Hands down the absolute best Peppermint Patties I've ever tasted. Prices are high, but I like…read moresupporting local businesses and owners, so am willing to pay them, and it keeps me from over-indulging in candy! Truly some of the best non-commercial chocolate around. I like trying different types each visit. The only reason I couldn't give it 5 stars is that the small store is overly-crowded and not easily maneuverable if carrying packages, pushing a stroller, or for someone using a wheelchair or other ambulatory device.

Was shopping on Valentine's Day and wanted some chocolate for myself. Didn't even know this place…read moreexisted until I wandered down one of the wings of Cranberry Mall. Boy am I glad I did! Their display looked heavenly, but I was skeptic when they said they made their own candy as I'd never heard of them. One bite of their dark chocolate pecan turtles and I was hooked! Huge pieces of sweet and salty pecans covered in chewy caramel and delicious dark chocolate. Better than any other chocolate I've eaten in over 40 years. Definitely worth the drive.

Chocolate and pour over coffee? That's always a win in my book. Black Eyed Susan is a locally owned…read moreand family run establishment featuring fun Maryland giftware and an assortment of local Maryland coffee, chocolate by a historic Baltimore company, and Maryland snacks/spices/cookies. There is a very fun family history pertaining to this shop's unique rights to sell exclusive Wockenfuss chocolate. Rachel, the owner's niece, was very friendly and knowledgeable about all products in the store. She also made a delicious pour-over coffee. Would definitely come back!

Sent a gift basket to my dear friend in Virginia. Sherry went above & beyond to make it special &…read morefilled with delicious Baltimore/Maryland made cookies, candy, popcorn, nuts, crackers, old bay etc. My friend was overwhelmed in a good way & now needs to have a party to share all the goodies. It was a great value, shipping was prompt w/o additional fees. Highly recommend & will order again THANK YOU

Great coffee shop to dive in for an espresso. Even when they were about to close with 10 minutes…read moreleft on the clock. I came in. They told me that food is not currently available but that's ok. I needed an espresso before the movie to keep me awake. The caffeine slinger got me set right and I was wide awake for the next two hours. The movie was not great but the coffee was excellent.

Excellent coffee! If you want to try a creative treat, this is your place…read more The setting is coffee shop. There's seating in two areas, and we didn't have trouble finding a spot. Service was quick and helpful. Why should you choose American Ice Co? Easy! Ohemgee, the flavors! While they have all the basics (including Vietnamese coffee, a personal fave), their seasonal menu is where it's at. I ordered the... I think it was called the Squirrel's Nuts or something like that. And that name was accurate. It was so nutty with various nutty flavors. I giggled when I took my first sip. I highly recommend stepping away from the chains to try this little spot.

I've been coming to JeannieBird for a number of years, spanning back to when the dearly departed…read moreJeannie was still running the business. It's not only a joy to see the business still enjoying good success, but to also taste the enhanced skill of the bakers here. Make no doubt about it, the croissant here are authentic and delicious. Just the right amount of butter to bring out their savory character, with just a kiss of natural sweetness. The ham and Gruyère is an absolute pleasure. They have actual content; not just a tease of baked in ingredients. The financier were also perfect! I'm very much looking forward to seeing any additional Parisian pastries added to their counter. The traditional stars of their menu remain outstanding: the iced tea and sweet potato biscuits. While JeannieBird isn't always on my way to my usual destinations, this business is always worth a special trip.

Today service was so bad. Everyone has bad days though, I guess…read more My food was given to somebody else after I waited forever and ever they ran outside to try and track it down till they give me secondhand recycled stuff what?? Gross. Apparently, if two different people use the register somehow the orders are not known about and therefore you stand around and wait so make sure the person running the register is who actually takes your order.

I had forgotten to order a cake for my Moms 90th birthday party…read more The party was Dec 27 and with Christmas a lot of bakeries were closed on the 26th and would not take my order but Starry Night came through. They made a beautiful and delicious cake. My family was very impressed with it and so was I . I can't thank you enough for helping make my mom's party a success !!

Thank you for the most beautiful and delicious cake for my mother's 101st birthday! I must come up…read morewith more reasons to celebrate so I can order another fabulous cake. It got rave reviews from all. Fresh, moist , delicious. I ordered from the website and chose one of their designs. I decided on chocolate cake with raspberry filling and would highly recommend .

