list of places to tailgate/get good cheap food and beer within spitting distance of M&T:
1. gameday firehouse
https://www.facebook.com/GamedayFirehouse
really cool cheap place. beers are $3 to 4 dollars, wine and mixed drinks for the ladies. pit beef and chicken and turkey sandwiches for $5 or so. good cigars for 5 bucks or so.
mostly family friendly. older good natured crowd. lots of seats indoor and outdoors with benches and big wood tables.
4/5 stars
2. gameday warehouse (there just called the firehouse and warehouse but when i went to pull something off the internet as a reference they are called "gameday" so maybe they are connected)
Gameday Warehouse - Sports Bars - Carroll-Camden Industrial Area - Baltimore, MD - Reviews - Photos - Yelp
also in the shadow of M&T.
you will most likely be standing up, girls will be walking around w shooters, beers will cost more than the firehouse, lines at bathroom etc.
tons of TVs everywhere, huge open warehouse w tons of standing space, volume is LOUD.
looking for a lively drinking environment, this is a good place. especially if it is raining bc Pickles and Sliders is mostly outdoors drinking.
3/5
3. Pickles/Sliders outside of camden yards.
Pickles Pub Baltimore MD maryland downtown ravens statium food and drink
A slight walk from here to M&T but you do get to do the "ravens walk" which is a pathway from Camden to M&T that is lined with vendors and stuff.
indoors are usually crammed so you are outdoor drinking on the closed off portion of the street. cornhole going on and what not.
this is a fun place. ive spent many a times drinking here missing first pitch. beers are in the $4-5 range, mixed drinks for the ladies.
best perk is all the street vendor food. really good brats and dogs at really good prices.
4/5 .. if you havent been to pickles/sliders pregame, its almost a must go.
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ive never been to a ravens pre season so i dont know if the firehouse or warehouse will even be open.
i would recommend.
start = pickles/sliders and chug a few natty bos, maybe get a brat or wait till you get to the firehouse for a pit beef sandwich.
then = do the raven walk to the warehouse and get some more beers in you.
then = walk a few blocks to the firehouse to get one or 2 final drinks, eat pit beef sandwich, smoke a stoogie.
finally = walk with 1 or 2 beers to stadium, chug your beer right in front of the security guards and then slam dunk that empty can into the trash can and yell something like "now lets kick some ass!!! raaaawwww!!"
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i really look forward to checking out the new casino horseshoe pregame as well. its an awesome casino, you get like $20 worth of free slots and a $5 scratch off just for signing up to their free rewards card. you cant just take the preloaded $20 card and try to cash it in. you have to play the $20 but any money you win, you can cash out (obviously).
restaurants are really good from cheap to mid to expensive.
ballers and shot callers - use the $45 valet parking at horseshoe and i read on the ravens message board that you are in and out but at $45, god bless your success.
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just bar hop in fed hill and walk to stadium
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bar hop in fells and take the water taxi to inner harbor and walk to stadium