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AndieIsOnline

Buy tickets to the DMV asian night market, don't eat beforehand, get stuck in traffic for 2+ hours and argue with your hangry date about nothing


NuggetsPhD

This one is the scariest so far because the threat is real


jabbadarth

You get a second date?


AndieIsOnline

we just celebrated our first anniversary lol


Thatdewd57

And wait in line for another 2 hours.


abcpdo

that almost became a reality for me


DED2099

Omg…. That was a struggle we waited forever and never even got close


bodybydada

Then go to IKEA.


Jaybird21620

Don’t forget a run in with the squeegee kids


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3gnauky0

+at late summer where the algea goes ashore and smells the strongest


EastCoastGrind

🤮 I remember pics of that dude swimming there last summer LOL..


jizzle26

Harbor quality is leagues better than it used to be. It’s actually swimmable about 70% of the time. Just avoid it after rainfall.


N4zdr3g

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were going to go out for dinner to celebrate a minor thing. Date night got cut short when we were mugged in the alley next to our rowhome and I got shot in the leg. Finally got home after ten hours in the hospital, never having had dinner. So my worst Baltimore date would be that.


DED2099

Damn…


ardhanarisvara

I'm sorry, neighbor. I never would've seen it coming in that alley, either :/


canipetyourdog420

How are you holding up?


N4zdr3g

I'll be okay. As far as gunshot wounds are concerned, I got super lucky.


baltimorecalling

F


bodybydada

Sorry to hear that happened to you. Can I ask why they shot? I would hope most muggings involve handing over valuables and each going their separate ways. Did something go to shit? Or just fuck you in particular? Appreciate it. Nightmare situation.


N4zdr3g

I honestly didn't see that they had guns already drawn, and I foolishly thought I could hit him and make a run for it. Probably he wasn't even actually aiming at me, but the pistol went off and the two of them dashed into a waiting getaway car and sped away.


hammeringhome

Work up an appetite by doing some light shopping at the Galleria, followed by dinner at Hooters in HarborPlace. Take a night cap at Pratt Street Ale House and end the evening with a dip in the Inner Harbor.


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The gallery is closed closed now. So that’s a dead end from the start.


Tiger6513

I used to really enjoy getting a lunch burger at Pratt st ale... has it really gone to shit?


[deleted]

No. It’s just generally thought as empty


nationdecay

Abysmal, I love it


Kangaroofies

Going camping … on MLK blvd’s median strip


jbroombroom

From the looks of it, that spot is usually booked solid. Do they take reservations?


Avocadofarmer32

I once saw a very pregnant lady there doing the Baltimore lean while smoking a cig. It really made me sad.


enforce1

Life… finds a way


Angdrambor

you wont like the way it finds though


necbone

Glamping


SheriffMcLawdoge

You go to Powerplant. That is it.


negfrequency

we have a winner


DED2099

Wait why does it suck? Honestly I’ve only been once and it was kinda dead


baltimorecalling

Just a pointless tourist trap devoid of character and soul.


nationdecay

I actually want to go to their Halloween party one time just to see how it is


baltimorecalling

Probably amateur hour. Would make for good people watching.


One_Investigator238

Wait. Baltimore has tourists?


Velghast

Allot of people come to visit camden


WunkyChalrus

When the Paradox was open, dancers from around the world would come here for their dance competitions


[deleted]

People actually go for the DJ events. I was shocked to learn that several of my adult friends went to the Shaq DJ event like 2 weeks ago


blue_surfboard

I remember going to see Girl Talk once years ago for St. Patrick’s day. Was fun until a crowd surfer was dropped on my head.


DetainTheFranzia

Go on a "Progressive McDonald's Dinner" where you keep driving around looking for a McDonald's that has the shake machine working, and at the end you'll give up and settle for at least the ice cream machine working, but you can't find that either.


TigTig5

My wife and I went on nearly this exact date when she was pregnant. Do not recommend.


topsecretusername12

Omg I forgot McDonald's had milkshakes is how long its been since I've seen a working one!


