Your favorite baseball noshes!

Well, spring training baseball season is almost upon us. Woo-hoo!



I'm just nosy to see what everyone's favorite ballpark foods are. It'll be interesting to see what you guys have found at major and minor league parks around the country that reflect regional specialties; or just classic favorites, beyond the usual hot dog and beer (not that there's anything wrong with that!).

Here in Tampa Bay we offer (typically) sno-cones, fresh lemonade, and lots of BBQ and Cuban/Spanish food. I wish we'd get some more Northern influences, that would be my preference - cheesesteaks, pies, etc. Oh well. I'm just waiting for funnel cakes!

You will always find Knishes at Yankee and Shea Stadium. Kosher Hot Dogs will there too..

Look for the Clam Chowder vendor at Fenway....Good for those cold days and nights at the beginning of the season.

Of course you'll find a crabcake sandwich at Camden Yards and a Bratwurst at Miller Park.

Doughboys with Cinamon Sugar or Powdered Sugar are served at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket RI.

I had Pierogis at Jacobs Field, and the Minor league park in Scranton PA. I also understand you can find them at PNC Park in Pittsburgh which also has a Primanti Bros Vendor.

I also had a good bbq pork sandwich at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Also how can I forget Pork Rolls at Trenton's minor league park in New Jersey...

Two words:
FENWAY FRANKS...

I hear Pedro is going to market Boston Beans...

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

You will always find Knishes at Yankee and Shea Stadium. Kosher Hot Dogs will there too..

True, however you WON'T find this famed Fenway motif:

Have to have some of Bogg's barbeque at Camden Yards!

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Originally posted by chezkatie

Have to have some of Bogg's barbeque at Camden Yards!

I'm always amazed that ol' Boog Powell is there, right next to his BBQ stand, every time I go to an Orioles game. What a nice guy !!

The Columbus Clippers (AAA Yankee farm team in the International League) has the usual stuff, but several times a season they'll have Dime-A-Dog nite, and they run White Castle nights, too.

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Originally posted by i95

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Originally posted by chezkatie

Have to have some of Bogg's barbeque at Camden Yards!

I'm always amazed that ol' Boog Powell is there, right next to his BBQ stand, every time I go to an Orioles game. What a nice guy !!

He slapped me on the back one time while shaking my hand...if he hadn't been holding my hand I would have fallen over. That guy is STRONG!! He makes a mean pit pork sandwich, too!

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

Also how can I forget Pork Rolls at Trenton's minor league park in New Jersey...

I'll have to ask my boss about those. He used to be the Thunder GM.

-Kristi S., finally at 300 POSTS!

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Originally posted by Kristi S.

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

Also how can I forget Pork Rolls at Trenton's minor league park in New Jersey...

I'll have to ask my boss about those. He used to be the Thunder GM.

-Kristi S., finally at 300 POSTS!

They were pretty good, I never had a pork roll before. My friend was quite upset because the same vendor advertised cheesesteaks, but they ran out in the middle of the game!

Here is the beautiful "Juice Box" - Minute Maid Park

How about a Nolan Ryan cheeseburger ( he raises his own beef and produces a line sold in supermarkets around here) or some jalepeno smoked sausage?

GO ASTROS!

The prettiest Spring Training park in the Southeast: Al Lang Field...



...where the scent of grilling burgers and fresh-popped popcorn intermingles with the tang of soft sea breezes...

Biggest regional speciality at Pac Bell Park (now SBC Park) in San Francisco is the garlic fries.

Gilroy (2 hours south of San Francisco) is the self-proclaimed "garlic capital of the world." While I can't verify that, I can confirm that it's great garlic, and is used liberally on the garlic fries.

They are wonderful. Just don't plan on any kissy-face-stuff for about 3 days after you've eaten them.

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Originally posted by Kristi S.

The prettiest Spring Training park in the Southeast: Al Lang Field...



...where the scent of grilling burgers and fresh-popped popcorn intermingles with the tang of soft sea breezes...

Wow, Kristi!! Nice photo and even better description. Which team uses this facility for spring training?
(Please, God, don't let it be the Yankees.)

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Originally posted by Kristi S.

The prettiest Spring Training park in the Southeast: Al Lang Field...



...where the scent of grilling burgers and fresh-popped popcorn intermingles with the tang of soft sea breezes...

