Hampden
Hampden is Baltimore's mullet: business in the rowhouse, party on the porch. The Avenue runs on vintage shops, third-wave coffee, and a HonFest sensibility that refuses to apologize for itself. Dates here lean casual and specific: shared plates at a converted garage, a record store detour on West 36th, pink flamingos as set dressing. Rents have climbed steadily, the irony is now sincere, and the crowd skews art-school adjacent well into their thirties. Quirky without trying too hard, which is itself a kind of trying. Bring opinions on bangs, bowling, and whether the Cafe Hon sign was ever ironic.
Hampden by the numbers
Hampden runs female-leaning, about 41% men to 59% women.
Median individual income in Hampden is about $59,600.
Maryland registers voters by party, and Baltimore City is about 73% Democratic to 7% Republican, with 18% Unaffiliated - the most lopsidedly Democratic city we cover.
The median renter in Hampden pays about $1,590 a month.
About 5,000 Hampden residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Wicked Sisters
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The Food Market
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The Charmery Hampden
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Artifact Coffee
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Avenue Kitchen & Bar
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The Bluebird Cocktail Room
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Frazier's On the Avenue
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Rawlings Conservatory
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Common Ground Cafe Cooperative
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29th Street Tavern
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good neighbor
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Spring Cafe "A Taste of Authentic Afghan Cuisine"
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The Barn & Lodge At The Rotunda
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Café Los Sueños
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Movement Hampden
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Tia’s Italian ice
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