Blue State Blues: Restaurant Exodus Hits Crime-Ridden Baltimore City
13th March 2025
Another long-standing restaurant in one of Baltimore City’s popular bar districts is closing its doors, marking another casualty in the city’s imploding hospitality scene. While the farewell messages from these establishments offer little explanation for their abrupt departures, the broader message has been very clear: Years of lawlessness, gang violence resembling a war zone, carjackings, out-of-control youth, high taxes, and deteriorating public safety have taken a toll on business owners. Meanwhile, City Hall—under far-left Democratic control—continues marching the metro into economic demise as the city’s population tumbles to a century-low.