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Food reporter @BaltimoreBanner . #TheDish I love tips: christina.tkacik @thebaltimorebanner .com

Baltimore, MD
Joined September 2010
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I really wanted the headline of this column to be “anti-food porn food porn” but apparently it’s not good to flood people’s inboxes with “porn” in the subject line.
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A car crashed into the Inner Harbor today. Could have been a tragic scene but for a brave sous chef from @PhillipsSeafood who jumped into the water, breaking the glass to save the driver. I’m hearing both are receiving treatment at the hospital.
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If Maynor Suazo was ever scared of his job, he never showed it. He often worked 2 jobs, not just to support his own family (including the 5 yo daughter seen here) but his 12 nieces and nephews. Because of him they could go to school instead of work.
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3 years
🚨 🍕 🚨 🍕 🚨 Joe Squared, the Station North pizza joint, is coming back from the dead and plans to reopen in December as a “worker-owned cooperative.”
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Did you know that Fogo de Chao has an all you can eat salad bar at lunch for $18?
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4 years
@NathanSRuiz @ssdance How many people were driven half insane by this?
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6 years
Baltimore street style: Joseph Hancock, 31, of Jonestown in head-to-toe Old Bay apparel.
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4 years
I’ve been called into help cover Baltimore protests against death of George Floyd. First impressions at City Hall: the crowd is young, tense, but adamantly non-violent. One person threw a glass bottle - “None of that shit!” the resounding response.
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1 year
INBOX: In a bout of ice cream activism, The Charmery is releasing its “Pay Lamar” flavor tomorrow @Lj_era8
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2 years
I asked Crisfield’s 8-time crab picking champion Joyce Fitchett to show me her technique:
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Christina Tkacik
2 years
Today I’m starting my new role as food reporter for @BaltimoreBanner . Do you subscribe to The Banner? What kinds of food stories do you want to read? What stories would make you subscribe?
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6 years
Thanks to our colleagues at @NBCNews for thinking of The Sun tonight. “Eating is a small, good thing in a time like this.”
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1 year
Am I in line for the new iPhone? A nightclub? As if. It’s the new Ekiben on Fort Ave.
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1 year
You call that a crab cake?
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3 years
Deer takeover season in Druid Hill Park
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10 months
Baltimore: tell me about your favorite restaurant meals in the city. Something you could eat 10x a month and still not be sick of. Working on a new column…
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3 years
Some signs at today’s rally in support of the clubs
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4 years
New @baltimoresun masthead is 🙌
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2 years
Me: I refuse to cover another new Old Bay product for as long as I live. McCormick: Move over pumpkin spice! McCormick is debuting a new flavor this fall. McCormick® Flavor Inspirations OLD BAY Caramel Seasoning.
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The new Druid Hill Park pool is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
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Pro tip: if you order your wedding cake from Graul’s they will make you a beautiful new cake on your 1st anniversary (for free). No need to scrape the freezer burn off the slice you saved from the wedding.
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5 years
Tfw your copy editors are all based in Chicago now
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4 years
The scale of this protest is huge. We’re at Douglass homes in East Baltimore. There are protesters as far as I can see headed Downtown and still more coming behind me.
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A person is dead following a fire outside Ravens Stadium. @BaltimorePolice , @BaltimoreFire and Maryland Transit police on scene.
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1 year
I will die on this hill: Graul’s cakes are one of the best deals in town. ($35)
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1 year
Take my money, Eddie’s of Roland Park.
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11 months
Chicken cake. I have officially seen it all, Baltimore.
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4 years
I’m currently at a bar where everyone at the bar, including the bartender, is reading a book. By candlelight. Baltimore, where am I?
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Christina Tkacik
5 years
Some news: Starting March 25, I will be moving to The Sun's features department to cover Baltimore's dining scene full-time. @PhilDavis_CG will take my place as @baltimoresun 's night reporter. Please join me in congratulating myself and Phil on this move.
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UPDATED: Former Common Ground employees had been in the midst of a unionization effort when the shop closed and are exploring “the possibility of forming a worker-owned cooperative to save our jobs and Common Ground.”
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Christina Tkacik
2 years
How old is Pimlico? It’s “this is what the numbers on the elevator look like old.”
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Christina Tkacik
5 years
You won’t get fresher guac than the stuff sold at “The Guacamole Specialist,” a new stand this year at @BmoreFarmersMkt . The recipe comes from the owner’s grandmother in Cuba.
