High 5: Baltimore comfort food

Hot crab dip at Hull Street Blues

Ingredients: Cream cheese, roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts and jumbo lump crab all baked with aged Provolone

Damage: $9.50

Native Baltimoreans understand the necessity of including crab dip in any worthwhile comfort food list. After all, what's more heart-warmingly nostalgic to us than hot cream cheese and lumps of crab meat piled high on a cracker? What's more, Hull Street Blues' storefront evokes the cafes from days of yore (whenever that was), and cozy tables encourage diners to sit nose-to-nose with loved ones while sharing a pot of this satisfying appetizer.