Spoons - Baltimore

Location!

A May 2020 Remote Review

Spoons Cafe is located at 24 E. Cross Street, Baltimore, MD. Spoons is a small cafe with a lot of personality, it is definitely one of Federal Hill's hidden gems. Spoons offers breakfast, lunch and brunch. The coffee that is served here is served right and is in-house roasted and made by expert baristas by hand -- not to mention the coffee here is bottomless.

Spoons cafe has been in business since 1999 and is known to have the best biscuits in Maryland. Breakfast is served all day and there is something on the menu for everyone. Theyoffer buttermilk, pumpkin, apple, walnut and Brie pancakes. Although the cafe is small, it has a lot of personality. There is a nice small bar area and a decent amount of tables. During the week customers can seat themselves but during the weekends it gets pretty busy and the wait time varies but can be pretty long but the food, coffee and service is definitely worth the wait!

Spoons does not take reservations but does offer curbside pick up, delivery and carryout.

Spoons cafe has a very nice and welcoming atmosphere with very polite and respectful staff

that will make sure all of your needs are met. If you are ever in the area I strongly advise you

to just stop in and check it out, you won't be disappointed!


-- Kathleen Yanchuk

Food!

Atmosphere!

Coffee Maven note: Charming cafes like Spoons are often signifiers that a neighborhood has "arrived" in terms of economic development, sometimes signifying that the fine line between revitalization and gentrification has been crossed. Federal Hill is a neighborhood I visited frequently during the 1980s, when it was just starting to benefit from the economic revitalization of the nearby Inner Harbor. That project was led by James Rouse, known also for his efforts at Faneuil Hall in Boston.

For the location map, I have taken the liberty of showing how to walk to the café from the site of my 1987 wedding. I have not walked that exact route, but I have walked just about every part of it -- and in the late spring or summer it would be a lovely walk indeed, passing by not only the Inner Harbor but also past the ramparts o'er which the Star-Spangled Banner once waved.