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Aug 08Captain James Restaurant Runs Aground
Among other things, Baltimore is known for seafood, and Captain James Landing has an immediate edge on the slew of crab houses and seafood restaurants in Fells Point: it’s shaped like a boat. I hadn’t heard anything about the place, but I figured it couldn’t be terrible–come on, it’s shaped like a boat! So after helping The Girlfriend’s lawyer-to-be sister move into her new apartment, we decided to give it a shot.
Even if you haven’t worked in restaurants, some things will set off alarms: an empty dining room on a Saturday night, disorganized and disinterested staff milling around, and sloppy table settings rarely bode well for a restaurant that makes claims to fine dining. The breadsticks, dripping with butter, had that unpleasantly gummy exterior that comes from being in a warmer much too long. The rest of the food was equally uninspired. My crab-and-shrimp linguini featured overcooked pasta and crab meat; lawyer-sister’s mussels were rubbery; and The Girlfriend’s food gave her explosive…problems.
Food: 2/5. Unimpressive, in a word. Luckily, The Girlfriend’s digestive problems happened at her sister’s apartment.
Service: 2/5. Our waitress was reasonably attentive, but she made a lot of mistakes.
Ambiance: 3/5. The outside gets whimsy points, but the inside has way too much maroon and cheap-looking wood.
Overall: 2/5. I definitely won’t be going back, and might not even eat my leftovers.
Update: And a guy just got killed there. So that’s nice.
Tagged: dining, food, restaurants
August 6th, 2008 at 10:30 am
good to know. i won’t be dropping anchor there anytime soon.