Charleston is a restaurant located in
Baltimore, Maryland
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serving
Low Country cuisine.
History
Co-owners
Cindy Wolf and Tony Foreman opened Charleston in 1997; it is located on Lancaster St. in Baltimore's waterfront
Harbor East
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district. In 2005 they renovated the restaurant, revamped the menu and changed to a pay-by-the-course system.
Menu
The restaurant focusses on a tasting menu of three to six courses selected by diners from the dozens on offer in a
prix-fixe format.
The menu changes depending on availability and seasonality.
The prix-fixe format includes optional
wine pairings; Wolf is known for her expertise.
Seafood in
Lowcountry preparations is a focus.
A curried lobster bisque is the restaurant's most popular dish.
Ownership
The restaurant is co-owned by Wolf and Foreman, her former husband.
Wolf, a native of
North Carolina
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who spent time living in
Charleston, South Carolina
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,
is the executive chef.
Recognition
Wolf is a nine times nominated
James Beard Award
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for Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic, as of 2021 a tie for the record of a chef who hasn't won.
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The Washington Post's'' Tom Sietsema said her offerings were "some of the finest cooking in the Mid-Atlantic" and named the restaurant to his Hall of Fame.
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Forbes
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'' named it to their list of 100 best restaurants in the United States.
According to the
''New York Times'' Wolf and Charleston "helped spur the explosion of innovative New Southern cooking in the 2000s".
References
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Restaurants in Baltimore
Lowcountry restaurants
1997 establishments in Maryland
Southern restaurants