counting Senior Member Joined: 8 May 2005 Posts: 823 Location: Baltimore, MD
Posted Wed Mar 21, 2007, 6:22am Subject: Artifact Coffee in Baltimore
A new coffee bar just opened in Baltimore, Maryland - March 9 or thereabout. It's already gaining notice, so perhaps it deserves its own topic instead of being buried in the Coffee in Baltimore thread.
Artifact Coffee 2010 Clipper Park Rd. Baltimore, Maryland 410-464-8000
The shop is distinguished for offering quality coffee drinks the moment the doors opened, and for partnering with consummate coffee professionals (Counter Culture Coffee). My main problem with this place is that I probably will have gained a few pounds by the time I've visited ofen enough to have made my way through the drinks menu.
I don't know all the ownership, but at least two of the owners are Spike Gerdje and Nelson Carey. I don't know of Mr. Carey, but Mr. Gerdje is a Baltimore chef with a well-deserved notable reputation. Artifact Coffee is the first of what eventually will be a three-business complex including Woodberry Kitchen, a restaurant, and Woodberry Hall, a meeting/event room.
Light rail users: get off at the Woodberry station and walk through the arch just west of the tracks. Artifact is a block or so up the road, its location announced by a sign on the side of its building. Stop by for a double shot on your way to work!
Drivers: go the corner of Falls and Union, or Buena Vista and Union. Drive west across the light rail tracks into the development, which is still being built out on the site of one of the old Jones Falls mills. I'm a pedestrian, so I have neglected to note parking accomodations, but I guess it's there somewhere.
This discussion began with an alert from the ubiquitous Ryan Jensen in the Coffee in Baltimore thread. Other coverage is developing at Chowhound.
JV Senior Member Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 159 Location: Maryland Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Thu Mar 22, 2007, 2:17pm Subject: Re: Artifact Coffee in Baltimore
just got back from Artifact. great place. and the owners are fantastic and so are the drinks. ill be a regular for sure. i'm only 3 light rail stops away woo hoo. Another fantastic plus is that i can get my counter culture coffee anytime. i just bought 2lbs of aficianado. great stuff. i get Toscano from Murky and Aficianado from Artifiact..brilliant.
its a quality place and the Woodberry Kitchen will probably awesome as well.
cheers.
if anyone goes to bmore city make sure to check it out and also check out Spro in Towson.
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