February 29th, 2012
Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole, Shopping, Living, Dining, Annapolis, Maryland
My neighbor in Rehoboth mentioned that if I was going to Annapolis, I should check out the Annapolis Towne Centre where shops and restaurants where right next to each other. Sounded interesting and, definitely, worth checking.
I dragged my friend, Paula, to Annapolis with me for the day. I don’t think she minded too much. I needed to drop my car off for its first service and one more errand to the Annaplis Mall. You probably don’t care about all this info. but this is why I went to Annapolis. It wasn’t just to shop and dine until I dropped. No way, never.
The Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole is located at 2505 Riva Rd. There are different ways to get there from Rt. 50. It is a complex of shops, apartment living, Whole Foods, and restaurants. By visiting http://www.visitatc.com, you can find directions and what they offer. Residences are above the retail spaces with anchor stores and restaurants around. Plenty of parking and the valet service is only $2.
We were hungry and right in front of the valet service was a restaurant called Brio. We went right in.
I had never been to any of the Brio restaurants. Did not even know it was a chain of restaurants found nationwide. Their website is http://www.brioitalian.com. They consider themselves “upscale affordable”; appealing to a broad base of customers.
We were served bread accompanied by a flat bread that was very good.
Paula decided on the Grilled Salmon Salad, with Roma tomatoes, asparagus, feta, crispy shoestring potatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The presentation was pretty and she thought it was good.
Mine was the Pasta Brio, Rigatoni (cooked al dente), grilled chicken, tomatoes, pine nuts and a cilantro pesto drizzle. Well seasoned. In my household we eat gluten free and as I was eating “real” pasta, I thought it was good but I find the gluten pata products just as good.
No dessert, just coffee for us. It was such a beautiful day that a stroll through the Towne Centre is what we wanted to do.
By the way, our service at Brio was very good; our server was attentive and knew his menu well.
We stopped at a really cute store called Poppy and Stella. They are located at 1910 Towne Centre Blvd., Suite 123. Website is http://www.poppyandstella.com. I want to come back and write a post on them. On this particular visit, all I can tell you is that it had great shoes and accessories; no clothing, though. They also have a store at 728 S. Broadway in Fells Point, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Continuing our stightseeing we stopped at Arhaus (pronounced “our house”), located at 1905 Towne Centre. Tel. 410-266-0555. Website? http://www.arhaus.com. They told us that while many stores around the country are closing shop, Arhaus is continuing to open more stores nationwide.
Arhaus has a “global approach to designing all of their products; providing customers with a selection of unique, one of a kind pieces”.
The store had beautiful furniture, upholstering choices. Gorgeous tables and home accessories. Definitely unique, the following chandeliers caught our attention.
Another store we found very interesting was Great Gatherings. With a motto of “Play Up Your Home”, you will find pool tables, stools, bars and game room accessories and furniture. Let’s say you will be impressed with their entertaining essentials, as well as with all their outdoor fun furniture.
Great Gatherings can be found at 1905 Towne Center Blvd., Suite 120. Tel. 410-266-1111. Website? http://www.mygreatgatherings.com/find/annapolis.
Those were just a few of the stores. Target was there, Sur La Table from California, tapas and sports bars/restaurants, men’s shops, women’s shops….too tempting to live under such harsh conditions…haha…talk to you later.
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