DINING TRENDS
Annapolis Town Center is expanding with a new restaurant, Urbano Mexican Fare. The restaurant was welcomed to the 5,000-square-foot space with a Cinco de Mayo-themed street party on May 7th, which benefitted the nonprofit Feed It Forward D.C. Urbano has a contemporary design inspired by downtown Mexico City and will offer brunch, small plates, desserts, and cocktails. The plan is to be fully-open by early 2023. Find more information at annapolistowncenter.com.
Savor the Chesapeake Restaurant news and culinary trends throughout the Chesapeake Bay region By Megan Kotelchuck
July boasts Independence Day, barbeque, crushes, and crab feasts. This year we’re going to have to practice our crab picking because there are two new crab houses opening near us! Plus, we offer alternatives to classic orange crushes, intel about more new restaurants to the area, and D.C.’s first ever Veg Restaurant Week.
On the Restaurant Scene... In February, Good Neighbors Group, a nonprofit in Severna Park, wrapped up its fifth S(o)uper Bowl Food Drive and, from the Thursday before the Super Bowl to its conclusion on February 13th, they collected almost 16,000 items to donate to food pantries. The event was able to help restock four pantries in the area and draw the community’s attention to the need for donations. The pantries that benefitted were SPAN, ACAN, My Brother’s Pantry, and the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. Since the event’s inception, the S(o)uper Bowl drive has collected approximately 53,900 items. Donate to the food pantries and get involved with community food drives!
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What’s Up? Eastern Shore | July 2022 | whatsupmag.com
A new crab house has opened in Washington, D.C. Chesapeake opened in May, just in time for Washingtonians to start the summer with an open-air crab shack and crush bar. Chesapeake is owned by Daniel Kramer, who also owns three Duke’s gastropubs and U Street Korean barbecue Gogi Yogi, all in D.C. They keep it classic when it comes to crabs, offering steamed crabs to be eaten on paper-covered tables, but get adventurous when it comes to experimenting with fruits and spirits at their crush bar. Washington, D.C., saw the first ever Veg Restaurant Week in early May. The week-long event celebrated eating clean and promoted healthy and climate-friendly eating choices by focusing on vegan restaurants and dishes. Restaurant Weeks are great ways for cities to boost local economies and to, most importantly, support many local restaurants, which have been hit hard and are still recovering from the pandemic. The event also celebrated the one year
