The WNST 25th Anniversary celebration is just getting underway but we began our fun at Costas Inn with Dennis Koulatsos and the only member of the Triantafilos family who isn’t too shy to tell the amazing Dundalk family story of coming to America with a dream.
Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos why he’s so proud of the past quarter of a century of serving truth and accuracy to Baltimore sports fans via the airwaves and internet. And why the Orioles and Ravens still matter so much to our community.
Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos why he’s so proud of the past quarter of a century of serving truth and accuracy to Baltimore sports fans via the airwaves and internet. And why the Orioles and Ravens still matter so much to our community.
John Martin of The Maryland Lottery tells Nestor about the jackpots growing and winners winning all summer long during the 50th Anniversary celebration. @MDLottery
John Martin of The Maryland Lottery tells Nestor about the jackpots growing and winners winning all summer long during the 50th Anniversary celebration.
Christina Pelletier of Weis Markets helps Nestor be more mindful of food and nutrition in the New Year
Christina Pelletier of Weis Markets helps Nestor be more mindful of food and nutrition in the New Year. Time to put away the snacks and pastries of the holidays!
The seventeenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a day at the beach and stop at Crabs-To-Go in Berlin and some local attention on the farm at Burley Oak Brewing.
Hagerstown mayor Emily Keller invites Nestor for doughnuts, crab cakes & arts of Washington County
On the 28th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Nestor and Jenn left Hagerstown early to head to the fields of Antietam and a day in the vineyard. And then after lunch they discovered the beauty of downtown Frederick and a swirl of fun activity.
Hagerstown mayor Emily Keller invites Nestor for doughnuts, crab cakes & arts of Washington County
Nestor saw Rhea Feikin talk about it once on MPTV and always wanted to ride the Frostburg Flyer. It was just as good as advertised. A wonderful day in Cumberland exploring the hills of Western Maryland.
The Maryland #CrabCakeTour was an exploration of new places close to home after the plague. Nestor and Jenn had never been to Deep Creek Lake. Now, they’ll never not go back…
On the 23rd day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Nestor came home to Baltimore County and the legendary deliciousness of Costas Inn in Dundalk. The family has been serving my community for over 50 years and it was Mom’s favorite place to be on Mother’s Day for fried crab cake, cole slaw and fries.
It was a double cake day on the Eastern Shore as Nestor and family head to Smith Island to make a legend chocolate cake and drop by The Narrows on the way home for a crab cake and Kent Island hospitality.
The Maryland #CrabCakeTour hit all 24 municipalities in our beautiful state over 30 days last summer. Before Nestor hits the road on August 1st for 31 crab cakes and 31 breweries to celebrate 31 years on Baltimore radio, here is quiet Caroline County on the Eastern Shore.
Dundalk unmasked in Silver Spring al fresco and rocking with John Allen of Stone Horses. The Maryland Crab Cake Tour remains about friends and places. And, well, beer too…
On the 17th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour in 2021, Nestor sought the advice of many folks for
When you’ve lived in Maryland for half a century and still learn about places and things. Nothing more historic than this ferry. Go along for a ride from Bellevue to Oxford and a panko-crusted tarragon unique ‘cake at the Robert Morris Inn.
We did not pick a “best crab cake” on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour but we’ll say that we had none finer than this most remote of locations in the most awesome setting. Next time, we’ll get some oysters, too! Watch the Old Salty’s videos and you’ll know that we know and now you know…
Finally walking on the bridge named for Nestor’s former colleague at The Baltimore Evening Sun, the late, great Bill Burton. And a very tasty crab cake on a special day at Ocean Odyssey in Cambridge. We’ll be back for the RAR beer soon enough…
On the tenth day of the Maryland #CrabCakeTour in 2021, Nestor had August 10th circled as “Howard County” all along with James Taylor and Jackson Browne performing at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Nestor did double duty with a pair of tasty ‘cakes in Southern Maryland. Leaving from National Harbor and headed south, our first stop was at Captain Billy’s in Pope’s Creek overlooking the Potomac River and Route 301 bridge to Virginia. Then after a rainy trip to St. Mary’s City, Nestor and Jenn headed to Courtney’s in ultra remote Wynne, Maryland near the tip of Point Lookout.
As more and more businesses are shifting their focus to the port of Baltimore, Aaron Tomarchio and Damian O’Doherty discuss growth of TradePoint Atlantic at Costas Inn in Dundalk.
Aaron Tomarchio and Damian O’Doherty discuss growth of TradePoint Atlantic at Costas Inn in Dundalk
In addition to a long video series we’ll present at Baltimore Positive in September after the #CrabCakeTour from inside his picking facility in Cambridge, this is a long-form chat with Jack Brooks of J.M. Clayton Seafood along with Damye Hahn of Faidley’s in Baltimore discussing why those crab cakes cost what they do in the summer of 2021.
Nestor gets a full education on the crab picking industry and where the crab cakes come from in Cambridge from Jack Brooks and Damye Hahn
Is it broiled? Is it fried? Or is it a combination in some delicious way? Nestor continues to investigate the Coastal Highway on Day 4 at the beach on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
It didn’t take Nestor long to find out the story of Ocean City is the story of Baltimore people going east to the Atlantic Ocean. Meet Cole Taustin and hear his Pimlico tale of an Eastern Shore crab cake and family story of building a business on the Coastal Highway.
Ocean City family businesses and how The Embers begat a BLU crab cake
As our Maryland Crab Cake Tour extends to Linthicum Heights for the world famous G&M spicy deliciousness, County Executive Steuart Pittman discusses his role in leadership as COVID recedes and Anne Arundel County gets back to business.
County Executive Steuart Pittman discusses state of Anne Arundel County as pandemic recedes
During our Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop at G&M Restaurant in Linthicum, we chatted at length with County Executive Steuart Pittman about a wide array of post-pandemic issues of concern.
If you love Maryland crabs and crab cakes, we’ve got the story behind a significant Baltimore seafood institution at Lexington Market. We learned a lot about crustaceans talking to Nancy Faidley Devine about the perfect recipe and serving temperature. Backfin or jumbo lump? You decide…
If you love Maryland crabs and crab cakes, we’ve got the story behind a significant Baltimore seafood institution at Lexington Market. We learned a lot about crustaceans talking to Nancy Faidley Devine about the perfect recipe and serving temperature. Backfin or jumbo lump? You decide…
On the 4th of July holiday, take a crab cake break and learn the history of the oldest market in the United States of America and why Lexington Market still rocks!
On the 4th of July holiday, take a crab cake break and learn the history of the oldest market in the United States of America and why Lexington Market still rocks!
