Fells Point

A great place to spend a sunny day!
Came to Baltimore for the first time this past weekend, and Fells Point immediately won me over. There were tons of people out walking, eating, drinking, exploring, and there was such a vibrant energy that it was hard not to get excited. The pier is beautiful and there are some really great restaurants (most with outdoor seating) right on the water, so you can still appreciate the day while eating. Also tons of dessert options!
This is definitely an area I’ll be sure to come back to on my next visit!

Cool place to walk around. We went on a Saturday, rode the water taxi over, walked around the farmers market. Lots of little restaurants and quaint shops. Very pet friendly area, many people had their dogs with them.

What a great area! Definitely charming.
My friend recommended this area as a place to check out in Baltimore and I would highly recommend it. Check out the shops, check out the little parks, and support local businesses. Beautiful area.
Cobblestone in various areas. Careful!
Must come back to Baltimore and check out more of this area.

Why, oh why, did we come here with kids? This part of Baltimore is so charming! Cobblestone streets (hard to cross in shoes other than sneakers), cute rowhouses, restaurants and bars. We arrived by water taxi and immediately hit the ice cream store (which is a Maggie Moo’s). We walked around but couldn’t enjoy the shops as we would’ve liked. The main square has a Farmer’s Market during the right time of the year. There was a guy playing music on the side of the road. Great views.

Beautiful local area. We went to the dock and caught a water taxi to visit Fells Point. You can get there by car, but honestly… if you can travel by water??? That is a no brainer. We got a day pass, and it allowed us to take any color water taxi. There are three different color water taxis that go to different areas of the harbor. I would recommend a day pass for $ 14.00 The streets are cobblestone, and there are hundreds of shops to browse through. Plenty of places to eat, drink, and have ice cream! It was a gorgeous day.

Always a great place to go when visiting baltimore. its gotten kind of weird now with windshield squeegee kids and kids trying to sell you cookies. but oh well.
bars area always fun. parking isnt bad either.

Girlfiend and I spent a night staying on a houseboat that we rented here via SleepAfloat. The area was super cool. There was a ton of cool local bars, and a lot of great food. We found that Über was a lot less expensive to get around than the water taxis. Be sure to check out the Thames Street Oyster house, as well as the antiques market if its going on.
If you have time, explore max’s tap house for great beers!

Cool area by the water to wander. Cobblestone streets. Mostly restaurants. You can catch a water taxi to ($ 14 adults/​$ 7 kids for the day) other areas of Baltimore. That’s a nice boat ride and beautiful view of the city.

This place is very nice and cozy, good for couples, take a stroll on the boardwalk, or shop at the local shops that line the streets, just wear walking shoes, the cobblestone streets are very hard on your feet.

Great area of Baltimore near the water with bars, shops, housing, and restaurants. Among the best places is Peters Inn… a tavern with excellent food. Also Max’s Tap House for the best beer bar. Don’t miss Upper Fells for the Billie Holiday Murals and some great Latino food.

There is so much to do in Fell’s Point!
Walk along the promenade for a beautiful stroll along the water. Or you can hop on the beer bike cart with a group of friends and make it an afternoon. Check out live music along Thames Street at one of the many local bars. Enjoy a bottle of wine at VN-​O and sit outside with waterfront views. Don’t forget to get a crêpe at Sofi’s Crepes!
There is also a bunch to do at Patterson Park, which is in the area. It’s a great place to go for a long walk or pass a football.
The water taxi is a great way to get to and from Fell’s and enjoy a great view! You can get a day pass for $ 12!

It was snowing and ice cold the day we visited Fells Point.
We expected a lot of places to be closed to prepare for the snow and to avoid the cold, but PTL, everything was opened.
I bet this place is really lovely when Spring/​Summer hits the place.
Very nice spot to kick back and enjoy life with a few friends. Pubs and bars everywhere. I wouldn’t mind driving up here just to enjoy a day with friends and bum around for the local goodies.

Fells Point is an adorable and historic area along the harbor that I highly recommend to any tourist. The main square is lined with restaurants and cute little stores and it has a handful of benches on which to sit and enjoy the day.
This is one of Baltimore’s more quaint areas and is definitely worth a stroll if you have some spare time on a nice day.

