Some lasted a only a brief time others, like Phillips Seafood, survive but in a different location.Īfter a while, the Rouse Company, which developed Harborplace, was sold to General Growth Properties. In the nearly 42 years since it opened on July 2, 1980, the original tenants have moved on. The Pratt Street Pavilion gave locals and tourists the Athenian Plaka, the Little Cheese, Black Pearl, Pronto Ristorante, Tandoor, the Store Limited, Arthur Watson’s Embraceable Zoo, the Children’s Bookstore, China Closet, Collective Impressions, Crabtree and Evelyn, Europa Imports, Flutterby’s, Fonti’s, Gordon’s Booksellers, Harbor Silver and Gold, Hats in the Belfry, Heart of the Market, Hess Shoes and its running center, Hum Aditti’s, Irrestibles, It’s Only Natural, Jones & Jones, Laura Ashley, The Limited, A Little Something, the Narragansett, Ornamental House, Pappagallo Shop, Remembering You, Seldom Scene, This End Up Furniture, Tomlinson Craft Collection, Touch of Brass, Weems and Plath and What’s Your Game. One retail section, called the Sam Smith Market, offered more choices: Afra Maria Simms, Apple Pie Graphics, Balloons Over America, the Baltimore City Schools Vocational Program, Gail Bird, Boxes and Frames, the Bank Shop, Busy Bee’s Shoeshine, Carol Lewis, Jean Cohen, the Crab Line, Dune Boys, Federal Hill Autographs, Foodangles, Foreign Affairs, Geppi’s Harborplace Comics, Glass-Smith Harbor Hammocks, Harborplace News, Here’s Harborplace, Ida Fuell Edibles, Irma Hood, Catherine Keresse, the Kite Loft, La Bodega del Mundo Latina, Loony Lids, Pen Station, Primrose Prints, Quick Draw, Rainbow, Etc., Enid Romanek, Silver Threads and the Toad’s Stool. But the sheer number of sellers ready to try their hand at Harborplace allowed for a mind-boggling cornucopia. Some small businesses barely lasted the summer of 1980. Upstairs, on the Light Street Pavilion, the African Queen, Anna’s Fried Dough, Bagel Place, Brothers Too, Cookie Connection, Dianna’s Caribbean Cooking, Flying Fruit Fantasy, Paul Gill’s Lunchbox, Golden Flounder Sushi, Häagen-Daz, Italian Villa-Tavola Calda, Just Burgers, La Petit Marmite, Lillian & Kay’s Congo Bars, Little Greece, Mexican Fiesta, Nevada Annie’s Chili, New Life Yogurt, Oasis, Old Amsterdam Dutch Crepe & Waffle House, Pretzel Productions, Shuckers, Sina Ried’s Hot Dogs, Somethin’ Good, Southern Style Barbecue, Harborplace Subs, Thrasher’s French Fries, Top of the Round, Trishaw Express and Wings ‘N Things were all in a place known as the Food Hall.Īlmost as soon as Harborplace opened, there was retail turnover. A number of intriguing, globally inclined restaurants opened there with names like the Black Pearl, Tandoor, Taverna Athena and Jean-Claude’s.” The Sun’s former food critic, Elizabeth Large, commented of the Baltimore food scene in the 1980s: “Something wonderful happened. Do you recall Lee’s Ice Cream, the BonBon Tree, The French Bread Factory and Whimsey Works, all on the first floor? Even later arrivals were McCormick & Schmick’s, Johnny Rockets, The Cheesecake Factory and Hooters. Later additions (and there were plenty) included Gianni’s, a restaurant where celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain worked briefly. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu
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