Restaurants in Mays Chapel

Cazbar’s Chef Haluk distills the culinary traditions of Turkey's Bolu region into the kebabs, grilled meats, and salads that fill his eclectic menu. House specialties such as the char-grilled lamb shish kebab and baked okra entertain taste buds with a symphony of flavors and a break dance of textures. Other dishes bring veggies into a starring role, such as the stuffed eggplant, which the Baltimore Sun called "a lesson in delicate flavor." The complexity and care common to the kitchen's savory dishes carries over into the desserts; 50 layers of phyllo dough enclose blankets of toasted pistachios and lemon syrup in each serving of baklava.

With belly-dancing shows throughout the restaurant on Friday and Saturday nights, Cazbar has the power to impress a date or a cardboard cutout of yourself. The restaurant's Middle Eastern decor delights eyes with vibrant walls, patterned canvases, and hanging lanterns.

Sorso's menu features a variety of tasty Italian treats that will teach even the crudest of stomach growls to elegantly roll their r's. Start your morning right with a swift sip of organic espresso ($1.65), a creamy cappuccino ($3.35 for 16 oz.), or an icy frappe ($4.25 for 20 oz.). Sorso Cafe serves only Chesapeake Bay Roasting Co. coffee, a company committed to quality and eco-friendly production practices. Calm your caffeine jitters with a hearty breakfast sandwich ($3.55), a refreshing yogurt and granola cup ($3.95), or one of Sorso's sweet pastries ($1.45–$1.95).

Yelpers give the Pratt Street location 3.5 stars, and 72% of Urbanspooners like it:

A fascination with edible science and unexpected mixtures motivated Chef Pellegrino to dream up Corks' seasonally influenced menu of New American cuisine. Whet your appetite with a charcuterie plate of cured meats, pâté, house pickles, and mustard ($10), an apple and roasted beet salad ($8), or a batch of steamed mussels bathing in a sauce of tomato, garlic, and white wine ($8). Heartier selections include alfredo-coated penne with shrimp and fresh spinach ($18) and a black-truffle Angus meatloaf topped with mushroom gravy and sided with glazed carrots and mashed potatoes ($18).

For more than 100 years, the family behind Trinacria has lined its gourmet grocery shelves with Italian foodstuffs such as domestic and imported cheeses, premium meats, and pastas. Patrons can anchor jaws into Italian-style sandwiches such as muffaletto, meatball, or sausage subs ($5.99+) and paninis that couple roast beef with gorgonzola, rosemary ham with mozzarella, or smoked turkey with artichokes ($6.99). The delicatessen cossets a cavalcade of cured meats and cold cuts in freshly baked bread, pairing genoa salami, imported ham, and house-made italian sausage ( $3.69+ for 1 lb.) with fontina, havarti, goat, and smoked mozzarella cheeses ($4.49+ for 1 lb.). Racks of gourmet groceries feed epicurean appetites and picky pet billy goats with high-quality comestibles such as organic imported polenta, Italian wine, red sauces, and pastries.

Conrad's Crabs puts the locally caught moneycrabs where its customers' ravenous mouths are as they live up to their "We catch our own" slogan. Waterman Tony Conrad brings in as much seafood as Poseidon allows, from crabs to fresh whole fish (both market price). A fusion of a seafood market and a carryout restaurant, Conrad's has a full menu of locavores' delights. Seafood can be purchased raw or steamed to order, with the fresh-caught fish and crustaceans going for market price daily. Long-standing selections include Conrad's Steamer Combo (six each of jumbo shrimp, oysters, and clams with a pound of mussels, $22.50) and entrees such as fried hard crab ($13.50), six fried oysters ($13.50), and a pint of Maryland crab soup ($5).