Ravens fan Jeff Hinton has been going to games with the same four friends since the team came to Baltimore. The crew of five always arrives early for the tailgating festivities, and each member has a special role they play within the group: one guy cooks and the other four bartend.
This is tailgating Ravens style, and Hinton has spent 13 years perfecting the art: A fully stocked bar on a portable table, a grill that holds eight steaks flipped by Ravens grill tools, an array of Ravens chairs arranged under a Ravens tent, all to be enjoyed while decked out in officially licensed Ravens clothing. For the recent game against the Cleveland Browns, the cook prepared steak, cream of crab soup, crab cakes, and Caesar’s Salad eaten, naturally, with Ravens plates and napkins.
Even for a dedicated fan like Hinton who was willing to put in the time, finding Ravens gear in one place was hard. “There was nowhere,” said the Sykesville resident. That is when Hinton decided to open his own store....
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