7 inviting fall vacation destinations

From a thriving craft-brew community to the arrival of numerous award-winning chefs, Charm City’s food scene is in full swing. Start at one of the Ivy Hotel’s 18 cozy rooms, which come with afternoon tea, car service and a complimentary minibar stocking house-made cookies (from $425 per night; theivybaltimore.com).

Gorge on shellfish: Reserve a table at Woodberry Kitchen, where James Beard Award-winning chef Spike Gjerde uses regional ingredients in $17 blue crab flatbreads and other dishes (woodberrykitchen.com).