Baltimore City liquor board approves wide docket of transfers, new licenses, outdoor service and entertainment requests

The Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners on July 10 approved a slate of new licenses, ownership transfers, hardship extensions and conditional changes to licensed premises across the city.

The board began the meeting by announcing a single monetary penalty under Maryland’s Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article (section 12-2105) and Liquor Board rule 2.16: CSM Ventures LLC, trading as Cross Street Market (1065 S. Charles St.), paid a $500 fine for allowing a patron to leave with an open beer bottle on March 7, 2025.

Votes at a glance

- Bark Social (3822 Boston St., Class D7): Board granted a 180-day hardship extension after the applicant said the business ran into financial difficulty while arranging a competent new operator. Approval recorded on the basis of a May 29, 2025 letter and in-person testimony.

- Midtown Liquor (17 W. Biddle St., Class A): Board granted a 90-day transfer hardship extension; counsel said the controller’s office review of potential tax liens was delaying final transfer paperwork.

- Thumpers (4600 Curtis Ave., Class B D7): Board approved expansion of the licensed premises to include a recently constructed roughly 2,500-square-foot outdoor patio and allowed outdoor table service. The applicants proffered proposed outdoor hours (Sunday–Thursday until 10 p.m.; Friday–Saturday until 11 p.m.) and agreed to a condition negotiated with Action Baybrook that permits up to two monthly extended events with 14 days’ written notice to the neighborhood group; that condition is reflected in the record.

- Bao Dai (3215 Eastern Ave., new Class B): Board approved a new Class B restaurant license; applicants presented community letters of support.

- Blanco’s LLC (413…