Best New MD Restaurant Reflects Yugoslavian Heritage: Southern Living

BALTIMORE, MD — What's that scent permeating the air? Smells like fried chicken, oysters, schnitzel and homemade french toast.

It must be coming from the South's best new restaurants. Southern Living recently released its list of the South's Best 2024 award recipients, including those for best new restaurants in each southern state.

This year, Baltimore's Little Donna's took the honor in Maryland.

The winners were selected by Southern Living readers via a third-party agency, Proof Insights. The regional magazine said online voting took place last year from July 12-Aug. 23.

More than 20,000 people made nominations and voted in the publication's eighth annual contest.

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See what Southern Living had to say about Little Donna's:

"Named for his Yugoslavian grandmother, chef Robbie Tutlewski’s restaurant Little Donna’s has a menu that’s just as personal, with dishes like pierogies, stuffed schnitzel and a taco pizza with chorizo, green chile crema and crushed tortilla chips. But somehow it all makes sense together. Even The New York Times agrees, naming it one of their best restaurants of 2023."

Little Donna's: 1812 Bank St., Baltimore

See the full list of Southern Living's Best New Restaurants 2024 here.