Sour beef and dumplings bmore?

[frites]

Any suggestions on finding some of this good stuff. If they serve good beer too thats a plus.

[bluepig1]

So I'm a transplant to Baltimore and having read about sour beef and dumplings for a while, decided I would check it out at the church dinner this weekend in downtown Baltimore (Salem United Methodist Church). I loved the homey-ness of it all, but the dish itself wasn't quite what I was expecting. It tasted like brown gravy with equal parts white vinegar and sugar -- true sweet and sour. I think I was expecting more like sauerbraten -- more sour, less sweet.

Is traditional Baltimore-esque sour beef and dumplings supposed to be as sweet as it is sour?

[treetop tom]

The only sour beef and dumplings I've ever had is made with vinegar, sugar/syrup and gingersnaps being the predominant flavors. But I'm from here so I don't have experience with other types. That is certainly the way they make it here but I don't know if it's a regional variation.

[RJJR]

I have said it once before, please try the SB&D at The Sunset Restaurant, in Glen Burnie. It is very good. Nice size chunks of beef, great dumplings and delicious sauce to cover all.

[FoiGras]

Dimitri's on Frederick Road (Catonsville); Kibby's on Wilkens Avenue (Baltimore), and believe it or not--Silver Spring Mining Company (various locations--Hunt Valley and I believe Harford Road). All have very good SB&D. And, of course, the Sunset Restaurant. FoiGras

[treetop tom]

Sadly, you just missed the Zion Lutheran Church dinner, which was last Wednesday and Thursday. As far as I know, they are the last of the downtown community churches to still hold one and these church dinners are the sour beef I judge all others against. In Baltimore County I do like the SB&D at Dimitri's on Frederick Road (MD 144) between Catonsville and Oella. http://www.dimitris.us

[elgringoviejo]

Rallo's restaurant on Fort avenue in south Baltimore used to have a delicious sour beef and dumplings special on Wednesdays.