Nice local spot, the food is good and the servers are kind. It's an outside space so it's best to…read morecome when it's warm. Though that's fitting considering the service. It's right on a main road so it's easy to reach and has reasonable prices. I recommend to anyone looking for a quick place to get ice cream that's local.

The Cow is the iconic, staple ice cream spot in Reisterstown, Maryland. A true classic dessert spot…read morethat offers some of the best soft serve in town. The chocolate and vanilla soft serve are both delicious and creamy. The ice flavors are also some of the best, as they're soft, and melt in your mouth. The mint cookie is a favorite. Service can be slow, especially when there's a long line, but it's always worth it. There's outdoor seating, making it the perfect ice cream experience, especially in the summer! There's also a huge parking lot in the back to accommodate a lot of parking! You can also enjoy The Cow from their ice cream truck around town! They're always at local events and popping up around Baltimore.

Artistic Desserts specializes in wedding cakes, but from what I saw, Mike does cakes for all…read moreoccasions and other desserts and unique chocolate sculptures as well. We met with Pastry Chef Michael Markwitz at his (very nice) home to go over our wedding cake selections. We were served full-sized slices of his incredibly delicious moist cakes in his dining room, on Lenox china with a freshly brewed pot of coffee. HUGE slices of delicious cake - so you can taste each one several times as you're narrowing down what you want. He combines whatever filling you want with whatever kind of cake you want, so again - big slices of fresh delicious cake really help when you're mixing stuff up to make an educated decision. He helped us select the number of tiers we wanted and even suggested keeping the cake shorter and offered to make a couple of cakes on the side to save money. Not sheet cakes, the same awesome round cakes with fabulous fillings. The cake is cut and served in the back anyway, so no one would notice either way and the quality of the cake is identical. Since we're having a backyard wedding, he even gave us tons of detail on how to cut and serve the cake and drew me a little diagram as well (there is an art to cutting a huge wedding cake without butchering it and I'm grateful he took the time to explain.) We have three tiers and he doesn't charge any extra if we wanted to do all three tiers with different cake flavors and fillings. The Cakes: Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting - the cake and icing were dense and delicious without the cloying sugary sweetness or unsweetened butter greasiness of a lot of other bakeries' cakes and icings. Some kind of white italian cream cake with a layer of Swiss imported seedless raspberry marmalade and a second layer of custard creamy goodness. Dense and delicious lemon cake with raspberry cream - we went with this one. Again, not too sweet, not TOO dense - just right. The chocolate - holy goodness. There was some kind of incredible ganache filling in there that was to die for. He made another cake with crushed peanut butter cups in the filling - this was my fiance's fave and it was delicious as well. Believe it or not, I am not a huge fan of cake overall, but you can't NOT love this guy's cakes. They are fabulous and they are beautifully decorated. He spent well over an hour with us at 7:00pm on a weeknight to accommodate our work schedules. He scrolled through endless pictures of cakes he had decorated so we could see some examples and he made some great recommendations. He let us try samples of fondant even though the cake we were selecting was iced with buttercream. It was light and soft and tasted almost like marshmallow. Not at all what I expected fondant to taste like, but he makes his own and it is delicious. When I went off on a holy-crap-i-never-even-thought-of-that-what-an-awesome-looking-cake tangent, he brought me back to my original vision for a simple, plain, classic wedding cake, even though the other option that caught my fancy would have cost a significant amount of money and truly would have been an impulse-buy. The man is a professional. Damn it I love independent businesses who haven't gotten so big and self-important that they forget about their customers. What a drastic difference between a tasting in the home of someone who loves what they do, and an impersonal tasting at a busy bakery that barely gives a crap about you and expects a healthy deposit in advance before they do you the huge favor of serving you silver-dollar sized stale morsels of inferior cake. He takes consultations by appointment only, so you'll want to plan in advance if you need a cake. His site has a lot of great pictures as well. I highly, highly recommend Michael and his wonderful cakes. We drove an hour to get to our tasting and it was so worth it. He is very friendly, very knowledgeable and very interested in making sure you get exactly what you want for a fair price. It was a great experience and a fabulous reminder of why I love shopping small, independent operations most of all.

