The Local on The Avenue

Definitely one of the best restaurants ever. The ribs are amazing. The beet and goat cheese salad with honey balsamic is excellent. Salmon sandwich- terrific. Staff, David, friendly, attentive and accommodating. Compliments to the chef and management 🥰

Well, food took around 30 minutes to come out.
My chicken Parmesan was good. $30 on the menu which I consider extremely pricey. For my surprise on the check $35 for it because I said yes for the pasta that I thought came with it.
I was never informed about the extra charge and I’m for sure not coming back for a ok $35 chicken Parmesan.

This is a local seafood establishment. The food is succulent here. They have indoor and outdoor seating. We sat outside at one of the Bistro tables and it was lovely. The staff was happy to be of service from the time we entered the door until we departed. It was a great time!!

The food is really worth the money. The beef Wellington beats Gordon Ramsey. The steaks are cooked to perfection. All the sides just taste fresh. I wish I lived closer.

Top notch service from Bartenders Jaime and Jay, server Izzy and hostess Liv. The staff at Fallston location is usually also on point some of our favorites include server Vic. The drinks are always on point and served to perfection with plenty of accompanying food recommendations. Liv was a delightful hostess who was cheerful and kind. Server Izzy was helpful and accommodating. Now for the food…what to start with. We visit this location and the Fallston location often, you can tell that whomever runs this place, prays at the altar of Anthony Bourdain, and I am so here for it. The menu options are always innovative and delicious. They are however a little pricey for the demographic of this area. Over the four years that we have visited this establishment we rarely have had any trouble. The only thing that I would steer you away from is the beef Wellington the one time I got it, It was overcooked and flavorless and not worth the money. And the lunch chicken sandwich that I had today was dry and flavorless. Some of our menu favorites are the charcuterie, hands down best in Baltimore, county and city!!!, the beef carpaccio, the crunch wrap, any burger or soup and don’t sleep on the cheesesteak egg rolls. Both locations are clean and well staffed, the restrooms are so immaculate you could eat in there, lol. Now for my big complaints, the drinks are overpriced and the party planning fees are RIDICULOUS, this is not NYC OR MIAMI, this is eastern Baltimore county, these are hard-working blue-collar people who rarely can pay $5000 just to rent one room in a strip mall, especially When we have a well established other restaurant business location less than a mile away who will only charge you $875 to plan a party of 25 with a full four course menu, why would anybody waste $5000 to have a party in a strip mall?

Kendall server and Danielle (mngr) were both great and very accommodating. The egg plant sandwich was a bit too bready however Danielle helped the situation. The drinks and food were good. Staff excellent, pricing is fair and they have a happy hour menu, Wednesday happy hour is all night. Great atmosphere/ ambiance. Plenty of parking.

The local use to be my favorite place to go and always had such an inviting atmosphere! We went a week ago and things have drastically taken a turn for the worst.

The food and menu has changed. They offer so much less and it just honestly isn’t that great anyone.
Our server, Lindsay, was the absolute worst! She was sarcastically rude more than once to the point that we just asked for a new waitress! She would say be snarky and say things like yeah well I only have two hands, when we inquired about something. I though I know servicing a party of 6 can be overwhelming, we honestly weren’t asking her or being impatient. My 6 year old cousin asked her a question and she blurted out the same with such attitude! The manager seemed nice but I feel she didn’t really take our concerns seriously, as we saw her laughing and joking with that waitress 10 minutes after we asked for a new one!

I later found out that they changed managers at the Whitemarsh location.
I will never go back to that location. It was such an unpleasant experience.

BEWARE!! Anyone trying to use a gift card; there are 2 separate ownerships and white marsh will not honor gift cards from Fallston. When purchasing the cards you’re told they are for both location. NOT true. Embarrassing and not customer friendly. Sad! 😩

Just left for our anniversary dinner everything was perfect. Service, food (recommend the chicken and dumplings app) and our waiter was amazing. I cannot remember his name but he was so educated on everything. Will def be back!!!

Great food, bring back the potstickers!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food me and my partner order was horrible, the meatloaf was nasty, the green beans had no taste/ season and the sticky crabby wings....Ucky? My Lady order a Steak with this dark brown sauce that was awful. The drinks also was nasty, we both didn't finish our drinks and the servant knocked over my drink as we'll as broken the glass but he his service skills were awesome that we gave him a nice tip. $170.50 went to waste. This was our first time coming here on October 25,2024. We will never go back again.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 5

Not Gluten Friendly. I went at lunchtime in October. They just got a new menu. The only GF items were two fish entrees, mussels and salad. Not very inclusive.

Dietary restrictions: Very very few GF options.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Everything was fantastic!!
The service was perfect
The food was so delicious
The environment was awesome
I cant wait to come back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Absolutely love The Local! Especially with helping to cater to a gluten free customer! However my halibut was barely eatable, very overcooked, on our last visit! We were also celebrating our daughter’s 21st birthday! They took it upon themselves to serve a special dessert and charged us for it!! We did not ask for it!! Please continue to look out for your customers!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Outstanding food, service, and atmosphere! Salmon melted in my mouth. Hubby was amazed by his meatloaf. Bananas Foster was insanely delicious. Will definitely be back, a new fave for us.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Banana Foster, Verlasso Salmon