The Dogwood Restaurant Review
911 W. 36th St. (Elm Ave.) 
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Baltimore, MD 21211
410-889-0952 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch & Dinner Mon.-Sat.Features
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Parking lot
- Business casual
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| The Dogwood restaurant is good to the earth --- seasonal and sustainable foodstuffs are preferred --- as well as to local farmers and small-scale, fine-food artisans. It’s good to the community, running an apprenticeship program that trains struggling Baltimoreans for professional careers. It’s also good to its patrons, introducing nightly specials, casual fare, and small plates to help keep things affordable. You just know eating here is good for your karma. Happily, it’s just as good for your taste buds. Chef Galen Sampson, who owns the place with his activist wife, Bridget, used to be top toque at Hampton’s, once Baltimore’s leading fine-dining palace. The Dogwood combines the urbane and the earthy in its informal yet knowledgeable service and in such dishes as wild-caught Virginia catfish with spicy shrimp etouffée, and North African lamb shoulder baked in phyllo. There’s a design-your-own three-course dinner option for $39.95. Vegetarian choices are always offered. Desserts range from carrot cake to a seasonal crème brûlée. And in keeping with the bountiful harvest theme, the portions are generous, and the plates, like the exuberantly painted walls, are colorful as can be. |
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