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A Baltimore icon. IYKYK.
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3 years
Barrett put pressure on Mahomes all night during #SuperBowlLV . 6 years ago the Baltimore native was working nights on construction jobs to support his young family.
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Congrats to Baltimore’s own Shaquil Barrett—now a Super Bowl champion @baltimoresun
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Margaret Scott of Greenmount Ave. stood on the steps of her Baltimore row home wiping tears from her eyes as she watched the thousands of marchers pass by. She said she couldn’t believe it’s taken this long.
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Starting tomorrow @BaltimoreBanner is trying something new: travel content. I'm super excited. Here's a sneak peek of what's to come.
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Wearing your baby to lunch? Place a napkin over his head to prevent crumbs from falling into his pajamas. Follow me for more parenting hacks.
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2 years
New Lexington Market about to drop
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David Simon now has 8 apology letters to write. Make more work for David.
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To anyone who gives a tax-deductible contribution of $500 or more to this online, unaligned, non-profit news organization in my city, I will mail you a personal apology for any character I ever killed or harmed in a TV drama. Or, what the hell, an apology for anything ever.
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I personally witnessed a turtle swimming in Baltimore's Inner Harbor today.
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1 year
Nothing brings Maryland Facebook together like our scorn for #badcrabcakes
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Baltimore Thanksgiving essentials
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2 years
Joyce also has a beautiful singing voice, as seen here. Crisfield’s crab pickers sang gospel hymns throughout the work day.
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Christina Tkacik
2 years
Got married this weekend & am here to tell brides everywhere that you do not need: ❎Favors ❎Expensive flowers ❎99.9% of the crap bridal mags try to convince you to buy ❎Coffee But that you absolutely do need: ✅Open bar ✅DJ Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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Programming note: I'll be on maternity leave from next week until March 2024 (s/o to @BaltimoreBanner 's generous parental leave policy). Until then, hit up @GellmanMatti with all those 🔥 Baltimore food tips.
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6 years
Archdiocese may name a new school in West Baltimore after a woman who started the first order of black nuns in modern history (right here in this city).
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1 year
Marylanders forget that now is one of the best times of the year to get crabs because they are big and fat.
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5 years
Greetings, @baltimoresun readers. I’m on 2nd shift tonight, checking in with residents of Maryland’s 7th district to see what they think of the president’s tweets.
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Donald J. Trump
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Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings district when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States. No human being would want to live there. Where is all this money going? How much is stolen? Investigate this corrupt mess immediately!
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2 years
Well that’s the dining companion you never want to see 🐁
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Do you hate the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as much as I do?
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6 years
Saw this little fox resting underneath the @BaltimoreSun sign just now. Think he was looking for @FOXBaltimore
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Today marks 1 year at @BaltimoreBanner . I've flown to Iceland, stayed on a houseboat, and eaten a whole lot of chicken. It should be illegal to have this much fun at work. Photos by Birta Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Jessica Gallagher, Kirk McKoy and @y00lz .
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“Will we ever get synchronized traffic lights?”
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you ever seen something so beautiful?
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Christina Tkacik
4 years
Congratulations to @lukebroadwater and all my colleagues at @baltimoresun . We are facing pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs. But today, we won.
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The Pulitzer Prizes
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Congratulations to @baltimoresun . #Pulitzer
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Holy James Beard Award
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5 years
We’re out here at #Artscape2019 , letting people know @baltimoresun union is renegotiating our contract with @tribpub . Some of our members are seeing take home pay decrease year after year! #JournalismMatters @news_guild @Tim_Prudente
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INBOX: CVP Towson no longer hosting that fundraiser for the January 6 families due to “overall feedback and safety for all staff & patrons.”
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5 years
As someone who ate @EkibenBaltimore for lunch I can verify that it wins whatever chicken sandwich competition we're playing (photo from @baltimoresun )
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Baltimore, I loved hearing about the restaurant meals you never get tired of. Now, tell me what restaurant meals do you miss the most? A few of you already mentioned the burgers at Hamilton Tavern. 🍔 💔
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Christina Tkacik
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Happy Labor Day! @baltsunguild members are holding a byline #strike for the next couple days to show our anger with @tribpub as we head into contract negotiations. Expect to be seeing lots of bylines like this:
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It took becoming a mom for me to wake up early enough for the Baltimore farmers’ market
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4 years
Hard to imagine a time when we as a society will be ready to drink these again.