Michael was awesome to work with. The tasting at his house in Westminster was great. He served us…read moreon his china and offered us tea and coffee. He gave us lots of different options to choose from as far as flavors and decorations. He also suggested that we have one of our flavors on a sheet cake that guests never see to save money, which we did. I've been to a lot of weddings where cake slices are left abandoned on the table, there is lots of cake leftover, etc. Our wedding was NOT like that at all. Everyone was talking about the cake and there was hardly any left! We had Italian Creme Cake w/Chocolate Ganache & Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Red Velvet w/Bourbon Cream Cheese Frosting, and Italian Creme Cake with Vanilla Pudding & Swiss Raspberry. All were amazing, but if I had to choose my favorite it would be the Reese's peanut butter cake! The cake looked and tasted wonderful! Seriously, this was one of those wedding vendors that just blew me away. I expected the cake to look and taste good, but it was AMAZING!

If you want a "just average" eating experience you should skip Rock Salt…read more It was fantastic. But, get there early, make a reservation, or be prepared to wait. My brother and I wanted something for lunch after going to a car swap meet. We landed on Rock Salt Grille. I'd eaten there several times before. We arrived at 11:45 AM (Saturday) and there was a 30 minute wait, so we grabbed two comfortable seats at the bar. A good call. I had the Rock Salt Oysters, broiled with bacon and parmigiana. Delightful. I also had the cream of, and Maryland crab, soup combination. My brother had the crab cake sandwich. I'd had it before, but wanted the oysters. His crab cake sandwich was double the size of any I'd ever seen, without exaggeration. He guessed it was 8 ounces or more, without exaggeration, with no visible filler, (Broiled). I had a few beers and we split the Bread pudding with Grand Marnier sauce. It was enough for four. The bar and food service was spectacular with "tag teaming" to make sure we didn't wait for anything. I'd like to thank the bartenders who served us perfectly: Kelsey and Nikkea. Award winners. Rock Salt is not inexpensive, but the quality of the food and the great service justify the premium. I'll be back more often

Wife and I went for the first time, treated like a king! Sat at the bar bartender off the hook,…read moreoyster shucker excellent dude. The guy who brought out my food said thanx for coming in. Food excellent service premiere, I'm coming back for more. Thanx guys!

It's the nicest dining experience I've ever been associated with…read more My opinion only: This venue should be reserved for the most special occasions and for you, it may be simply waking up for the day. During our visit we heard several birthday cheers, noticed a retirement gathering and for us it was to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. To our surprise, the restaurant created a special dining menu noting our last name and our celebration. I was taken back with that gesture and acknowledgment although it's a testament to the service and care you will experience. This venue and team do the little thing right and will exceed expectations! Regarding the service, it was second to none with multiple staff and waiters at your side. The Smokehouse offers several dining options and host large parties and even weddings. The restaurant is huge and in associated with the historic Atrium 1844 hotel and property nestled on about 25acres. To the food: There are a few options to order from the menu and if you like wine pairing this is the spot. I chose the pairing option for my duck appetizer, scallop dinner and desert although didn't opt for champagne that complemented the surprise chef offering or my dinner salad. My wife had the beet salad, cod entree, dinner salad and orange cake. Every dish was incredibly prepared with no complaints. I envision the kitchen being hustled like the Netflix series, BEAR with echos of, "yes Chef". This was truly a special dining and something I strongly recommend if it's in your budget. The ambiance of the old early American estate is breathtaking and the piano puts you in a calm for the evening of wonderful indulgence. Again, and my opinion reserve this venue for a special affair. Total bill was $270 minus tip. Sounds crazy but if you have the time and wish to create a special touch to a special occasion, the Smokehouse is a sound choice. Note: reservations were 7:15 and we walked out at 9:45. Might want to consider staying at the Atrium at this point.

Beautiful place with amazing food and wonderful service. Highly recommend for an anniversary or…read moreromantic date.

Great atmosphere. Services was wonderful. Enjoyed the wine ! Plenty of outdoor seatingread more

Visited here yesterday with friends on a recommendation. The place is secluded behind someone's…read morehouse. Very nice little private area with ample outdoor seating and a pretty view. Limited bathroom and spot a pot. Inside is small with some seating and they do flights, which you order inside and they bring it to you, rather than standing at the counter. The people who work there were super nice and friendly. They have plenty of options. I ordered the Rosé, Merlot, Cab Franc, and Syrah. I didn't really like any of it, but the Syrah was the best of the four. I thought the Merlot and Cab Franc had an unfortunate smell, but still finished the entire flight.