Join a run club (there’s one every day of the week); go to charm city trivia, pick a spot, see if a random team will let you join (we’ve picked up several players like that).

Orient Express is solid, if you order off their sichuan menu. In MV, got a lot of opinions. I loved Allora, Ash bar is fun but over priced, always had soft spots for Cafe Fili and Indochine. Sammy’s Trattoria can be great. Can not be. Don’t sleep on Soups On. Baby on Fire is better than Dooby and Bun Shop fight me. Other people like Wet City and swear that I’m wrong about it. Minato and Aloha are there and will scratch an itch but there are absolutely better spots. Station North, Old Goucher, Remington, etc. are an easy bike ride and have a lot of really interesting spots.