Local Food Finds

Your weekly dose of some cool food and dining finds around town!

Last Minute Father’s Day Ideas, Farm to Taco, Rosé All Day, Bands and Brunch, and $10 Family Meal Deals

• Last week, we covered three unique Father’s Day food experiences in the area. Here are four more if you still need something to do on Sunday!
  • Looking for something fancy?
    • Severn Inn is throwing a Father’s Day Brunch Buffet, including a raw bar, omelets made to order, carving station, and house favorite apps like crab dip and vegetable crab soup. The first brunch seating is at 10 a.m. and last seating is at 1 p.m. Brunch is $55/adult and $27.50/kids under 12, and an additional $20/bottomless Bloody Mary’s and/or mimosas.
    • Rodizio Grill in the Annapolis Mall is offering a special menu, featuring filet wrapped in bacon, ribeye, BBQ beef brisket, and pork ribs. If you haven’t been to a Brazilian steakhouse, it’s quite the experience, with roving waiters that serve barbecued meats from large skewers directly onto the seated diners’ plates. Saturday is $49.99/person from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday is $54.99/person with extended hours from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Kids dine for $15.99.
  • Looking for something low key?
    • GameOn bar+arcade in Annapolis is celebrating dads with 20 free tokens and $4 draft beers.
    • Rams Head Tavern is offering complimentary Fordham and Dominion draft beer to all dads with the purchase of an entrée.

• Farm to table is pretty popular, but have you heard of farm to taco? Mise En Place Farm offers farmers’ market goers flavorful tacos that support our local farmers and restaurants. The menu changes from time to time – highlights include their breakfast tacos (Good Luck Farm eggs, ancho chili garlic sauce, grilled red onions, and queso fresco; tip = add bacon or chorizo), papas y chorizo tacos (Shalagel Farms potatoes, P.A. Bowen Farmstead chorizo, Preserve Restaurant curtido, and Mise En Place Farm lime-garlic scape aioli), and falafel smash tacos (organic chickpea falafel, Floating Lotus Farmstead mint, Nice Farms Creamery labneh, Hammond Farm cucumber, and Mise En Place Farm picked radish). You can find them at the Anne Arundel County Farmers’ Market Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Coffee goes great with tacos! While you wait for your tacos to be made, grab a coffee from Zeke’s Coffee at the next booth over. Zeke’s Coffee is a local Baltimore-based, small batch, family-owned coffee roastery. Their iced mocha is top notch!
  • Fun facts
    • Mise En Place Farm is a small, compost-driven, no-till farm located in Davidsonville, MD. They use regenerative, sustainable methods and specialize in salad greens, mixed vegetables, and microgreens. In addition to tacos, you can buy their greens and edible flowers!
    • Zeke’s Coffee uses a fluid bed coffee roaster, which uses hot air to create a fountain of coffee beans (invented by Mike Sivetz, a physicist from Oregon in the 1970’s).
• The week just got better with Rosé All (Wednes)days at Red Red Wine Bar + Bistro. Every Wednesday, enjoy $5 rosé by the glass, $8 house cocktails, and $10 stone fired pizzas! Red Red Wine Bar + Bistro is a made-from-scratch kitchen, with a Maryland-coastal-meets-California fusion, and features a Bohemian interior and New Orleans decor.
• Calling all live music, food, and water lovers! Join Capital SUP and Chronic Sailing on the water for two unique live music series in Annapolis. Bands will play on a catamaran provided by Chronic Sailing while customers eat and paddle around the creek. BYO (Bring-Your-Own) stand up paddleboard (aka SUP) or kayak, or rent one from Capital SUP. Tickets are required!
  • Bands and Brunch is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the docks at Port Annapolis and features brunch from Black Market Bakers and Rise Up Coffee.
    • Dates:
      • June 16 with Ryan Keith Music
      • July 14 with The Betas Band
      • August 25 with Sydney Smith Music
  • Tunesday Series is from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Eastport Nautilus Point and features sandwiches from Capriotti’s and beer from Pherm Brewing and Chessie’s Wharf.
    • Dates:
      • June 4 with Skribe
      • July 2 with Jordan Sokel from Pressing Strings
      • August 13 with DJ Jay Crawdads
• If you’re looking for a fast and affordable way to get lunch or dinner on the table, run to Giant grocery store to score a $10 Family Meal deal. For $10, you can buy an entrée, like a whole rotisserie chicken or eight-piece fried chicken, and two sides, like potato salad or macaroni and cheese.