Ze Mean Bean Cafe

Welcome to the food! Here at Ze Mean Bean Café we’ve had a tradition of excellence surrounding our food since the café’s inception.As the newest chef in this lineage, I have tried to raise even further the level of cutting edge cuisine the café has become known for. Our menu changes seasonally but retains the cuisine for which we are known best: Hearty Slavic fare! Classic pierogis, smoky...

Street parking in busy Fells Point is often hard to come by. You may need to circle the block or check out some of the side streets to find a spot, usually metered.

Have your coffee by the fire--which is lit late November of early December--but beware: Tables are strictly first come first serve.

Slavic food has a special ability to banish winter doldrums and stir conviviality. And how lucky we are that such dishes as sour cream-lavished borscht, plump pierogies and cabbage rolls, potato pancakes with homemade applesauce, and spätzle with braised cabbage and wild mushrooms are as close as Fells Point. This congenial coffeehouse (hence the “bean”) features a seasonal menu that also...

How we do like this vibrant borscht; it has the power to banish winter doldrums. All the Slavic specialties bring sunlight to plates heaped with pierogies, potato pancakes, cabbage rolls, and caraway-spiced wilted cabbage. Odd to find such…

At this cozy European-style cafe, you can count on an attentive waitstaff, a menu that maintains its ties to Eastern Europe (this area is rich in Polish and Ukrainian heritage) while trying new things, and food that lives up to its promise. Sample the pierogi or borscht, or try the signature chicken Kiev. Thursday is Slavic night with $9.95 dinners. The lunch menu includes salads and...

The Scene
Inside this wine bar-coffeehouse-cafe, you'll feel a bit cramped, but that's part of the homey aura that makes this place unique. Creations by local artists adorn one wall of...

This casually offbeat coffeehouse, in the heart of historic Fells Point, features earnest musicians and racks of paperbacks for the entertainment and edification of its patrons. It also offers 17 espresso drinks and half-a-dozen flavored coffees, all at moderate prices, as well as a broad menu of Eastern European items like Borscht and Pierogies. Many visitors insist the coffeehouse is worth...