A new restaurant serving comfort food and crab cakes is coming to the Bel-Air Edison neighborhood.
Kodi's will open by the end of the year at 3539 Belair Rd. The menu will include a house seafood soup, stuffed broccoli with cheese, mozzarella sticks, and crab cakes, co-owner Jacqueline Rinehart says.
Rinehart, who will run the business with her husband and daughter, says she hopes to create a neighborhood joint where you're "guaranteed a nice family environment."
"It's needed in the neighborhood," Rinehart says of the restaurant. "There's nowhere in the neighborhood to sit down and relax." Rinehart has applied for a live entertainment license with the Baltimore City liquor board so she can feature live jazz.
The area is full of carryout spots but is lacking in full-service restaurants, says Mary Warlow, director of programs and marketing for
Belair-Edison Neighborhoods.
"It would be nice to have some variety," Warlow says. "It will be a good addition to Main Street."
Rinehart and her partners remodeled the whole building and installed five 42-inch flat-screen TVs. Rinehart declined to say how much they
are spending to open the restaurant and renovate the building.
"We're always glad when business owners invest in the buildings," Warlow says. "The nicer it is the more likely they'll survive as a restaurant."
Writer: Julekha Dash
Sources: Jacqueline Rinehart, Kodi's; Mary Warlow, Bel-Air Edison Neighborhoods