Spring Break
Let the big dog eat
Adam Loghides
Issue date: 5/27/09 Section: Sports
Summer arrived with the passing of Memorial Day a couple of days ago. The sounds of summer prevailed over the weekend, weed whackers and lawnmowers were heard from miles around.
However, it was the smells of summer that helped me welcome the best season of the year with open arms.
How does anyone beat the smell of a good barbecue on a nice summer day? About the only way that smell can be beat is if you are smelling it at a ball park, watching our nation's best game - baseball.
I heard an interesting comment about ballpark food yesterday. It went something like this, "I am a man, I want to eat like an adult when I go to a ballgame. Don't give me hot dogs and Mountain Dew. I want sophisticated food when I pay high bucks to go to a game."
That guy is insane, in my book.
If I am going to pay out the tail for tickets to see a big league ballgame, I wouldn't mind saving a few bucks on the meal I know I am going to need over the course of a four-hour game.
Unfortunately, in this economy, there are no cheap meals to be had at a ballgame anymore.
Here are some tasty things you can chow down on during a tour of major league ballparks.
Starting in Seattle, the garlic fries at Safeco Field are to die for. If you don't know where the nearest garlic fries vendor is to your seat, just let your nose do the walking. You can smell them from a mile away. After you have treated yourself, unfortunately, your breath can also be spotted from a mile away. Your saving grace? Make sure your sweetie is eating them, too.
Sushi is a big hit at Safeco as well. But sushi connoisseurs will tell you that the best sushi in the majors can be found at San Francisco's AT&T Park. This may be a little too upscale for a guy like me, but I know there are plenty of you out there that would actually enjoy ingesting some raw fish and seaweed while catching a game.
Need to wash down some of those tasty snacks, but have to drive home after the game? How about some nice lemonade at Baltimore's Camden Yards. They are cheaper than the beer and they squeeze it for you at your seat. It's sweet and tart and will make your mouth pucker. It's no coincidence that Oriole fans have been forced to pucker and make weird faces while watching their team perpetually lose for the last decade. You've always thought it was the team on the field forcing their fans to do that? Nope, it's the lemonade.
However, it was the smells of summer that helped me welcome the best season of the year with open arms.
How does anyone beat the smell of a good barbecue on a nice summer day? About the only way that smell can be beat is if you are smelling it at a ball park, watching our nation's best game - baseball.
I heard an interesting comment about ballpark food yesterday. It went something like this, "I am a man, I want to eat like an adult when I go to a ballgame. Don't give me hot dogs and Mountain Dew. I want sophisticated food when I pay high bucks to go to a game."
That guy is insane, in my book.
If I am going to pay out the tail for tickets to see a big league ballgame, I wouldn't mind saving a few bucks on the meal I know I am going to need over the course of a four-hour game.
Unfortunately, in this economy, there are no cheap meals to be had at a ballgame anymore.
Here are some tasty things you can chow down on during a tour of major league ballparks.
Starting in Seattle, the garlic fries at Safeco Field are to die for. If you don't know where the nearest garlic fries vendor is to your seat, just let your nose do the walking. You can smell them from a mile away. After you have treated yourself, unfortunately, your breath can also be spotted from a mile away. Your saving grace? Make sure your sweetie is eating them, too.
Sushi is a big hit at Safeco as well. But sushi connoisseurs will tell you that the best sushi in the majors can be found at San Francisco's AT&T Park. This may be a little too upscale for a guy like me, but I know there are plenty of you out there that would actually enjoy ingesting some raw fish and seaweed while catching a game.
Need to wash down some of those tasty snacks, but have to drive home after the game? How about some nice lemonade at Baltimore's Camden Yards. They are cheaper than the beer and they squeeze it for you at your seat. It's sweet and tart and will make your mouth pucker. It's no coincidence that Oriole fans have been forced to pucker and make weird faces while watching their team perpetually lose for the last decade. You've always thought it was the team on the field forcing their fans to do that? Nope, it's the lemonade.
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