Baltimore: Tagliata (June 2018)


My spouse and I dined at Tagliata for brunch on a Sunday in early June 2018. Tagliata is open for weekday lunch (or weekend brunch) and dinner daily. You can make a reservation using the online Open Table system.

Tagliata opened in August 2017 in the Harbor East neighborhood, located between Fells Point and the Inner Harbor, near hotels including the Four Seasons, Marriott, Homewood Suites, and Hilton Garden Inn. It occupies the location of the former Fleet Street Kitchen.

The Atlas Restaurant Group (which also runs nearby restaurants Azumi, Loch Bar, and Ouzo Bay) operates Tagliata. The curiously named Italian Disco (bar/restaurant) across the courtyard from Tagliata shares an attractive outdoor space that offers high-top, bar, and lounge seating on a brick patio nestled between the two buildings. (Unfortunately it was raining on the afternoon that we visited, so it wasn’t operational.) The Elk Room (formerly called Ten Ten) offers private dining for Tagliata guests. The front of the establishment features lounge seating and a large bar. 

The Tagliata space has a rustic Tuscan farmhouse feel, with lots of wood, including on some walls, ceilings, and floors. The tables and chairs are attractive and better-than-your-average restaurant seats. An open kitchen and charcuterie area allow you to observe the chefs slicing your meats, rolling your pasta, or cooking on the stoves. Flowing curtains provide privacy and definition between the dining areas. 

Tagliata offers Italian cuisine, including house-made pastas and charcuterie, steaks, and seafood. As starters, we shared the spring pea bruschetta (with ricotta, peas, almost and nduja [salumi]) and the polpetti (meatballs with a crusty slice of bread spread with ricotta), followed by the spaghetti and the tagliatelle Bolognese (with a veal ragu). We were disappointed that only an abbreviated dessert menu is available at lunchtime (no bomboloni), so we only tried a single scoop of buttermilk cheesecake gelato (topped with a pizzelle cookie).

We enjoyed our brunch at Tagliata; the space is gorgeous and the food is delicious.


















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