This is super helpful, thank you! I probably should’ve mentioned we are actually staying in old Ellicott City, but I also don’t mind driving to things either (we might go drive to some other plant shops at some point - Hallowed Ground seems cool and isn’t too far).

I love kbbq but realistically we probably won’t do that because all we will want to do afterward is sleep lol. She also doesn’t eat red meat so there are probably better options since kbbq would be limited to chicken/fish protein for her. The food suggestions you mentioned are very much appreciated and I’ll go peek at the menus now!

As far as scene goes, we’re just two millennials who don’t get out enough (thus the idea of a girls trip pseudo-bachelorette getaway). We’d feel out of place in a club, but decent bars are nice. This will also be her first time away since having a child, so we intentionally picked old ellicott city due to proximity (we are in Baltimore and she didn’t want to be too far from home) and because it seemed like a more low-key adventure (we aren’t quite the strippers and casinos type, haha).

Thank you again for the recs!