Remington December 2018

Remington Wine Company Closes

December 7, 2018.  Remington Wine Company (329 W. 29th Street) that opened in 2015 in a building owned by Seawall Development, closed for good today.  According to their Facebook page, owners Mitchell Pressman and his wife Debbie Jones cited "financial circumstances both beyond our control and of our own making.”

Image from Facebook

Image from bmoreremingtonian.com

The couple formerly owned Chesapeake Wine Company in Canton, which also closed.

The Remington shop occupied the site of the former Sav-It Liquors, a gritty, no-frills shop known for its neon sign and, after an unnerving robbery, an unwelcoming vestibule with bullet-proof glass.

The space was renovated by Seawall (of course), to include a much-improved exterior and exposed brick walls inside.  The Remington Wine Company offered a more curated, high-end selection of wines, beer and liquors, which brought in loyal Canton customers to the neighborhood, but few of the diehard locals visited, preferring Pabst over Duckpin.

The business grew substantially this year, the owners said, but it was not enough for them to go on without incurring more debt.

Sources: Baltimore Fishbowl, bmoreremingtonian.com, Facebook

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Baltimore Magazine

Beyond Video Opens on Howard Street

December 14, 2018.  A new, nonprofit based video store opens on December 14 in the old Reptile Records building on Howard Street. Through a Kickstarter campaign and a healthy donation by John Waters, the store is a reboot of the Video Americain chain that closed its doors in 2014.

According to an article in Baltimore magazine, the business will not rent movies individually. Instead, customers can pay “$12 a month that gives you three items at a time or $20 where multiple people can have six items at a time.” There will be no rental fees or late fees.

Sources: Baltimore magazine, Inquisitr.com



Neighborhood Caroling






December 22, 2018. Josh Greenfeld and friends went Yuletide caroling around the 'hood, stopping in at the 29th Street Tavern to reprise their repertoire.  They didn't sound too bad.