Photo via the Baltimore County Restaurant Weekโ€™s Facebook page.
Photo via the Baltimore County Restaurant Week’s Facebook page.

We write about restaurants in the city a lot because we think theyโ€™re great and thereโ€™s so, so much out there to savor. Even with all the existentialist drama surrounding the Baltimore dining scene earlier this year, thereโ€™s still plenty of new projects and events worth exploring. In that same spirit of discovery, we are suggesting a trip out to Baltimore County for its Restaurant Week. Yes, really.

Itโ€™s easy to paint the county as a wasteland of chains, and sure, they are plentiful. But thereโ€™s also sophisticated fareโ€“such as Cunninghamโ€™s, Liberatoreโ€™s and The Milton Innโ€“as well as local down-home spotsโ€“weโ€™re thinking Squireโ€™s, Pappas and Dock of the Bayโ€“worth seeking out. Starting today and running until Aug. 18, all of those eateries and many others will be offering prix fixe menus, ranging from $15 to $35. It will be worth the trip.

Various locations, baltimorecountyrestaurantweek.com.

Brandon Weigel is the managing editor of Baltimore Fishbowl. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he has been published in The Washington Post, The Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Urbanite, The Baltimore...