Anything good off I-95 just south of Baltimore?

[herbacidal]

We're heading south from Philly tomorrow morning for Cary, NC to Varmint's Pig Pickn.

I figure just past Baltimore is a good place to stop for lunch.

Any Egullet-worthy lunch joints just off I-95?

I-95 doesn't seem to come up within search parameters, probably because it's too short.

[herbacidal]

Is Fraidley's in Baltimore convenient to I-95?

That's one option. Trying to figure out others.

[Gifted Gourmet]

near 395, not I 95 .. Faidley's?

never mind, link to Mapquest didn't work ...

[herbacidal]

What's that Peruvian chicken place? Are there any locations convenient to I-95?

[Diner Girl]

I'm from the area and I have to say that unless you're willing to drive into the city, there's nothing great off I-95 in the Baltimore area. Just south of Baltimore (about 6 exits; and before you hit the DC Beltway), if you take the exit for Route 198 East toward Laurel, go about 2 miles, then turn left on Route 1 North and take your immediate left into a small shopping center, you will find one of the best Italian restaurants in the area. Pasta Plus.

Their phone number is 301.498.7878 and the address is 209 Gorman Avenue.

Amazing gnocchi and wonderful pasta and meat dishes. Decent wine selection, but the food there is great.

Good luck!

[akur23]

Pasta Plus.

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I'll second Pasta Plus, but it is a bit far from I-95. What kind of food are you looking for?

[herbacidal]

Forget it. We ended up going to Negril, a Jamaican quick serve joint in Silver Spring.

It was quite tasty and flavorful.

[project]

Well for lunch, there used to be Roy's Place with fantastic

<i>sandwiches</i> on a world-class scale. Outrageous.

Extravagant. Astounding. They had a location in

Gaithersburg, a bit out of the way, but their main location

was in Columbia, which is the area you mentioned.

A single

<i>sandwich</i> could fill a large plate

and have sauce that ran over the sides.

A favorite was <i>Rat Sauce</i>

which, uh, was an abbreviation

of <i>ratatouille</i> and was

basically a real

<i>ratatouille</i> but

as a final step

run through a blender to make a

sauce.

It was good.

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I haven't been there in years, but I do have

a menu.

Sandwich examples:

<UL>

<LI>

Ground beef pattie,

three fried oysters,

melted Swiss cheese,

and horseradish sauce.

<LI>

Two Polish, three Italian sausages,

<i>Mittel Europa Sauerkraut</i>

with hot cherry peppers.

<LI>

Roast beef, sharp cheese, anchovies,

crushed cherry peppers, lettuce, tomato,

and horseradish mayo.

<LI>

Chili brisket, turkey bosom, avocado,

Swiss cheese, raw onions,

lettuce, tomato, and sauce

Barbara.

<LI>

Crab salad, Swiss cheese, corn beef,

and golden sauce.

<LI>

1/4 pound of Sirloin, melted American cheese,

and a large lump of lobster salad.

<LI>

Three hot Italian pork sausages, melted

Provolone cheese, fried onions and green peppers,

garlic mayo, on French bread.

<LI>

Lobster salad, roasty toasty pork, tarragon mayonnaise,

lettuce, tomato, club.

<LI>

Farm sausages, melted Provolone,

Rat Sauce, on French bread.

<LI>

Ham, crab salad, Swiss cheese, broiled and melted on French bread.

</UL>

If they are still there, then they would make a good lunch stop.

My menu is from 1979;

the name of the proprietor appears to be Roy Passin.

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For a high-end lunch, could go to one of the

DC French restaurants and pig out on

<i>Bouillabaisse</i> and <i>Macçon blanc</i> or, beer,

if you prefer.

My wife and I did this a few times at

the <i>Rive Gauche</i>

at the SW corner of Wisconsin and M Street;

they have been gone for years, but likely there are

plenty of French restaurants in DC.

[John Talbott]

We're heading south from Philly tomorrow morning for Cary, NC to Varmint's Pig Pickn.

I figure just past Baltimore is a good place to stop for lunch.

Any Egullet-worthy lunch joints just off I-95?

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It's way too late, but the only place fitting your description is just off 295 - the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, which we old folks refer to as the Gladys Noon Spellman Highway (the alt to I 95 many of us use anyway, http://www.nps.gov/bawa/) just after the BWI airport, on Hanover Rd, you can see it from the highway. 295, however has much contruction between Baltimore and there. I suppose you can get there from I 95, mapquest it. Oh and you gotta like crabs and dark and dingy. It's where I go when my plane is delayed for hours.

Gunning's Crabhouse 3901 S. Hanover St, Baltimore, MD 21225 Phone: 410-354-0085

not to be confused with Gunning's Crabhouse 3901 S. Hanover St, Baltimore, MD 21225 Phone: 410-354-0085 - but that's a whole other story.