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Where to eat in Baltimore: a 3-day food itinerary

Three days of breakfast, lunch and dinner in Baltimore, MD, at about $120 a person a day. FoodTrip built it from its 28 picks in the city, of which 3 carry a James Beard Foundation honor.

Plan Baltimore for your dates and budget

Day 1: about $119 a person

9:00 AM · Breakfast

Café Dear Leon

Coffee & Café · $ · about $14 a person · 2929 O'Donnell St

James Beard semifinalist

Outstanding Bakery semifinalist 2026

12:30 PM · Lunch

Charleston

American & Other · $$$ · about $60 a person · 1000 Lancaster St

James Beard winner

Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program winner 2025

7:00 PM · Dinner

Marta Fine Food and Spirits

Italian · $$ · about $45 a person · 2127 E Pratt St

James Beard semifinalist

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic semifinalist 2026 (Matthew Oetting)

Day 2: about $119 a person

9:00 AM · Breakfast

Quality Snowballs

Bakery & Sweets · $ · about $14 a person · 1014 W 36th St

Eats Ranked pick

Hampden snowballs from a 10-foot shipping container.

12:30 PM · Lunch

Faidley's Seafood

Seafood · $$$ · about $60 a person · 203 N Paca St

Open since 1960 or earlier

Crab cakes at Lexington Market since 1886: jumbo lump and backfin.

7:00 PM · Dinner

Avenue Kitchen & Bar

Bar & Pub · $$ · about $45 a person · 911 W 36th St

Eats Ranked pick

Crab cakes in Hampden.

Day 3: about $119 a person

9:00 AM · Breakfast

Icy Delights - Brewer's Hill

Bakery & Sweets · $ · about $14 a person · 3930 Fleet St

Eats Ranked pick

Brewers Hill's Icy Delights, around since the 1990s.

12:30 PM · Lunch

Jimmy's Famous Seafood

Seafood · $$$ · about $60 a person · 6526 Holabird Ave

Eats Ranked pick

Holabird Avenue's crab cakes, open since 1974.

7:00 PM · Dinner

Chaps Pit Beef

BBQ · $$ · about $45 a person · 720 Mapleton Ave

Eats Ranked pick

The Pulaski Highway original: charcoal-grilled bottom round, sliced thin, tiger sauce.

About $357 a person for the three days. Prices are estimates for food, tax and tip, without drinks. Times are suggestions: check each restaurant's hours and book ahead.

19 more places to eat in Baltimore

The planner swaps any stop for one of these, and uses them when your dates, meals or budget are different.

Thames Street Oyster House · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
Loch Bar · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
Ice Queens Snowball Shop · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
Kooper's Tavern · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
One Sweet Moment · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
Koco's Pub · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
Gertrude's · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
True Chesapeake · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
Nick's Fish House · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
L.P. Steamers · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
The Peggy · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
Costas Inn · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
Stouten's Marina and Snowball Stop · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
Snoasis · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
Summer Shack Snowballs · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
Friendly Snowballs · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
Pappas Restaurant and Sports Bar · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick
Opies Soft Serve and Snowballs · Bakery & Sweets · $ · Eats Ranked pick
G & M Restaurant · Seafood · $$$ · Eats Ranked pick

How this plan was made

Every place on this page holds a MICHELIN Guide distinction or a James Beard Foundation honor, or was checked by hand for Eats Ranked. Chains are left out and no restaurant pays to be listed. For each day FoodTrip picks dinner first, then lunch and breakfast, keeps to the budget, uses a different cuisine each meal and keeps the day's stops close together. No place appears twice.

This is one plan out of many. Open it in the planner to set your own dates, meals a day, budget and party size, swap any stop, reserve a table and add the meals to your calendar. See every city FoodTrip covers.