With Prim & Proper, Baltimore restaurateurs collaborate rather than compete
A few years ago, when Chris Simon was looking to open his first restaurant, he put in an offer on a Fleet Street space that seemed to check all the boxes. It turned out another restaurateur — Berry Clark, co-owner of the already-popular Papi Cuisine — saw the same perks he did. Simon ended up winning the lease for the building, and opened BLK Swan there in 2021. Though he and Clark would seem ...