Baltimore's Best Martini

Upscale bar offers an intimate setting, private sections, an extensive cigar selection and theme nights ranging from salsa to disco.

Reviews:

• “Havana Club! There is a God.”
• “Beautiful Atmosphere”

Havana Club or email Havana Club

Spanish-influenced hors d’oeuvres and a Plexiglas dance floor take this hotspot into the stratosphere.

Reviews:

• “Great Music & Atmosphere!”
• “Sky is one of the best places in Baltimore”

Tips: You have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding nearby parking on the street. If going with a group of friends, carpooling is strongly recommended.

Sky Lounge Tango & Tapas

Romantic, unique and off the beaten path, this tavern will please even the most finicky culinary critic.

Reviews:

• “Great place”
• “Yummy!”
• “The Best”
• “Perfect!”
• “great food, bar”

Tips: Looking to propose to your significant other? Pop the cork, then pop the question. Plaques above the tables signify the spots where many couples became engaged at Henninger’s.

Henninger’s Tavern

Dr. Seuss couldn’t have imagined a restaurant this good.

Reviews:

• “No good for large groups”
• “I’m In Love! "
• “Horrible Experience at Sunday Brunch”
• “Wonderful food experience”
• “Very Romantic~”

Tips: Request a table near the upper dining room’s green marble fireplace, which is strictly decorative—but what a sight.

Red Fish

More than thirty varieties of the signature dessert make up only a part of this chain restaurant’s gigantic international menu.

Reviews:

• “big menu …”
• “Best in Group Dining????”
• “Good food, long wait.”
• “worth the wait”
• “Good Food Awful Service”

The Cheesecake Factory

Trendy wine bar and store offers small-vintner wines for sampling and purchase.

Reviews:

• “nice folks”
• ""

Tips: This isn’t the place for big-name wines, but if you’re really craving a particular bottle, the owners can get it within a day.

Grand Cru

Federal Hill Lounge

With a Jetsons-like twist, this outwardly nondescript watering hole combines kitsch with a post-modern edge.

Reviews:

• “Nice”

Tips: Happy hour is on Thursdays and Fridays from 5pm to 9pm; it features super-cheap rail martinis and drafts.

Shorty’s Martini Bar & Lounge

Tremont Plaza guest or not, you can wash down your breakfast, lunch or
dinner with plenty of alcohol.

Tips: Don’t bother with the street-level entrance. For security reasons, you’ll be asked to go through the hotel lobby and up a floor.

Tug’s Bar & Grille

Canton’s martini bar serves a crowd that’s eager to unbutton its collective collar.

Reviews:

• “So-So”

Tips: If the cocktail hour turns to the supper hour, look over the sophisticated, Italian-influenced dinner menu, which is served from 5pm to 11pm.

Cosmopolitan Bar & Grill

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