On any other frigid Monday in January, Charmery ice cream shops would have served cones, shakes and hot chocolate. But the Baltimore-based business closed its five locations for the day.
Max’s Taphouse in Fells Point, which normally closes on winter Mondays, did the opposite, opening the bar for a snow day.
They were among Baltimore-area businesses scrambling to adjust to the season’s first snowstorm, which the National Weather Service said dumped about 5.8 inches of snow at BWI Marshall Airport by 1 p.m. on Monday. Another 1 to 3 inches were expected in the evening in Baltimore and farther south…