A Stop-By-Stop Guide to Good Eats on the Banner Route

Want to eat your way through the Charm City Circulator Banner Route like I did?
 
Here’s everything you need to know.
 
The Charm City Circulator buses are scheduled to run every 10 minutes. Use your smart phone to view the webpage, punch in your stop and see how long until the next bus arrives or see where the buses are on the route.
 
For those tourists or locals starting off at the Baltimore Visitor Center, one will find Charm City Circulator maps with route stops for each bus route. There are additional fliers for each Charm City Circulator route that note points of interest by bus stop number.

My stop at the Visitor Center had two purposes: to look at the journey through visitors' eyes and to scout for restaurant fliers and their menus that were on the Banner route. I found a few. I picked up the Visit Baltimore guide, SoBo Voice magazine and an LGBT Visitors Guide to Baltimore. Each had a mention or an ad on many Locust Point restaurants and pubs. I picked up additional research on Google maps and riding the route.
 
Here’s a handy checklist with some of my favorite good eats and drinks and where you can find them on the route.

Restaurant Name	Stop No.	Location
Baba's Mediterranean Kitchen	406	Boyle Street/Key Hwy.
Baltimore Sandwicherie & Deli	409	Decatur/Fort Ave.
Barfly's	405	Jackson St./Key Hwy.
Barracuda's Locust Point Tavern	413	Woodall St./Fort Ave.
Big Matty's Diner	407	Fort Ave/Lawrence St.
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.	401	Conway St./Light St.
Captain Larry's Bar & Gril	405	Jackson St./Key Hwy.
City Limits Sports Bar	410	Andre St./Fort Ave.
Edo Sushi	420	Pratt Street
Five Points Tavern	413	Woodall St./Fort Ave.
HarborQue	414	Lawrence St.
Hull Street Blues	409	Decatur/Fort Ave.
J. Patrick's Irish Pub	410	Andre St./Fort Ave.
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches	408	Whetstone Way/Fort Ave.
Koba Café	405	Jackson St./Key Hwy.
Kona Grill	420	Pratt Street
L.P. Steamer's Crab House	413	Woodall St./Fort Ave.
Lenny's Deli	420	Pratt Street
Little Havana	416	Harborview/Key Hwy.
Miguel's Cocina y Cantina	410	Andre St./Fort Ave.
Morton's the Steakhouse	419	Charles St./Conway
Mr. Rain's Fun House	404	American Visionary Art Museum
Red Parrot Asian Bistro	408	McHenry Row
Rita's Italian Ice	401	Harborplace
Rusty Scupper	404	Harborview/Key Hwy.
Sorso Café	416	Harborview/Key Hwy.
Sullivan's Steakhouse	420	Pratt St/Light St.
Tabrizi's	416	Whetstone Way/Fort Ave.
The Green Turtle	408	McHenry Row
The Wine Market	407	Foundry at the Fort
Thornton's Pub	412	Towson/E. Clement St.
Wiley Gunter's	407	E. Fort Ave.
Yogi Castle	407	McHenry Row

Dara Bunjon has a passion for food – its origins, preparation and consumption. Her passion became her business Dara Does It. Her rants, raves, reviews, reminiscences, and recipes can be found regularly on her Dining Dish and Dara Does It blogs. 

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