The Corner Stable Awards

The Corner Stable Restaurant Review:

Baltimore is not exactly a barbecue town, but it does have a home-grown grill jockey or two. The Corner Stable is justly renowned for its slow-roasted baby-back ribs, fried chicken and heaping combination plates. These come with two sides --- baked beans, mac ‘n’ cheese and coleslaw lead the field. You'll be consuming the goodies in a dimly lit barroom of a place, curled up in a comfortable booth, sometimes shouting to be heard over the raucous crowd. But then that's part of the fun --- nobody will bat an eye when you lick that spicy Texas-style sauce from your fingers. Ribs and crab cakes can be ordered online and shipped to homesick Baltimoreans anywhere in the country. Also located at 8630 Guilford Rd., King’s Contrivance Shopping Center, Columbia, 240-755-0188.