Baltimore restaurateur Charlie Gjerde says his team is “coming down the home stretch” for its anticipated Papi’s Tacos location in Hampden, and is tentatively eyeing an opening in mid-March.

The eatery and bar, being built out of the space at 3820 Falls Road that for decades housed Dmitri’s Tavern, will have space for 110 customers and a setup similar to its sister, flagship Fells Point location, with a bar side and a dining side. Gjerde said the property “needed a complete overhaul, so we went down to the bare walls and started from scratch.”

Everything inside is thus brand new, said the restaurateur, who runs several other restaurants with his wife, Lori, and sister-in-law, Carrie Podles, including Wicked Sisters just up Falls Road, Alexander’s Tavern in Fells Point and Huck’s American Craft in Brewers Hill.

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