SUN: Fourth of July specials at Baltimore restaurants

BALTIMORE — Independence Day is quickly approaching, and Baltimore restaurants are boasting festive beverages, special dishes and prime fireworks views on the big night. Keep reading for a list of nine still-available (as of Friday afternoon) seats to book.

Ammoora

This Syrian restaurant housed in the Ritz-Carlton Residences on Key Highway will offer holiday specials, $15 valet parking and limited courtyard views of July 4 festivities on the big day. Reservations, which are recommended, can be made on OpenTable. 751 Key Highway. 443-940-6610; ammoora.com.

Baltimore Seafood

At Canton’s Baltimore Seafood, find a lineup of discounted drinks — including $5 red-white-and-blue frozen shooters, $6 tequila shots and $2 select beers — as well as a special seafood boil of one pound each of snow crab and shrimp for $49. Festive nonalcoholic beverages will also be available for purchase. 2324 Boston St.; 410-624-5166; bmoreseafood.com.

Charleston

For dinners looking to celebrate Independence Day in style, Harbor East fine dining restaurant Charleston will host a Champagne picnic featuring a four-course prix fixe menu, along with hors d’oeuvres and bubbles, on the evening of July 4. More menu information, as well as links to reserve tickets, which go for $385 per person, are available on the restaurant’s website. 1000 Lancaster St.; 410-332-7373; charlestonrestaurant.com.

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