Be a friend indeed to these restaurants in … knead. Baltimore bakeries and restaurants are reportedly pushing ahead with planned openings or overhauling their menus entirely amid repeated postponements and setbacks caused by COVID-19.

The bakery Crust By Mack, long set to open this spring, has adapted by introducing easy-to-go cookie dough and baked-good boxes. Meanwhile, newcomer NiHao restaurant is looking into meal kits and cocktails.

In all, nearly four-dozen eateries have opened since the start of the pandemic, helping provide at least some jobs and income — and, for diners, a break from stay-at-home monotony.

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