SoBo Cafe

"Yummy. Met the owner, and our waitress was pretty good. Food was Delicious! Eat and buy local!"

"The korean short rib was one of the best entrees I've had in recent memory. It was extremely flavorful and tender. The olive oil cake for dessert was also lovely - a bit too lemony on its own, but perfect when combined with the apples and whipped cream."

"I reached out to Linda, the owner, about a reservation during happy hour for 10 people. I wanted to host a get-together for some colleagues coming to town, but we weren't a big enough group to warrant renting a room or a restaurant buy-out. Naturally, I never heard back from many of the restaurants I reached out to. However, Linda emailed me back almost immediately (despite having an out of office up, so she must've been on vacation or away!) and set us up for 10 people during happy hour. We communicated a few times before the date and she accommodated a request to sit outside. We all had SO MUCH FUN! The food was excellent (we ordered all of the starters on the menu so I can speak to this lol), the service was fabulous, and the bill was so reasonable. Also, my non-Baltimore colleagues appreciated the short walking distance from the convention center and the true "Baltimore" vibe, as opposed to the other events that were held in spaces with less character. If you have a medium sized group or need somewhere fun to plan a get together, SoBo cafe is the way to go. I cannot wait to come back! Thank you so much to Linda, Myra, and the others on the team for taking such great care of us."

"I have lived so close to this place for so long and kicking myself for not dropping by for dinner sooner. We had an amazing meal here. Started with the house salad which was so good there are no photos. We inhaled it. I don’t know what they do to those apples in it but I could have eaten a bowl of them. For entrees we got the smoked pork chop and the Korean short ribs. Both were delicious and worthy of ordering again, but the short ribs stole the show. It was the gravy. It’s one of the best bites of food I’ve had in months. We can’t wait to go back and try something new!"

"So I just wasn't impressed by this place I was expecting it to be more than it was‍ Only thing that was amazing was the flourless chocolate cake. The food was okay and it was lacking a little bit of fresh salt and pop off flavors. The mussels were 4 stars as well as the spicy feta dip but what gave it 3 stars was the entrees. This place seems like a good spot to get beer and wine ONLY since they don't have a full bar and some happy hour food. My sandwich was good but it was drenched in oil from the pesto pasta salad. My friend's steak potatoes and spinach was good but needed some flavors and salt. And I'm not even crazy about salt. Oh and the steak camber out medium even though he ordered rare... Plus the spinach was just warm which is annoying. The waitress tried to take my friends whole plate away to warm up the spinach but we ended up putting it on a plate and they came back with a new one, thankfully they didn't microwave it. But overall if I lived closer I would go back probably but with all the competition in the area I would go somewhere else."