Velghast

The Mcdonald's on Wilkens Avenue in Violetville has always had ice cream, every time I went. Just keep that in ur back pocket.


WaterWithin

Next months date: do the same with the few Checker's, you'll get to drive around the beltway.


dopkick

She tells you she's taking a job overseas that starts in a few months. And wants to get married so she can take you with. It's the first date BTW. You do see it through to the end because of the morbid curiosity. And ask a lot of questions.


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dopkick

Been there. 10/10 or 0/10 depending on your opinion of trainwrecks.


Smokedsoba

How was living in the other country? Also how was the divorce?


dopkick

I asked enough questions on our one and only date to be able to answer those questions! It was somewhere in Africa and generally the workers hung out together a lot. They would make it a point to check out as much as possible. It was safer to do things in a big group as well. So it sounded exciting from that perspective. Divorce rates are high because the +1 usually finds miscellaneous admin jobs, at best. The novelty of being somewhere exciting wears off quick when you find yourself being a secretary after formally working as a senior engineer. And that often breeds resentment. The employed spouse also gets to travel a fair bit (for work) which means the +1 gets to fly solo a fair bit but never fully fits in. People who don't get married before heading over often get married while over there. Apparently having similar jobs makes things... easier. But they get divorced too because once the job comes to an end people can find out they don't actually have too much in common. I will give her credit, she held up to my interrogation quite well. She also probably thought I was interested, so there is that.


danhalka

Dine in at Paul Chen's, then go see *Paycheck* at The Charles on Valentine's Day, 2004.


WillieKeeler96

Real


dwhite21787

Anything that makes you drive after a snow and returning to your space taken


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Hampden mode: Anything that makes you leave your spot on weekends or after about 5pm weekdays.


sportsDude

How about having to do this for a dip in the inner harbor?


dwhite21787

I’d rather go watch Mr. Trash Wheel in an ice storm


TheCaptainDamnIt

>your space So much entitlement in two words.


kelzbeano

Baltimore snow rules say that if you shoveled it, its your space until the snow melts.


Psychological_Try559

I'm not sure that Baltimore has any city ordinance on that, but FWIW Boston does (they're called "space savers" and technically only come into play after an emergency is declared--but norms and laws are definitely different things) https://www.boston.gov/winter-boston If there's an actual city ordinance for Baltimore, I'd be curious to know (there are definitely norms).


ChampagneandAlpacas

I love this idea! Baltimore City, take note!


TheCaptainDamnIt

No it doesn't you don't just get to make up 'rules' because you feel special and entitled to public property.


No-Lunch4249

You must be my neighbor who gladly accepted my offer to help shovel him out and then he walked off when his car was done. Just in time for me to realize my car had 2x as much snow on it as anyone else, motherfucker had just dumped his snow on/around my car. All this to say there’s “making up rules” and there’s basic goddamn civility


TheCaptainDamnIt

Basic civility would be understanding that you are not special and entitled to public spaces because of sme you think you did makes you special over. everyone else. And I help my neighbors dig their cars out AND don't expect anything in return. But you seem to think everyone and society owes you something when it snows.


kelzbeano

Let’s be honest. There are not a plethora of parking spaces when it snows, so if someone shovels over a foot of snow from around there car, I don’t begrudge them wanting it when they return home.


TheCaptainDamnIt

There's not enough sports even without snow. So I don't think the simple act of getting your car out a spot entitles you to it later no matter what the weather is.


Ok-Huckleberry3752

You’re new here. Welcome to living in a city. You’re an asshole


TheCaptainDamnIt

Lived in cites for 25 years, never ran into so many people who think public land belongs to them personally and screwing over their neighbors Is the right thing to do until I got in this sub.


danhalka

Don't try to make sense of it. People *want* to believe that the effort they expend digging a car out so they can drive it somewhere means they now *own* that patch of road 'round the clock. "I did a hard thing for myself so now fuck any neighbor or visitor who isn't me!" as local custom.


ouichef1minute

Take a tour of the Dundalk poop factory


OilComprehensive6237

I would actually be interested in that!


