Busboys and Poets will open its Baltimore location in 2021

Busboys and Poets' arrival in Baltimore is drawing nearer. The Washington, D.C.-based restaurant-and-bookstore chain is slated to open its new location near Johns Hopkins University this spring, founder Andy Shallal confirmed Tuesday. "It's a done deal, and we're looking to open in the next two or three months," he said. Word that Busboys was headed to Baltimore first trickled out last year through filings with the city's liquor board and the State Department of Assessments & Taxation. The…