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Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes, Travel

No. 2 TastyNes and 27th Anniversary Tour: Ekiben Broccoli Tempura

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Calling this amazing creation only the “second best” dish in the city is probably heresy but who knew that that a cruciferous vegetable could possibly be this delicious? Go ahead, get the broccoli tempura at any of the three Ekiben locations and tell us it’s not the best thing you’ve ever tasted! And, if you’re really hungry, make sure you get the Neighborhood Bird Bowl, too. Pick up some chopsticks on the way out. (You’re welcome…)

Marcella Knight and Ricig discuss 40 years of Koco’s Pub and why crab cakes matter in Baltimore

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The sign on the door says: ONLY NICE PEOPLE ALLOWED! And somehow Marcella Knight and the awesome folks at Koco’s Pub were still nice enough to allow us to celebrate their 40th Anniversary that required some #TastyNes Koconut Shrimp along on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour from the heart of Lauraville with tales of our favorite things to eat in Baltimore along with our favorite Ko-Host, sports cartoonist Ricig.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes, Travel

Celebrating 40 years of crab cake love with nice people only (and Koco-nut Shrimp) at Koco’s Pub

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The sign on the door says: ONLY NICE PEOPLE ALLOWED! And somehow Marcella Knight and the awesome folks at Koco’s Pub were still nice enough to allow us to celebrate their 40th Anniversary that required some #TastyNes Koconut Shrimp along on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour from the heart of Lauraville with tales of our favorite things to eat in Baltimore along with our favorite Ko-Host, sports cartoonist Ricig.

Talking coffee and Baltimore life with Thomas Rhodes and Dan Rodricks at Zeke’s Coffee with Nestor

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As Baltimore Positive gets ready to celebrate its 27th Anniversary and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour will feature our 27 favorite things to eat in Baltimore, we set the stage at Zeke’s Coffee with a caffeinated discussion about menus, pastries, sandwiches and meals of happiness with Dan Rodricks, who shares his culinary peppers and eggs philosophy to Thomas Rhodes and Joe Robinson on Harford Road.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time

Going beyond the coffee on the menu at Zeke’s

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As Baltimore Positive gets ready to celebrate its 27th Anniversary and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour will feature our 27 favorite things to eat in Baltimore, we set the stage at Zeke’s Coffee with a caffeinated discussion about menus, pastries, sandwiches and meals of happiness with Dan Rodricks, who shares his culinary peppers and eggs philosophy to Thomas Rhodes and Joe Robinson on Harford Road.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics, Remember That Time

The Friday morning town hall of local talk at Zeke’s Coffee in Lauraville

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Inspired by Zeke’s Coffee roaster and taste maker Thomas Rhodes, every Friday morning a group of Lauraville locals drop by for a cup and a round table of neighborhood chatter and conviviality. The Maryland Crab Cake Tour plopped down for a morning edition with local pundit Dan Rodricks, cartoonist Ricig and coffee and democracy chatter over breakfast.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Oyster Tour, Remember That Time

Day 18 When the Highlandtown aioli is elevated you know you’re eating fried oysters at The Chasseur

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As an East Baltimore lifer, Nestor Aparicio loves going to his favorite places owned by old friends. On Day 18, once he heard the Highlandtown aioli was elevated he knew he’d be seeking out his old Berkshire chum Brian Eder for some fried oysters at The Chasseur, high on the Highland Street hill at Foster.

Odette Ramos and Nestor talk Baltimore strengths and needs

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Our returning Councilwoman from Baltimore City’s 14th District Odette Ramos joins Nestor at MACo in Ocean City to discuss progress and problems in the city we call home, emphasizing the importance of having a council that reflects the city’s diversity and can effectively address the unique needs of different neighborhoods.

Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Feeding the strengths of Baltimore and serving the weaknesses

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Our returning Councilwoman from Baltimore City’s 14th District Odette Ramos joins Nestor at MACo in Ocean City to discuss progress and problems in the city we call home, emphasizing the importance of having a council that reflects the city’s diversity and can effectively address the unique needs of different neighborhoods.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Row, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Health, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Wellness

Crab Cake Row: John Hoey of The Y joins Nestor with 33rd Street lore and Baltimore community growth

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John Hoey of The Y joins Nestor with 33rd Street lore and Baltimore community growth at Koco’s Pub in Lauraville on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” to benefit the Maryland Food Bank.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Health, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Nutrition, Politics, Travel

So, what exactly is my famous “family” vegan crab cake at Gertrude’s?

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It took us a few years but we always wanted to try this vegan crab cake at Gertrude’s at The Baltimore Museum of Art with 14th District Councilwoman Odette Ramos, who has bragged about the legend of this delectable alternative made by chef John Shields. Then, we found out that Nestor is related to him and a Smalltimore holiday moment occurred over zucchini and vegan family love.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Measuring progress and impact with City Councilwoman Odette Ramos

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Councilwoman Odette Ramos joins Nestor from her beloved 14th District inside Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art to discuss Baltimore’s progress and challenges on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time

There’s no place like ho-ho-home for the holidays in Baltimore

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Baltimore Magazine editor Ron Cassie joins Nestor and Ko-host Ricig to talk KISS, local sports, neighborhoods, bike lanes and better transportation at Koco’s on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by the Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube Multicare. And the time that Morganna The Kissing Bandit kissed Nestor…

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Travel

The Pappas crab cake story from Parkville to wherever you are for the holidays

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As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube takes us throughout the community to tell the best Baltimore Positive stories and Weis conversations, there are none better than the crab cake tales of family lore and secret recipes kept for three generations. Let Steve Pappas tell you the 50-year history history of his family crab cake and Parkville legacy.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time

Ever wonder how all of that stained glass in Baltimore got there?

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Anthropologist Linda Rabben shares her local expertise and new book on the social history of stained glass in 20th Century Baltimore homes that you’ve driven by every day of your life. A fascinating deep dive from churches to stoops to Roland Park aristocracy a century ago.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Travel

Only nice people allowed: It’s the local Lauraville family love that makes Koco’s Pub perfect

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Our Maryland Crab Cake Tour will be making more stops with Marcella and her gang on Harford Road in Lauraville as we continue to the take the show on the road, presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube. The familiar faces of the place and the parrots, margaritas and Koconut shrimp extend behind the bar and into the kitchen with a great family story. Meet Liz and Sea Bass. They’ve got Orioles Fever, too!

Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Travel

When it’s all Greek on your 25th Anniversary

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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.

Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Improving life in District 45 with Senator McCray

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With the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back in Baltimore City at legendary Koco’s Pub in Lauraville, Senator Cory McCray told us about progress and life in the 45th District and working in Annapolis to make the state’s largest city function better for our citizens.

Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News

Making you an offer you can’t refuse – but only on Wednesday!

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Spirits West owner Ric Kehoe talks softball, West Baltimore and the longest streets of rowhomes in America from Wilkens Avenue where he offers the legendary “Godfather” Italian cold cut but only if you get there early! The Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolls through the city all summer here at WNST Baltimore Positive.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Politics, Sports, Sports News

After seeing Wrigleyville, can Camdenville be far off for Angelos and Orioles?

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With the Orioles playing with a year-to-year lease and seeking unspoken improvements near Camden Yards from Governor Wes Moore, Mike Rosenfeld tells Nestor about what he saw on the north side of Chicago during the Birds recent weekend at Wrigley Field.

Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Travel

Oprah’s crab cake comes to Harford County

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The Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery and Window Nation made its way back to Harford County in time for the grand opening of the newest Pappas Restaurant location in the Greenbrier Shopping Center. Our old pal Tim Miller welcomes Nestor to the new place with the same delicious ‘cake that made Parkville, Cockeysville and Glen Burnie famous!

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Arts and Entertainment, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Travel

Maryland Crab Cake (and Brewery) Tour Day 26: Rocksalt hospitality in Westminster and cold beer at Farmacy

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The 26th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland led us to Westminster and the vaunted ‘cake of Rocksalt Grille and a beer on the farm at Farmacy Brewing in Reisterstown.

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