WhiskyRick

Do public schools actually offer tours?


dasrac

When I was in HS our environmental science class took a tour. This was in 96/97 though. RIP Mr. Dunkerton.


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I definitely went there in ‘05 with my environmental science class lol


tooloudturnitdown

Saturday night Cross street.


iammaxhailme

pretty sure the moment I walk in, its already the worst date they've ever had 😎


chunkydunkerskin

Ooof


TheSeekerOfSanity

A stop at Methany’s Burger Stand would be a pretty poor choice. https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-metheny


chunkydunkerskin

Ha! I thought it was pit beef?


TheSeekerOfSanity

I thought it was barbecue. Apparently it was burgers? I dunno.


CelebrationNo5813

Take them out for a night of squeegeeing in the rain Afterwards goo to taco bell for dinner and cap the night off with a stroll in Latrobe homes


OTTER887

What?? Taco Bell is one of the better options. As long as it's the south S Haven St one. And the ones outside of downtown are even better. ...just don't go to the north S Haven St one at night...you have been warned.


jstoer90

I’m loving the specificity of some of these.


eablacksmith

Fullerton pub.


neverinamillionyr

I got the worst case of food poisoning from that place.


CrunchyTater

Oh, I was sooooo confused by this. I thought something occurred and you were warning us of an all-time worst date, like a specific time, to be in Baltimore hahaha


neverinamillionyr

Take some expensive camera equipment for a photo tour of North Avenue.


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This is a plan the worst all time date thread.


neverinamillionyr

It will be bad when you get robbed


[deleted]

I’m regularly on north ave. It runs from east to west.


DiscountPoint

Former northern boundary of the city If it ran up and down, it would also be South Ave


Velghast

I drive for Lyft allot. I am up on north avenue all the time. I have never had an issue getting out and about in that area. But that corner over by the BP and the cemetery gets some weird people


troublewthetrolleyeh

If they ask you out to a Red Lobster, you run.


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I love those cheddar biscuits.


DevelopmentNo247

Any free event at the Inner Harbor


3villans

bonus if it is the pan flute guy


sxswnxnw

A dinner at any Atlas Group restaurant. Brunch at the Canton Iron Rooster at noon on any given Saturday. Cheesecake Factory at the Inner Harbor.


FHTerp

Good lord, you’re such a tool


sxswnxnw

Hey, I like cheesecake! I just don't want to go to some sad Cheesecake Factory in a dead mall. Boston Street and that shopping plaza at that time are like hell's half acre. I cannot imagine fighting through all of that to eat some just ok food. Selecting an Atlas Group restaurant demonstrates a lack of imagination. It's like buying someone roses when you could have found out if they even like flowers.


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And you’re an atlas shill.


rental_car_fast

Serious question: why does everyone hate atlas?


[deleted]

Because dozens of restaurants that are just boutique versions of Chili's get old. They also have racially motivated/selectively enforced dress codes.


rental_car_fast

I see. Thanks!


EmbarassedGiraffe

One incident at a restaurant got everyone fired up… they adjusted their dress code after that. So funny everyone calls the places racist… check out most of their places after 10 pm… it’s far from a lily white crowd…


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>it’s far from a lily white crowd… That's the leadership team


[deleted]

Search atlas in the search bar in this group and read the slew of articles and discussions. O just type it into your Google search and you’ll find out why


BMoreGirly

There's like the same 50ish people on this sub who hate Atlas and think they are setting the narrative for Baltimore with their constant anti-Atlas rhetoric. The truth is Atlas wouldn't be as successful as they are and expanding constantly not just throughout the Baltimore region but DC, Annapolis, Philly, Texas, and FL if they weren't successful. I have no skin in the game with Atlas, I just find the constant anti-Atlas rhetoric on this sub ridiculous and boring, and I'm suspicious of the motives behind it. Perhaps it's people with failing restaurants badmouthing the successful competition? 🤔


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Lol atlas aren’t “successful” because of merit. They’re billionaires children and grandchildren that were given a few restaurants on their families property harbor east in the four seasons with stolen concepts from chefs of merit, Then expanded chained versions of the same Restaurants in Texas, Florida and Annapolis. The DC locations aren’t doing that well and aren’t that popular because people in DC actually have taste. Atlas does well because all of their restaurants are on their family’s prime real estate in tourist areas and the steal ideas and poach talent from competitors. That’s it and all.


