Ezra Tilaye decided to rebrand,
rename and reformat his restaurant Crēme located on one of the America’s historical
byways, Charles Street situated in Baltimore’s Mt. Vernon neighborhood. This
section of Charles Street, in its day, was like New York’s Fifth Avenue. It was
filled with boutiques and artisan shops like Potthast Brothers and Ware &
Company, both furniture manufacturers. It was the history of the building that
was Tilaye’s muse, to refresh the restaurant with an earlier industrial era look.
The location at 518 N. Charles
Street was formerly the infamous Louie’s Bookstore & Café, Ixia Restaurant
and then there was Tilaye’s Crēme Restaurant and Bar - now it is Ware House 518
Restaurant and Bar. The entire front façade is hand painted by artist Lyla
Shlone with eye catching white images of food, drink, knives, and books encircling
the restaurant logo which was designed by Posttypography.
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