Composite review:
Harbor ferries, walk on the inner harbor, hundreds of restaurants, music in many places throughout the week, adequate parking (but the specialized parking pay machines seem twitchy)… Cat’s Eye Pub, and Admiral’s Cup are the two most recent venues for our visits. Lots of shops, a great vinyl record store… This is a major tourist attraction (even if you live in Baltimore).
Just go an enjoy a day and evening.
f8 and be there.

A great place to spend a day!!!

One of the more hip neighborhoods in Baltimore. Very young crowd (20s-​30s) at night. Plenty of bars and restaurants to choose from. They even have a creperie, gelateria, and a moules frites house, yum!
The best part: Fells Point Fun Fest. Annual gathering of food yummies, concerts, and all the festival-​y stuff you can think of. We always have fun!
One negative thing — very little parking available. There’s a garage about ¹⁄₃ of mile away though.

Before visiting Baltimore, I saw a lot of reference to Fells Point being a cool neighborhood full of shops, restaurants, bars, galleries and boutique stores. Or maybe that is what I inferred from what I read? The reality of Fells Point is that is it FULL of restaurants and bars. Like, a LOT of them. And that’s cool if you are wanting something to eat or live or work near here as you would have a variety to pick from one day to the next. As a tourist looking to do window shopping and waste a day in the cool, trendy neighborhood, it’s not really enough. Can’t really hit up all the bars and restaurants on one trip so you need the galleries and shops. Unfortunately, there just weren’t a lot of those that we found. There is a good music store (Sound Garden) and an okay touristy gift shop (Chesapeake something or other) and a Natty Boh store with all the Natty Boh shirts and accessories you’d like. Beyond those… we didn’t find much to browse.
The area is quaint and features the original cobblestone/​brick streets. The buildings are cute and what you imagine of an old east coast neighborhood. The cooler stores seemed to be all right near the harbor with less as you went inland more. The main street going inland looks like it will be festooned with all sorts of cute shops and cool wares but it turns out it is mostly bars and empty storefronts.
The one restaurant we went to (Brick Oven Pizza) was excellent and there were several others that looked good, so for a place to eat, this would be a great place to try.
All in all, Fells Point just didn’t live up to my expectation. There are lots of cool bars and places to eat but it seems to be sold as a place to stroll for an afternoon window shopping and checking out galleries. We just didn’t find enough shops and galleries to spend an afternoon walking the streets, exploring and shopping. The area is cute but needs more shops to balance out all the food.