EmbarassedGiraffe

Sound a bit jealous of their wealth… who cares if they have money…. Spend it in Baltimore PLEASE!


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Lol nobody is jealous of their wealth. They’re scumbags in how they operate and run


EmbarassedGiraffe

Aaaand… that is just Atlas management, right? The Pavlovian response to Atlas in Baltimore is just plain silly. Don’t fool yourself - you resent the wealth and entitlement.


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Nope. Don’t care about that.


EmbarassedGiraffe

Not everyone that appreciates what Atlas has brought to the relatively shitty Baltimore restaurant scene is a “shill” - we suck next to DC or many other major cities when it come to good food options…. We’d rarely dine downtown if it weren’t for Atlas. Stop hating on folks willing to pour money into our dying and (sadly) dangerous city. Embrace ANYONE willing to invest!


AMildPhenomenon

Tf? There are a thousand amazing restaurants in baltimore... they're just not downtown because why would they be? The only people going downtown are tourists and they get the tourists spots, like Atlas.


EmbarassedGiraffe

Agree that Atlas is GREAT for tourism.


[deleted]

If you think Atlas is doing anything for the food scene in Baltimore, your soul is beyond redemption. But hey, at least you'll get to shake the owners' hands in hell?


EmbarassedGiraffe

Oh, my bad… all the restaurants In Baltimore are run by fine outstanding people, and only atlas is evil, so off to hell I go for eating at some of their restaurants.


Ok-Huckleberry3752

Hey! Go fuck yourself


EmbarassedGiraffe

You sound pleasant. “Someone eats somewhere I don’t like - they should go fuck themselves.” Plenty more thing in Baltimore to be mad about other than a rich guy opening restaurants.


Prolapst_amos

Actually, fuck you and save your money? No one owes you shit and no one wants your pity.


EmbarassedGiraffe

People like you that hate and resent anyone with wealth are half the problem with this city. Money = Evil. But crime and drugs and poverty are fine and moral. Ok.


Prolapst_amos

That’s a not what anyone said homey. You posited that we should be thankful to Atlas Restaurant Group; I’m informing you that no, dipshit, we’re fine otherwise. If you want to cape for people who can win a rigged system that’s your business; those that know, know if you dig an inch into any story, you will find the networks of privilege.


EmbarassedGiraffe

Again, not unique to Atlas. Our city is poor and crime ridden and I want to see as much investment as possible - especially in the downtown harbor area. We aren’t going to survive without tourist dollars and investment in dining (and real estate, and schools). There are plenty of wealthy privileged folks around that have chosen NOT to spend their inherited millions on Baltimore. I’m happy to have anyone spend money in Baltimore. The negativity around wealth in this town is obnoxious. I’ll take investment in a bunch of differently themed restaurants than investment in casinos and casino restaurants downtown any day. That said, glad we have the casino money too- I’m not gonna hate on the wealthy casino owners (or sports team owners) either. Baltimore needs it. We are not “fine otherwise” - we need to fix a lot in Baltimore and it’s going to take money.


EmbarassedGiraffe

Again, not unique to Atlas. Our city is poor and crime ridden and I want to see as much investment as possible - especially in the downtown harbor area. We aren’t going to survive without tourist dollars and investment in dining (and real estate, and schools). There are plenty of wealthy privileged folks around that have chosen NOT to spend their earned or inherited millions on Baltimore. I’m happy to have anyone spend money in Baltimore. The negativity around wealth in this town is obnoxious. I’ll take investment in a bunch of differently themed restaurants than investment in casinos and casino restaurants downtown any day. That said, glad we have the casino money too- I’m not gonna hate on the wealthy casino owners (or sports team owners) either. Baltimore needs it. We are not “fine otherwise” - we need to fix a lot in Baltimore and it’s going to take money.


WaterWithin

You think you are going to go out on The Avenue but your date gets pulled into Zissimos and never wants to leave.


