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Inside funky Gaspar's Grotto, where a shot and a beer cost $2 and lusty pirate statues rule the roost, members of the Maryland delegation to the Republican National Convention were doing lunchtime battle — and winning — with heaping plates of Cuban sandwiches and steaming bowls of paella.
"If they sun stays, I think we're going to see a lot of delegates in bathing suits this afternoon,"
He said he was touched by the small-business success story behind the family-owned restaurant.