MAIN & MARKET
DINING REVIEW
Upscale Casual
Main & Market a local gem
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By Rita Calvert Photography by Stephen Buchanan ow we have missed the pleasure of eating away from home, plates showy with careful garnish, and, most of all, simply enjoying friendly professional service!
and flowers add color. The large tent will stay until restaurant capacity is approved at 100 percent. We did opt for an outside meal. We were pleased to see the wine list’s interesting selection of mid-priced wines ranging from $24 to $44 per bottle. Many of the bottled wines are also sold by the glass. Our server was kind enough to offer a sample of Janielle Rose de Syrah. This light rose was a pleasing start to our meal and very refreshing with its red currant notes. No wonder it’s a customer favorite.
It wasn’t easy to make our entree choices from the many that appealed, with both specials of the day and regular options to choose from. From this week’s offerings, I was tempted by the Greek Chicken Bowl with a mélange of saffron rice, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata olives, red onion, and side of tzatziki sauce. Grilled chicken breast slices topped the dish. The second special for this period, Market Baguette of the Week, touted black forest ham, sliced brie, house-made blackberry jam, and arugula on
For nearly three decades, Main & Market, the upscale cafe, catering, and baking business, has garnered a reputation for creating mouth-watering fare, especially its quality comfort food. The busy cafe dining and catering office spaces buzz in a shopping center close to the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Annapolis. Although further south on the peninsula than downtown, regulars make a habit of breakfast, lunch, or neighborhood dinners. Main & Market’s outdoor staging experience with catering events prepared them well for rising to the challenges of COVID restrictions for dining out. After the operation went into hibernation for several months, an expansive tent was added to the cafe in March 2021 for additional outdoor seating while interior dining was still limited. Seating outside takes you to a most pleasant pleine air space. During chillier months, the space has full-size heaters plus individual smaller heaters on each table with a dial for your temperature preference. Edison lighting is strung around the ceiling while perky potted plants
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914 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis 410-626-0388 mainandmarket.com