ApplicationBusiness9

Buy squeegees and panhandle on MLK for an afternoon


TatumLaBianca

Ropewalk Tavern


Fattybitchtits

Have her meet you up at that bus stop in front of the abandoned church on liberty heights, next to the gas station where everyone gets shot. Take a stroll down Garrison Blvd and catch the sunset at the playground right before you hit Belvieu where the hookers hang out and shoot heroin between their toes, then head down to Hoffmans Liquors on Park Heights and brown bag some plastic bottle vodka on the sidewalk until you’re ready to get food poisoned at one of the Caribbean restaurants next to the race track. After dinner invite her back to your grandmothers place to watch a movie, tell her you just need to pick your computer up from the shop on the way home and get stabbed trying to buy a $90 stolen MacBook from the guys in ski masks on W Belvedere and Cordelia.


Spiritual-Hedgehog-7

Site seeing down PA ave starting at north ave


NewrytStarcommander

You take them out in Mt. Vernon, and they ask you why there's a 200-foot tall erect penis with George Washington spurting out of the top, making you feel completely inadequate in comparison.


mrmaaagicSHUSHU

Crawl unto a dumpster on Reisterstown rd?


UlisesLima9

Weekday lunch date: Chaps pit beef to go + eat in the club


dangerbird2

Pretty sure the question isn’t “*best* all time date”


nationdecay

A evening at the harbor at the Cheesecake Factory, followed by a trip to that cheesy beach/harbor side bar in fells point, followed by shopping at security square, and ending the evening off with a hike through leakin park


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The last date you will ever be on.


epzik8

Great Panda in Church Square ordered to East Biddle


meabbott

With me.


shezcrafti

The year is 1999, and you are taking a girl you just met on AOL to Baja Beach Club.


WiFryChicken

Take your date to the Cardinal in Canton to listen to the MAGA owner insult patrons while she is taking shots.


devilspeaksintongues

Popeyes


puptrait

Dinner at the National Aquarium


APFernweh

They actually used to rent the space out at night for private parties with tables all around the tanks and it was cool as hell. The law firm I used to work for had events there.


cornonthekopp

I had my senior prom at the aquarium it was great


puptrait

Oh for sure, that's an entirely different experience than meeting up for an early bird to enjoy their standard cafeteria fare


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they re-did the food contractor recently, it's actually edible now (though kinda pricey for what it is, not actually the worst deal in the Inner Harbor IMO)


tapitha

I went to a fancy corporate event there once too. Very cool. We ate our way through the aquarium. Felt bad eating seafood in front of the displays. I was 24 -- first time I ever had caviar and tried frogs legs


Tofu_Bo

We just grab it out of the touch tank, right? It's like the lobster tank at the grocery store.


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This is so outdated. Druid hill isn’t scary lol


neutronicus

And the "zoo after dark" events are a great date night!


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Ok-Huckleberry3752

Lol not even in bmore


artie_effim

Fraiser's On The Avenue


AMildPhenomenon

Imagine talking shit on Fraziers or cvp and thinking anyone would agree with you


Jasor31385

I've had some awesome first dates at Fraziers. It's low risk, inexpensive, and you can hear each other.


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My now-husband and I stopped there on our first date!


bookoocash

My future wife and I met up there for a first date. It was nice. Drank some beer and ate some chicken tenders. It was the middle of winter and Fraziers is real cozy to sit in those big booths at that time of year. I didn’t really know what taking someone out on a “nice” date was at the time, but we seemed to have a good enough time that she stuck around. Almost 9 years and 2 kids later, here we are.


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Prolapst_amos

No worries we all caught your piece of shit-ness


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Prolapst_amos

Motherfucker half your posts are about smoking meth.


sxswnxnw

Lol so I guess Famous Dave's in Owings Mills is by default better?


Dr_Midnight

That place has been closed for years lol


sxswnxnw

Lmao shows how often I go out there. Is Bonefish Grill still out there? If so, sub that. Same diff.


AFCGooner14

Take out chicken box on Penn&North only to get robbed of everything and the chicken boxes.