special-occasion destination. (Connected to well-appointed B&B for Mom & Dad.)