As of Thursday, the Foreman Wolf restaurant group will no longer be connected to the waterfront restaurant it opened in 2020 at Harbor Point, Cindy Lou’s Fish House.
Foreman Wolf and Beatty Development Group, the lead developer of Harbor Point, disclosed last week that Foreman Wolf will “conclude all involvement” with the restaurant effective Aug. 1, as it turns its attention to other restaurants in its portfolio.
The menu board at Cindy Lou’s Fish House. Photo by Ed Gunts.
The restaurant opened as a joint venture of Foreman Wolf and Beatty on the first floor of the Canopy by Hilton Baltimore Harbor Point restaurant at 1215 Wills Street. It will remain open, with Beatty and the hotel’s management company, Donohoe Hospitality Services, continuing as the operator. Beatty and Donohoe plan to announce details about “a new direction” for the restaurant later this year.
The announcement about Cindy Lou’s came the same week that Foreman Wolf announced details about a new restaurant it plans to open this fall, called The Duchess, in the space formerly occupied by Café Hon in Hampden. That venture was cited as a key reason for ending involvement with Cindy’ Lou’s.
“This has been a terrific partnership and experience with Beatty Development Group, and Michael [Beatty] in particular, who gave us the opportunity to collaborate in the design and development of a unique, Southern-inspired restaurant concept in a hotel setting and at the water’s edge of Baltimore’s iconic harbor,” said Tony Foreman, President & CEO of Foreman Wolf, in a statement. “However, our desire to focus on our signature restaurants, while also realizing our exciting new restaurant project, The Duchess, which we recently announced, necessitates this new direction. We remain grateful to the superb Beatty team and know that they will continue to set the standard for quality urban design experiences for the benefit of the Baltimore we both love.”
The interior of Cindy Lou’s Fish House. Photo by Ed Gunts.
“Working with Tony and Cindy on this project has been a pleasure,” said Beatty, President of Beatty Development Group, in a statement. “Foreman Wolf’s ability to deliver some of the best restaurant experiences in the area time-and-time again is exceptional, and we look forward to seeing what their team does next.”
Other restaurants in the Foreman Wolf portfolio include: Charleston, Petit Louis Bistro, Cinghiale, Johnny’s and The Milton Inn, as well as the retail wine stores Bin 604 Wine & Spirits in Baltimore and Bin 201 Wine & Spirits in Annapolis. Baltimore’s liquor board will hold a hearing on Aug. 8 to consider Foreman Wolf’s application for a liquor license for The Duchess at 1000 W. 36th Street.