There are a couple of other eateries that every visitor should experience. The bar and dimly lit dining rooms look like something lifted out of a Herman Melville novel. At breakfast, endure the smoke and food fried beyond recognition at Jimmy's Restaurant. One issue that united the neighborhood and became the biggest catalyst for preservation was a proposal in the 1960s to build an expressway across the harbor through the heart of Fell's Point. The Preservation Society opens the Long House for tours and is constructing a new maritime museum set to open in 2002.
Volunteers also run a visitors center and lead walking tours on weekends.
People have rediscovered the value of the waterfront. At the Daily Grind coffeehouse, where he stops for a morning break, Ed Kane sets down his coffee cup and smiles. This has got to be one of the most exciting places in the United States. Seasonal tours on the fourth Saturday of each month focus on maritime history. A tour on the second Saturday of each month traces Frederick Douglass's life in Fell's Point.