Martick's Restaurant Francais

Martick's Restaurant Francais
Martick's Restaurant Francais, prior to closure
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Martick's Restaurant Francais is located in Baltimore
Martick's Restaurant Francais
Location within Baltimore
Restaurant information
Established1970 (1970)
Closed2008 (2008)
Previous owner(s)Morris Martick
ChefMorris Martick
Food typeFrench cuisine
Street address214 West Mulberry St
CityBaltimore
StateMaryland
Coordinates39°17′38.75″N 76°37′08.10″W / 39.2940972°N 76.6189167°W / 39.2940972; -76.6189167

Martick's Restaurant Francais (previously known as Martick's Lower Tyson Street Tavern) is a defunct restaurant and historic building in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The 2,860 square-foot Federal style building was built no later than 1852.[1][2] After serving a variety of uses over the decades, the structure opened as a French restaurant on July 9, 1970.[3] Over its decades as a bar and restaurant, Martick's was known as an artists' refuge, "a tiny isle of Bohemia set in a conservative city."[4] So steeped in the particular culture of its city in the 20th century, the restaurant was referred to as "the Natty Boh of French dining in Baltimore."[3]

The building is located within the city's Bromo Arts District,[2] and is within the Market Center district listed in the National Register of Historic Places,[5][6] as well as the locally designated Howard Street Commercial Historic District.[7] While not itself a designated landmark, Martick's was one of the historic structures used to justify the Howard Street district when it was proposed in 2018.[8] Writing in the context of the demolition of many of its neighboring buildings (both in the 20th and 21st centuries), a 2018 Baltimore Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) report described Martick's as "the only remaining vestige of the historic appearance of the street."[5]

  1. ^ Pousson, Eli. "Martick's Restaurant". Explore Baltimore Heritage. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
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  5. ^ a b Holcomb, Eric (2018-01-09). "STAFF REPORT - Demolition Hearing One – Determination of Architectural Significance" (PDF). COMMISSION FOR HISTORICAL & ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION.
  6. ^ "Market Center Historic District". Maryland's National Register Properties. 2000-02-04. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
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  8. ^ McLeod, Ethan (2018-02-14). "Bills Advance to Designate Two New Historically Protected Districts on Downtown's West Side -". Baltimore Fishbowl. Retrieved 2019-03-11.