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We lost Johnny’s Half Shell to the pandemic. After 20 years, it deserves a farewell toast. Tom Sietsema © Provided by The Washington Post The recent passing of a longtime dining favorite went unannounced in a proper obituary. Allow me to imagine how it might have opened: Johnny’s Half Shell, the beloved Chesapeake-influenced seafood restaurant that was opened by James Beard award-winning chef Ann Cashion and business partner John Fulchino in Dupont Circle in 1999, reloc...

Remembering Johnny’s Half Shell for Ann Cashion’s food, John Fulchino’s service — and a singular experience

Print Jayne Miller, WBAL-TV 11 Some restaurants in Baltimore City are closing, at least temporarily, because of coronavirus restrictions prohibiting in-person dining. The 11 News I-Team on Friday reviewed what the trends in coronavirus cases tell us about the citys strict restrictions. Two of the restaurants closing are long-time fixtures in Baltimore. Restaurant owner Jackie McCusker has operated in the Canton community for almost 30 years, but Thursday was the last day of busines...

Slide 2 of 2 Celebrate the Feast of Three Kings on Jan. 6 with a delicious King Cake pastry (Rosca) from Tia Maria by Costeaux. (Shutterstock) Phew, we’ve almost made it, folks. Though the light at the end of the tunnel may still seem dim, we can wish 2020 goodbye and hope for a better 2021. To start off the new year right, many restaurants will be open for takeout with their usual menus on Thursday, Dec. 31. But we also found a few special events to share: Fried Chicken Zoom Party at Backyar...

Why? >> john t. edge: this place is like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? >> anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee -- booker wright, who had been working at luscos as a waiter wince he was 14 years old. >> booker: thanks to yall. we dont have a real menu. id be glad to tell you what were gonna serve tonight. >> anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. book...

And unchanged. why? >> john t. edge: this place is like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? >> anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee -- booker wright, who had been working at luscos as a waiter since he was 14 years old. >> booker: thanks to yall. we dont have a real menu. id be glad to tell you what were gonna serve tonight. >> anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race re...

It takes me back to preparing for my wedding, oddly in the backyard at my moms house in raleigh, north carolina 1985. it was hot and i claim it was only 85, others are telling me it was warmer. rob wisely said then, tell folks to bring their shorts because after the magistrate, equivalent of the justice of peace marries us, were going to add adjourn to another zone of the yard and break out the shorts and frisbees and listen to jazz and drink some beer and celebrate. oysters on the half shell. w...

Like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? >> anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee -- booker wright, who had been working at luscos as a waiter wince he was 14 years old. >> booker: thanks to yall. we dont have a real menu. id be glad to tell you what were gonna serve tonight. >> anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. bookers entertaining recitation of the men...

>> i have eight kids. you know what? if you look at the inauguration, members of congress sit in the half shell. a great american experience and members of congress dont go there to represent themselves or their families or districts. we represent america in that half shell. a great tradition where he come together as one country after a divisive political battle and we join hands and move forward as americans, not as partisans. im disappointed that democrats are saying no to see donald trumps i...

Asked him to do his usual routine for the camera. >> we have great shrimp cocktail, shrimp, half shell. >> but at the end of his usual litany is where he dropped the truth bomb that nobody was ready for. right here. >> now, as for my customers -- i say my customers. they expect it of me. some are nice, some are not. some call me booker. some call me john. some call me jim. some call me nigger. all that hate, but you have to smile. if you dont, whats wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the mor...