5801 Pulaski Hwy Baltimore, MD 21205
www.chapspitbeef.com
Hit this place about 6pm on a Sunday night in March 2013
The neighborhood is an industrial working class area in eastern Baltimore. A little rough around the edges, with an adult entertainment bar right across the highway. Chaps is a tiny place in the parking lot, smaller than I thought it would be. It is nothing fancy but it was clean and well cared for. Seemed totally safe in the daytime. It was busy and a line of 3 to 6 people was steady at the window. You order your food from a window, and they call it out from another window. It took about 10 minutes to get our food. They had a grill and were cooking and slicing the meat right where you could see them. Staff was polite and obviously very familiar with their fare. This is a very casual place, doing a lot of both takeout and eat here business. No wait staff. Styrofoam containers, do it yourself. They had some tables and picnic tables inside and some outside seating (too cold for that in March). Staff and clientele was people of all shapes, sizes, ages and races. No place is integrated as well as Baltimore. People are just people and you respect them all.
Order from this window
Kitchen window hands you your food
We had the "Richwich" which was an Adam Richman themed sandwich with beef/corned beef/ turkey and sausage. The meat was well cooked and good tasting, but needed sauce or horseradish which was set up at various pumping stations. Cheese fries were a bit soggy and overly cheesy flavored, but still good. Rice pudding for desert was yummy.
I recommend this place for very casual dining or takeout. Prices were good for meat that was way better than fast food. It is clean, fast, and friendly. Paid cash, not sure they take cards.
Sorry about the lousy photo, forgot to take an outside photo until we were driving away.
