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A Baltimore Japanese restaurant continues success for three generations
BALTIMORE - For Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month, WJZ is taking you inside of Matsuri Japanese Restaurant and Catering.It's a story nearly three generations in the making. The restaurant sits at the corner of South Charles Street and East Cross Street in Federal Hill. "I have been here for 28 years and every year I try to do something a little different so people won't get tired of it," said Bill Tien, the owner of Matsuri Japanese Restaurant and Catering.It may look a little different from how you remember it. The restaurant underwent renovations in 2023."The sushi bar had two levels...
Baltimore County Vet Wins $90K On 'Big Spin Wheel'
"Rolling Thunder," a Baltimore County retiree, walked over to his wife to exchange a good luck kiss before taking his position at The Big Spin Wheel at Lottery Headquarters, where he was the happy winner of a five-figure prize. According to Lottery officials, when the wheel came to a stop...
Dan Rodricks: Rescued and randy, Maryland wood turtles get best revenge | STAFF COMMENTARY
One day in August 2018, conservation police officers in upstate New York busted a retired school teacher who had collected nearly 300 reptiles in his house. He had rare and threatened reptiles, reptiles poached from the wild, reptiles protected from humans by law. At the time, the seizure was the largest of its kind in New York history, according to the state Department of Environmental ...
Snowballs, a cherished Baltimore tradition, make their annual visit
The rhythm of 1950s neighborhood life changed after Memorial Day. People emerged from their winter and spring hibernation and spent warm evenings outdoors on porches and steps, often under the shade of a canvas awning. The alarm bell announcing this change was not brass. It was a grinding sound of the corner confectionery store’s ice crushing machine. May was often a cool month but as soon as ...
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