Five Stories To Start Your Week: New Trader Joe’s; Mt. Vernon and Inner Harbor Businesses Closing; and more.
Jul 13, 2026
Here are some recent notable stories published by Baltimore Fishbowl that are worth revisiting as you start your week:
Rendering depicts what the street view would look like from the west side of North Charles Street and 33rd Street. Rendering courtesy Baltimore City Planning Department/Urba
n Design Architecture Advisory Panel.
“Four Charles Village buildings are targeted for demolition to make way for Johns Hopkins student housing“: Four Charles Village buildings will be demolished to make way for housing for Johns Hopkins University students.
Baby’s on Fire in Mount Vernon is closing permanently. Screenshot via Google Maps.
“Baby’s on Fire in Mount Vernon to close permanently after July 19“: Baby’s On Fire, a coffee shop and record store at 1010 Morton St. in Mount Vernon, will close permanently later this month.
A Trader Joe’s grocery store is coming soon to a former Party City in the Anneslie Shopping Center. Screenshot via Google Maps.
“Trader Joe’s grocery store to replace Party City in the Anneslie Shopping Center“: Trader Joe’s grocery store plans to open a branch in the vacant Party City retail space at the Anneslie Shopping Center on York Road.
Hampden Mennonite Church at 1008 W. 37th Street, formerly St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.
“Hampden Mennonite Church will have its first service on Sunday at its new home, the former St. Thomas Aquinas Church“: Members of Hampden Mennonite Church will hold their first service Sunday in the former St. Thomas Aquinas Church.
The Harborplace pavilions. Photo by Ed Gunts.
“Cuples Tea House and Vinyl and Pages is closing at Harborplace at the end of summer“: The owners of Cuples Tea House and Vinyl and Pages posted on social media that they will be closing at Harborplace at the end of this summer.
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