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The Dutch Corner is known for their “Happy Cake” for kids in Manchester. PHOTO BY JEFFREY F. BILL
pies, crab cakes, turkey, roast beef, fried rabbit,
hog maw, homemade salads and homemade
desserts. Bullocks Restaurant, 2020 Sykesville
Road in Westminster, has its own butcher shop
on the premises and is a buffet-style setting with
an all-you-can-eat salad bar with homemade
soups and menu that includes fried shrimp and
baked ham. Dutch Corner, 3154 Main St. in
Manchester, has been serving homestyle food
to the northern part of Carroll County since
1954. It serves breakfast and lunch with items
such as malted waffles and multiple types of eggs
benedict as well as sandwiches, soups, burgers
and milkshakes. A slightly more upscale, recent
entrant to this category is Sykesville Station,
7618 W. Main St., whose slogan is “Bringing a
little bit of Nashville to Sykesville.”
Splurge for dinner. The Smokehouse
Restaurant at Antrim 1844, 30 Trevanion Road
in Taneytown, an upscale dining establishment
inside a Taneytown hotel that predates the Civil
War, has earned some prestigious honors for
its cuisine. The Smokehouse Restaurant at
Antrim 1844 specializes in a six-course FrenchAmerican style dining experience with a wine
cellar that features more than 17,000 bottles from
all over the world. For more information, visit
antrim1844.com or call 410-756-6812.
Have a brew. Over the past few years, Carroll
County has become known for its craft brew
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pubs as pretty much every corner of the county
has its own. At least eight spots now offer their
own brews with a place to sit and enjoy it, often
with food made on the premises or brought in
via food truck. Among them: 1623 Brewing Co.,
5975 Exchange Drive, Suite H-L in Eldersburg,
www.1623brewing.com; Brewery Fire, 4337 Old
Taneytown Road, Suite B in Taneytown, www.
breweryfire.com; Flood Zone Marketplace &
Brewery, 50 N Main St, in Union Bridge, www.
floodzonebrewery.com; Pipe The Side Brewing
Co., 721 Hanover Pike, Suite 147 in Hampstead,
pipethesidebrewingcompany.com; Pub Dog
Brewing Co., 1203 New Windsor Road in
Westminster, pubdog.com/pub-dog-brewing;
Ruhlman Brewery, 2300 Harvey Gummel Road
in Hampstead, www.ourales.com; Monument
City Brewing At The Farm, 15513 Hanover
Pike, Upperco, www.monumentcitybrewing.
com/; Red Shedman Farm Brewery and Hop
Yard, 13601 Glissans Mill Rd, Mt Airy, https://
redshedman.com.
Wine and spirits. Unthinkable not so long
ago, Carroll County now has some vineyards
that are distinguishing themselves and, newer
still, distilleries. Serpent Ridge Vineyard, 2962
Nicodemus Road in Westminster, offers awardwinning wines and a boutique tasting room
overlooking their vineyard and says it specializes
in small lots of handmade wine from local grapes.
Old Westminster Winery, 1550 Old Westminster
Road in Westminster, also with award-winning
wines, takes reservations for its tasting room and
offers outdoor farm spaces to relax with a glass
(or flight) of wine and some snacks like pizza.
Galloping Goose Vineyards, 4326 Maple Grove
Road, Hampstead gallopinggoosevineyards.
com. Patapsco Distilling Co., 7609 Main St. in
Sykesville, offers award-winning craft Blue Fin
Vodka and JP Gin and says it will soon also
produce rye whiskey, limoncello and nocino
from Maryland grown grains. MISCellaneous
Distillery, 114 S. Main St. in Mount Airy, boasts
award-winning, locally produced spirits with
names like Risky Rum, Vivacious Vodka and
Gregarious Gin.