Last week, we shared news about a Peabody faculty member who says he was ejected from an Austrian restaurant for speaking Hebrew; the Boccaccio restaurant property auction in Little Italy; the Baltimore Book Festival’s return to Waverly; $1 million in grants rewarded to downtown food businesses; and Maryland Supreme Court’s ruling that Walters Art Museum is a private entity.

Revisit the stories here:

Amit Peled, internationally renowned cellist and Peabody Institute faculty member, says he was ordered out of a restaurant in Vienna for speaking Hebrew. Credit: Mount Vernon Virtuosi

Peabody faculty member says he was ejected from Austrian restaurant for speaking Hebrew: Amit Peled, a faculty member of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore and a world-class cellist, says he was ejected from a restaurant in Austria for speaking Hebrew with two fellow musicians. 

The site of the former Boccaccio restaurant has gone up for auction. The prime Little Italy parcel at 923-937 Eastern Ave. was once owned by Peter Angelos. Photo courtesy LoopNet.
The site of the former Boccaccio restaurant has gone up for auction. The prime Little Italy parcel at 923-937 Eastern Ave. was once owned by Peter Angelos. Photo courtesy LoopNet.

Boccaccio restaurant property in Little Italy sells at auction for $1,442,000: The former Boccaccio restaurant property in Little Italy sold in an online auction on Wednesday for $1,442,000.

Waverly's National Historic Main Street District sign. Photo by Ed Gunts.
Waverly’s National Historic Main Street District sign. Photo by Ed Gunts.

Baltimore Book Festival is coming back to Waverly on Sept. 13 and 14: The Baltimore Book Festival is coming back to Waverly in 2025. Organizers announced that the festival will be held Sept. 13 and 14, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days, and it will be free to attend.

Baltimore Culinary Exchange grant recipients gather outside the vacant Big Apple Tree Cafe space at 300 E. Baltimore Street, one of the locations that will get a new occupant with the help of grant funds. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.
Baltimore Culinary Exchange grant recipients gather outside the vacant Big Apple Tree Cafe space at 300 E. Baltimore Street, one of the locations that will get a new occupant with the help of grant funds. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.

22 food businesses to receive grants totaling $1 million to fuel culinary growth in downtown Baltimore: Mayor Brandon Scott and Downtown Partnership of Baltimore president Shelonda Stokes on Thursday unveiled the names of the 22 grant recipients and discussed how the program will help revitalize the city’s core.

Maryland Supreme Court rules Walters Art Museum is a private entity, overturning lower court’s decision: The Walters Art Museum is a private entity, not a public one, according to a ruling by the Maryland Supreme Court on Tuesday. With its decision, the Maryland Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that had established that the museum is a public entity.