More officers will be on Fells Point streets this weekend, but greater challenge of weeding out the rowdiness remains

The historic seaport neighborhood of Fells Point has always been a nightlife destination, but such blatant underage, public drinking would never have been allowed in years past, bar and restaurant owners say. They complain that the city’s permissive open-container policies have turned Fells Point into an all-night Spring Break party with rampant underage drinking, unpermitted DJ’s, sidewalk cocktail sales and, inevitably, violence.