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Christina Tkacik
2 years
When crab cakes are $24.95 apiece at Faidley’s, it’s high time for this dining reporter to switch to coddies.
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Happy birthday to Tony our @baltimoresun security guard. He has protected movie stars, politicians and now us. He’s the man!
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4 years
A couple people have remarked on how white today’s (huge) crowd in Bmore was today. “We’re not going to be like ‘oooh white people,’” said Vanessa Simon of Pigtown. “Do I appreciate them being out here? Hell yes. At the same time, where have you been before now?”
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1 year
This is what it looks like when 5 Maryland blue crabs reach their full potential
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2 years
You don’t have to be the birthday girl to order birthday cake and Sally O’s. But I am, in fact, the birthday girl (tomorrow).
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5 years
To prevent gentrification, @CarolSOtt says, stop trying to attract rich people to middle class neighborhoods. "Everything has to be done for the people who live here now. Not the people who you want to live here in 10 years.”
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I’m still not over Baba’s closing but it makes me happy that owner Farid Salloum is in Lisbon eating amazing sandwiches and living his best life, as per his newsletter to customers.
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1 year
At the ribbon-cutting for Kneads Bakeshop & Cafe in Harbor East. Lots of VIPs here (including @MayorBMScott ) but I’d say the real star is this crab loaf.
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Christina Tkacik
6 years
Walking down Main Street toward water. People standing on sidewalk in tribute, including a couple getting married. In the heart of the community the Capital staff has devoted their lives to covering.
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5 years
Baltimore ❤️
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Christina Tkacik
5 years
It's my first official day as dining reporter for the @baltimoresun . What's opening? What's closing? What's #trending ? Send tips to: ctkacik @baltsun .com
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Christina Tkacik
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Baby’s first restaurant trip was to Blue Pit BBQ. Back patio scores 10/10 for baby friendliness. + Thanks to quick service we were able to get in and out before the little dude started demanding *his* lunch.
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Christina Tkacik
3 years
Forgot to acknowledge the 5-year-anniversary of my starting at @baltimoresun . My 1st day was Leap Day, 2016. (So I can technically only celebrate every 4 years.) Grateful for a job I love most days, and hopeful for a better future for this great newspaper. #LightForAll
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1 year
The greatest egg sandwich in Baltimore is also the cheapest I’ve seen ($5.83). I’ll tell you where to get it in today’s #TheDish newsletter.
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6 years
7 year old victim of today’s shooting identified by relatives as Taylor Hayes, a second grader who loves to sing and dance.
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Christina Tkacik
4 years
Baltimore's lack of reliable public transportation is one of the worst things about living here. "It’s systemic racism. What else can you call it?" @cmcampbell6
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The Baltimore Sun
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Five years ago, Gov. Larry Hogan canceled the $2.9 billion Red Line, scrapping a project touted as a windfall of jobs, development and environmental sustainability, especially for some of the city’s Black neighborhoods.
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2 years
There is a good reason this is the most popular flavor of Taharka Brothers
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Christina Tkacik
3 years
❤️ this rainy mother-daughter moment on today’s @baltimoresun front page, courtesy of Ken Lam. ☔️ 🗞
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Today is my first day back @BaltimoreBanner ! Bear with me as I go through my ... *checks notes* 10,000 emails.
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3 years
I would like our IT department to note that I have been looking up strip clubs on my company computer for very valid work reasons
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2 years
A taste of Munich in downtown Baltimore at Zion’s Sour Beef Festival. This is a sour beef fan account now.
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10 months
I am putting these responses in a spreadsheet. One name keeps coming up. Baltimore, what is it with you and @EkibenBaltimore ?
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Christina Tkacik
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Baltimore: tell me about your favorite restaurant meals in the city. Something you could eat 10x a month and still not be sick of. Working on a new column…
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1 year
BaltCo just sent me the list of restaurants recently closed by the health department. Moving forward, @BaltimoreBanner will be running it each week in our free newsletter #TheDish . Thank you to @BaltCoGov and especially to @JohnnyOJr and staff for making this happen, fast!
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Christina Tkacik
4 years
An industry source says some Atlas employees are quitting in light of what they call unsafe working conditions.
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Christina Tkacik
5 years
A man shouted “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump” at a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” Wednesday night in Baltimore. Many in the audience feared the worst was about to happen.
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