Fell’s Point is a very popular place in the city and parking was hard to find. I scored a free spot on a side street and made my way to the main attractions. This is really a place to enjoy WITH people because it’s full of fun and lively bars and expensive shopping. I felt pretty lonely hobbling along the cobblestone streets (I hate walking on those streets in flats) during some of my downtime on a business trip. I was deliriously exhausted so not really up for making friends so I wondered the streets aimlessly looking for a purpose. I bet if I go back, well rested, checking out more fun places with people, my review will change slightly. It will still be very busy, very BAR heavy and very expensive and that’s just not my scene.
One of the places I for sure wanted to stop, and had planned to check out, was The Horse You Came In On Saloon. Made famous as one of Edgar Alan Poe’s favorite drinking spots. In fact, one of the female employees, who declined to give her name for superstitious reasons, theorizes that the dark poet, «…had been walking home from The Horse You Came In On when he died».
She believes it is Edgar Allen Poe’s ghost that resides in this pub. She believes the spirit, which this employee lovingly refers to as «Edgar», is responsible for strange occurrences throughout the bar.
Fells Point served as the port of Baltimore for more than 100 years, it saw many a seaman cross its path in its day. Incorporated into Baltimore City in 1797 and with deep water reaching almost all the way to its shoreline, Fells Point was a natural place for trade. And drunks. Which was the case that night and I was just too tired to make my way through a crowded establishment. I wanted a nice, quiet dinner so I moved on down the road in search of great steamed shrimp.
Some history:
In 1726 William Fell purchased the land where the small waterfront community of Fells Point still thrives. It served as a main port and shipyard for over 100 years. As such, it attracted shipmen and other working class citizens. These men frequented the brothels and bars of Fells Point.
Fell’s Point has a maritime past and has the air of a seafaring town, it has the greatest concentration of drinking establishments in the city. This waterfront community is a tourist destination. It can be reached by «water taxi» barges, expressway/​interstate highways, local streets and boulevards and several municipal/​state transit bus lines. There is a lot of history here, notably some of the first vessels commissioned for the US Navy were built in Fell’s Point shipyards, including the USS Constellation in 1797. However, the area became best known for producing topsail schooners, sometimes erroneously called Baltimore clippers, renowned for their great speed and handling. They were excellent blockade runners, and were frequently used as armed privateers. The Pride of Baltimore II is based on the Chasseur, built by Thomas Kemp, which was one of the most successful privateers built in Fell’s Point.
During the War of 1812, Fell’s Point built and supported dozens of privateers which preyed on British shipping vessels. Consequently Baltimore became a principal target of the British during the war, which eventually led to the bombardment of Fort McHenry. Another growth industry in Fell’s Point was immigration, and it became a major point of entry into the United States. Since jobs were plentiful in shipbuilding and in the warehouses and factories, many of the immigrants stayed in Fell’s Point. This added to the multicultural fabric of the area, but also caused the more affluent to move into other parts of the city.
Fell’s Point achieved some fame as the central setting for the 1990s network police drama Homicide: Life on the Street, and has been the site of many films shot in Baltimore. «Tin Men,» a movie based on true stores and experiences of the form stone salesmen in Baltimore, was shot in Fell’s Point.
More interesting milestones if you will:

My fiftieth review!
Fells Point, Baltimore, is a treasure not only in the city of Baltimore — but in the greater East Coast.
It has its claim to fame from the days of ship building in the 1800’s. Clipper ships, as well as ships termed «blockade runners» were manufactured here during the early days of Baltimore. The privateers were a chief reason Fort McHenry was bombed during the war of 1812. Pirate bars abound — Wharf Rat and Horse You Came In On both still enjoy the notoriety from those early days.
Immigrants from all of Europe found their way to the busy port, and their influence is still felt not only in the architecture but the current restaurants and shops lining the streets.
Come here during the Privateer Festival in late April, during the Fells Fun Festival in August — or any other time of year. There’s a thriving Farmer’s market from the first weekend of May till the end of October.
Find bars, gastropubs, boutiques, gelato, ice cream, antiques, fine dining, ethnic food, pretzels, amazing coffee shops, entertainment venues, great views — all mixed with a little bit of history and some of the friendliest locals to be found in Baltimore. Ride on the Fearless (our Urban Pirate brigade), walk your dog, go on a ghost tour, meet for a first date… the possibilities are endless in this eclectic and trendy area.
Highlights:
— Kilwins Chocolate — gourmet chocolates
— Wharf Rat — atmosphere/​beer
— Max’s — beerhaus of dreams
— Stuggy’s — best hotdogs around
— Berthas — eat the mussels. Just do it!
— Tortilleria Sinaloa — homemade tortillas/​tacos
— Polina’s Prive — amazing lingerie
— Sound Garden — music store
— Bonaparte — almond croissants
— Farmer’s Market — everything!
— Pitango Gelato — better than in Little Italy
— John Stevens pub — seafood, bartenders
— Ale Mary’s — tater tots
— Krakus Deli — awesome Polish sausage!
…and more. I’m on a mission to review everything.
You can come here via Water Taxi, taxi, bus, free city circular, car, bicycle, or foot. The important thing is just to come, and experience one of the most inviting areas in Baltimore.

I’ve lived in Baltimore for about 30 years now… I know I look so young. Fells Point has always been the fun place to hang out for happy hours, bar hopping, and yes theater (plays). There are so many food places to get lost in. My favorite is Stuggy’s the best place to grab a hot dog and top it with crab mac & cheese. (to die for). They have the Urban Pirates Cruise, where you can set sail as a pirate. The shops are unique, many special one of a kind finds to be stashed up.
Come all to a fun place for the kids during the day but the night life is pure adult fun.