[miajag81]

I happen to live in Mt. Vernon right off Charles St., so I live near and have been to most of the "best" Baltimore restaurants. In brief:

Brass Elephant: Overpriced, overrated.

Tio Pepe: Expensive but worth every penny.

Prime Rib: Pretty good, very cool ambience.

Brewer's Art: Probably my favorite restaurant in Bmore. Eclectic dinner menu, good bar food and great beer.

The Helmand: I also highly recommend this. Very good and relatively inexpensive.

Of the several Indian restaurants in my area my favorite is Akbar, with Mughal Garden a close second.

I have been to most of the harbor-area restaurants too, like Eurasian Harbor, McCormick and Schmick, Ruths Chris, etc...none were bad, but none particularly excited me either.

As far as Little Italy goes, Chiapparelli's is my favorite, followed by Sabatino's.