UFood Grill, a fast/casual restaurant specializing in healthy food, has opened at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills. The nutritious and delicious menu (that’s the company tagline) includes lots o’ organic ingredients in its breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes, and offers vegan and gluten-free options.
The restaurant doesn’t serve ANY fried foods; most dishes are under $10 and none of the menu items exceed 700 calories. COOL TECH ALERT: You can order at the counter or through a self-serve kiosk where you have the option to have your photo taken and stored so that facial recognition software can recognize you and store your previous orders, so next time you visit you can get in and out quickly.
This is the first UFood in Maryland, and Dr. Stephen Goldberg, a forensic psychiatrist and food aficionado, owns it. Although currently living in Howard County, Goldberg grew up in the Reisterstown/Owings Mills neighborhood and his kids attended preschool at the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center. He opened the restaurant in the midst of organizing his oldest son’s bar mitzvah and still has his practice — a busy man!
UFood is open daily from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (UFoodGrill.com).
An Italian chophouse, Tagliata (which means “to cut or slice meat”) will open in the spot where Fleet Street Kitchen was in Harbor East. Executive chef Julian Marucci (previously a sous chef at Charleston and executive chef at Cinghiale) offers a menu with an extensive list of steaks and chops, house-made pasta and charcuterie, and a wine list with more than 1,000 different labels.
The restaurant will showcase a rustic Italian look, live piano music seven days a week, a redesigned courtyard and the restaurant windows lining the courtyard will be retractable for an indoor/outdoor feel. Brought to you by the folks who also own Ouzo Bay, Azumi and Loch Bar, Tagliata will be open seven days a week and is slated to open early this summer. Check out the TagliataBaltimore Facebook page.
Since sandwiches seem to be “the thang” for 2017, ya might wanna check out RegionAle, which recently opened in Ellicott City. The restaurant highlights regionally famous American sandwiches, craft beers and house-made soups and salads. The sandwiches originate from across the country, including such faves as the Maryland crabcake, Philly cheesesteak, Florida Cubano and New York Italian Hero — and vegetarian dishes, too.
(RegionaleSandwich.com)
Highlandtown’s DiPasquale’s Italian Marketplace is opening a waterfront location at the foot-of-the-pier spot where Sorso Café was located in the HarborView community. Scheduled to open in June, look for overstuffed sandwiches, a brick oven pizza and a small grocery section. (DiPasquales.com)
If you’re a fan of the slow-cooked, soul food biscuit sandwiches from Blacksauce Kitchen sold at the local farmers markets, they now have a brick-and-mortar shop at 401 W. 29th St. (BlackSauceKitchen.com).
Attention, beer connoisseurs! Modeled after the famous tourist attraction in Ireland, the Open Gate Brewery in Dublin-Guinness is opening a brewery in South Baltimore on Washington Avenue. This is the first Guinness brewery to open in the United States in 63 years. It will offer new beers, a tasting taproom and tours.
The Helmand Kabobi, an Afghan restaurant, opened on Wolfe Street near Johns Hopkins Hospital. It’s from the same folks that run The Helmand on Charles Street, B Bistro, Pen & Quill and Tapas Teatro. Check their Facebook page for more info: The HelmandKabobi.
Randi Rom is the president of RJ Rom & Associates, a marketing, branding, events and public relations firm specializing in the hospitality and entertainment industries. She is a freelance columnist and writer who represents some of the region’s top restaurants and food-related events. Contact her at randirom@comcast.net.
Above photo, RegionAle’s Philly cheesesteak. Photo by Wrapped In Clover Photography
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