Eats and Drinks
Best Diner
Sip and Bite
2200 Boston St., (410) 675-7077
A truly great diner manages the tricky balance between great food, Hopperesque ambience, and the total 24/7 availability of the same. We'll spare you our rant against shiny chrome faux "diners" tricked out in made-in-China nostalgia ware from an era that never existed and urge you instead to go immediately to the Sip and Bite. Funky (occasionally even a little grimy), vibrant, greasy, and fun, this diner is the real deal--a survivor of Canton's once-flourishing gritty waterfront before it got all prettied up for wealthy young professionals. The S&B is open all hours, serves breakfast 'round the clock (while sober we sometimes wish breakfast was a little less slapdash, but while drunk we've tasted none finer), and has great meat loaf. What more can fans of cheap food, late nights, and Felliniesque people watching ask for?
Other Awards for Best Diner:
Broadway Diner, 9/16/2009
Broadway Diner, 9/17/2008
Forest Diner, 9/19/2007
Happy Day Diner, 9/20/2006
Holiday Restaurant, 9/21/2005
Overlea Diner, 9/22/2004
Sip and Bite, 9/17/2003
Boulevard Diner, 9/19/2001
Rallo's Restaurant, 9/13/2000
Star Light Diner, 9/15/1999
Star Light Diner, 9/17/1997
Double T, 9/18/1996
All Awards for Sip and Bite:
Best Maryland Crab Soup, 9/16/2009
Best Diner, 9/17/2003
Best Crab Cake You Wouldn’t Expect, 9/18/1996