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Nostalgic Baltimore restaurants

We heard from people who have strong attachments to food they grew up on at other neighborhood joints like Morgan & Millard in Roland Park or Fields Pharmacy in Pikesville. The food they remember wasn't always fancy -- a club sandwich, a grilled cheese, a chocolate milkshake -- but in their memory, they were perfection. What was your favorite neighborhood meal?

Now, after the original Morgan & Milllard tearoom closed in 1979, another restaurant moved into the same space in the Roland Park Shopping Center. The new place was called Morgan Millard, without an ampersand. So, when you’re swapping nostalgic memories of “The Morgue,” make sure first you’re talking about the same place.  (Unknown / Baltimore Sun)

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Baltimore has seen a lot of its iconic restaurants close in recent years. Here’s a look back at some of the restaurants and watering holes that remain only in the hearts and memories of those who dined there.

Peabody Book Shop and Beer Stube

It would be hard to think of anything from the 1970s that was more quintessentially Baltimore than the Peabody Book Shop and Beer Stube, a basement bar that doubled as the “home” of Dantini the Magnificent, a self-styled magician (and acquaintance of Houdini) who would have been right at home in an early John Waters film. The Beer Stube, in the basement of 913 N. Charles St., opened as a bookstore in 1927; liquor was added in 1933. It closed in 1986, seven years after Dantini died.  (GEORGE W. HOLSEY / Baltimore Sun)

There was a second Pimlico restaurant, which closed in Pikesville's Commer Centre in 1991. But most Baltimoreans pine away for the original, the Pimlico Hotel, which ran from 1951 to 1984 on Park Heights Avenue, not too far from the Pimlico Race Course. Movie stars, athletes, politicians and ordinary people flocked to the Pimlico Hotel for fat egg rolls, Coffey salads and friendly service.

There was a second Pimlico restaurant, which closed in Pikesville’s Commer Centre in 1991. But most Baltimoreans pine away for the original, the Pimlico Hotel, which ran from 1951 to 1984 on Park Heights Avenue, not too far from the Pimlico Race Course. Movie stars, athletes, politicians and ordinary people flocked to the Pimlico Hotel for fat egg rolls, Coffey salads and friendly service.   (Richard Childress / Baltimore Sun)

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