Most of the residents of North Baltimore’s Bellona-Gittings neighborhood are big fans of the local beer and wine outpost, the Pinehurst Wine Shoppe. But many who live nearby feverishly oppose plans to add a 107-seat family restaurant to the building.
More than 100 residents packed into a Monday night meeting of the Bellona-Gittings Community Association to air concerns and take an informal vote on the proposed build-out of the Pinehurst Wine Shoppe. The shop’s owner, Bob Schindler, hopes to build a 1,400-square-foot addition to his store at the corner of Gittings and Bellona avenues and has shared the blueprints with the community association.
“I want this to be the Petit Louis of Pinehurst,” he told Baltimore Fishbowl earlier this month, referring to the popular French restaurant on Roland Avenue. “I think the neighborhood is with me. I’m planning to make it great.”
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