FIVE (5) SEASONS

5 Different Flavors: Asian; Ethiopian; Indian; Italian; Tavern Fare

Warm Wednesdays, created by Morgan State University alum W. Maxfield Jones and WEAA (88.9 FM) personality the Bassman, is the club's signature night for hearing spoken word. The joint has a cozy, sexy vibe that we're really feeling, especially when we want to leave the crowded bars for something more intellectual. Doors open at 8 and a mere $5 gets you into the place, the ideal out-of-the-way spot for spoken word even though it's on Baltimore's premier street almost in the middle of downtown. After the poetry, it's the afterparty with DJ Lil' Mic rockin' hip-hop, neo-soul, and R&B on the ones and twos from 11 till 2. And if you get there before 9, you can enjoy foods from all over the motherland, notably a number of rich Ethiopian dishes. If you really want to be down with the spoken-word vibe, you'll remember that the coolest kats don't clap when they like a person's mic flow. They snap. >>more

Baltimore City Paper - by Anna Ditkoff

"Five Seasons has multiple personalities. By day it's a mild mannered Ethiopian restaurant serving gomen, missir, and menchetabish alicha to hungry Mount Vernonites. But the atmosphere gets romantic on Wednesdays nights when the lights are turned down low, candles flicker on the tables..." >>more

Under African Skies
Five Seasons Offers a Trip Away from the Everyday - by Susan Fradkin

" They promise you the world at Five Seasons Ethiopian, American, Middle Eastern, European, Asian, South American. For American, read pub grub (chicken wings, popcorn shrimp, burgers); Europe is represented by a number of Italian offerings; and Asia steers between Far East (teriyakis and lo meins) and India (masalas). We couldn't find anything remotely South American, but we didn't come for the world. We came for Ethiopian, and so should you.

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