On Sunday June 29, 2014, I attended the Orioles final game of the Ray's 4 game series at Camden Yards. The day was a Orioles baseball hat give-a-way which was a replica of the 1954 Orioles. The baseball hats were given out to the first 20,000 fans 15 and over and was sponsored by DAP.
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| Orioles Give-A-Way 6/29/14, Orioles 1954 Hat Replica |
Since I arrived at the game early, I thought I'd finally give Dempsey's Brew Pub (http://www.dempseysbaltimore.com) a chance just off Eutaw Street. It is the only sit down restaurant that anyone can access at Camden Yards (there are a few I believe at Club Level). We also got a seat outside right on Eutaw Street which was fun to people watch and since it was such a great day outside.
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| View from Table on Eutaw St. |
I went in not expecting very much from the place since many people who have went to the Brew Pub did not talk highly of the beer. So my first course of business was to choose one of Dempsey's own brews, and I went with the '83 Golden Ale (the others are Wild Pitch Wheat, Rick's Red Ale, and Rain Delay IPA).
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| '83 Golden Ale |
Well, I'll have to say the beer was nothing to write home about. It was ok and at ballpark prices ($7.75). To be honest, I probably would have preferred a Yuengling as the '83 Golden Ale was not any better than the Yuengling (though Yuengling in my opinion is actually a pretty good brew, but I expected something exceptional since Dempsey's brews the beer themselves).
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| Old Bay Wings at Dempsey's |
My next course of business was selecting an appetizer. I went with the Wings with Old Bay but was tempted by their other flavors of Sweet Thai, Lemon Pepper, BBQ, Buffalo, or Dempsey's Sauce (the Wings were $12). When the wings came out I saw the Old Bay was a dry rub so I wasn't expecting too much (most old bay wings end up being dry rub, I personally prefer sauce style wings). The wings looked like they were grilled or just lightly fried. They were good wings, but if I had the choice again I would defiantly pick another appetizer since there nothing spectacular and just about anyone can throw some old bay on wings and get roughly the same effect as theses wings.
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| "The Walk Off" |
My final choice at Dempsey's was one of their signature entree items, "The Walk Off". The Walk Off is an Old Bay Roma Sausage in a Pretzel Roll with Dempsey's House Made Old Bay Crab dip. The thing was huge and it looked awesome. I added old bay fries with my food so "The Walk Off" came in at $16 and another $5 to add fires (Chips would have come with no extra charge). The Walk Off was awesome and definitely worth a try and a trip to Dempsey's even considering the mediocre beer and wings.
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| "The Walk Off" being devoured |
My friend got the Crab pretzel at one time, and it turns out "The Walk Off" is the same thing except you get a sausage thrown in the pretzel and a side (the Crab pretzel is only $12). The Old Bay fries were ok, but I was expecting a little more. My friend got the sweat potato tater tots and I tried one. The sweet potato tater tots are the best option of side on the menu...they were awesome. They came with a raspberry sauce and were delicious. So if you get any sides, say no to the temptation of the Old Bay fries (...I know thats hard to say as a Marylander...) but do get the sweat potato tater tots.
So overall, the food was good at Dempsey's, some of their specials and sides were amazing. So far I'd have to agree with everyone I've heard comment on their beer thus far, its not much to talk about (but I do want to give the other beers a chance...who knows).
The service, well its inside the ball park and it gets mobbed when the gates open (that is when we got there...about 2 hours before game time). The service wasn't very quick and not very helpful. We had to ask for silver wear, napkins, and to remind our server that he forgot the crab pretzel. Then he had the nerve to say there was a "malfunction" in the oven that couldn't cook it (...probably the same one that successfully cooked the same looking pretzel item I ate before we got the crab pretzel...).
Anyway, don't expect fast or good service during game days. It would be nice though if some of the items were a little cheaper (the cost is about $40 a person with 1 beer, an appetizer, and an entree with "premium" side).
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| Field Pre-Game from Section 67 |
So after eating I went to my seats for the game. I was really hoping we would split the series with the Rays. The first 5 innings was a back and forth challenge with the Orioles and the Rays. Miguel Gonzalez was the starter for the Orioles and was facing Alex Cobb of the Rays.
Gonzalez gave up a run in the top of the first with a Zobrist double that Jennings scored on. Matt Joyce hit a homer off Gonzalez in the top of the 3rd giving the Rays a 2-0 lead. The Orioles would answer back with a run in the bottom of the 3rd. Bottom of the 4th Manny Machado hit a 2 run homer giving the Orioles the lead 3-2. Zobrist would homer off Gonzalez in the top of the 5th brining the game tied 3-3 (and Gonzalez was taken out of the game and replaced by Evan Meek.
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| Gonzalez on the Mound |
The Orioles would score in the bottom of the 5th taking back the lead 4-3. Then...all hell broke lose. The Orioles gave up 7 runs in the top of the 6th. The Orioles would give up another 2 runs in the top of the 7th. Shockingly, with the Orioles replacements in the bottom of the 9th they managed to get 3 more runs off a 3 run homer from Ryan Flaherty (who was put in around the 8th inning to replace JJ Hardy).
All in all, the Orioles lost 12-7. So much for splitting the series.
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