Lime Time in Baltimore

Check out Lime in "Lower Federal Hill" (formerly Locust Point). Tiny place, and the lime-green decor can get a little old, but never been to a place where they bring out free tequila shots in place of chips and salsa. It's basically a bar with limited table seating. The wide selection of tequilas makes it hard to choose, but the margaritas are excellent -- or so K says. Danged designated-driverness.

We had second thoughts when we saw the tiny menu, about the size of the bar itself, had no vegetarian entrees. But the waitress cheerfully announced that we could have non-meat versions of the quesadilla and burrito. The tiny kitchen, essentially the back bar, had us a little worried we were about to re-hash our Tomate experience in Barcelona, where the kitchen was a microwave behind a partition near the cash register.

But surprise! The food was excellent. Probably the best Mexican food we've had in Baltimore since Blue Agave went to shit. Although, that's not a fair comparison, since Blue Agave at its peak served a kind of gourmet Mexican food. Lime makes no pretenses in that direction. And I just remembered the good food at Arcos in Upper Fell's Point, or whatever they're calling it nowadays. Either way, Lime's food was shockingly good.

The only real quibble is that our waitress just ... disappeared for a while. Not that we were in a hurry, and it was certainly better than a hovering waitress who won't leave you alone. But, we kinda like to pay when we want to pay. Y'know?