Whoa whoa whoa....hold the phone here. The prettiest spring training ballpark, now or ever, is Dodgertown in Vero Beach (though I do not have a pic to post! ).

At said park, you can also get an official Dodger Dog...and listen to Vin Scully broadcast the games on local Vero Beach radio.

Steve

Lets not forget Zweigle white hots at Frontier Field in Rochester..fresh off the grill...yummmmmmmmmm! Had a nice Polish at Wrigley also....

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Originally posted by i95

Originally posted by Kristi S.

The prettiest Spring Training park in the Southeast: Al Lang Field...

Wow, Kristi!! Nice photo and even better description. Which team uses this facility for spring training?
(Please, God, don't let it be the Yankees.)

i95, PLEASE! Al Lang is the Devil Rays' Spring training park. Those Skankies train over the bay in Tampa. (boo-hiss) And bless your sentiments, i95. I love you.

(-Kristi S., waiting to be pelleted any second now with half-eaten Nathan's by hard-core Yanks fans)

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Originally posted by Kristi S.

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Originally posted by i95

Originally posted by Kristi S.

The prettiest Spring Training park in the Southeast: Al Lang Field...

Wow, Kristi!! Nice photo and even better description. Which team uses this facility for spring training?
(Please, God, don't let it be the Yankees.)

i95, PLEASE! Al Lang is the Devil Rays' Spring training park. Those Skankies train over the bay in Tampa. (boo-hiss) And bless your sentiments, i95. I love you.

(-Kristi S., waiting to be pelleted any second now with half-eaten Nathan's by hard-core Yanks fans)

Thank God.

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Originally posted by i95

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Originally posted by wanderingjew

You will always find Knishes at Yankee and Shea Stadium. Kosher Hot Dogs will there too..

True, however you WON'T find this famed Fenway motif:

Ever since I moved to Rhode Island, I am amazed at the fierce Rivalry that New Englanders have invented between the Red Sox and Yankees. I don't get it! Overall I think us New Yorkers just sit back and are relatively smug about the whole thing.

Smug New Yorkers. Yeah, that can't be the root of it.

Yeah, but you don't have Roger anymore - he came home.

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Originally posted by Lone Star

Yeah, but you don't have Roger anymore - he came home.

You're right. At least he caught a flight on the wings of Andy Pettit's "FU" flight from LaGuardia.

I grew up going to the old, dirt- based, Forbes Field in Pittsburgh with my dad. Nothing will ever taste as good to me in a baseball park as Oscar Meyer hot dogs, Isaly's chipped ham sammiches and Orange Crush. The Boys of Summer just aren't the same without sitting up close, watching Roberto Clemente, Manny SanGuillen(sp), Pop Stargell, Kent Tekulve et al, and listening to gravelly Bob Prince. Those were truly the glory days.

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Originally posted by Kristi S.

Well, spring training baseball season is almost upon us. Woo-hoo!



I'm just nosy to see what everyone's favorite ballpark foods are. It'll be interesting to see what you guys have found at major and minor league parks around the country that reflect regional specialties; or just classic favorites, beyond the usual hot dog and beer (not that there's anything wrong with that!).

Here in Tampa Bay we offer (typically) sno-cones, fresh lemonade, and lots of BBQ and Cuban/Spanish food. I wish we'd get some more Northern influences, that would be my preference - cheesesteaks, pies, etc. Oh well. I'm just waiting for funnel cakes!

Hi Kristi.

While I am a Devil Rays fan, I do sneak in with a good friend of mine to take in a Phillies spring training game up in Clearwater. While we are there, we have a cheesesteak right after the third inning. The purveyor of these is a place from Dunedin called La Spada's. They are excellent. And for a whole cheesesteak sub, they only charge $5.00. Not bad considering what Vince charges for food at Tropicana Field.

Give it a try sometime. Especially with the new field being built at Drew St. and US 19. I have already taken a tour of the new stadium and it is going to be fantastic. No, it does not look out at Tampa Bay, but the other amenities make up for it.

John

Ribdog. LaSpada is the real McCoy. I believe they are originally from Camden, NJ. I've had their italian cold cut sub (hoagie) from the location in Dunedin. I've also had one from another location in Fort Lauderdale just off A1A and Commercial Blvd.

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Originally posted by signman

Ribdog. LaSpada is the real McCoy. I believe they are originally from Camden, NJ. I've had their italian cold cut sub (hoagie) from the location in Dunedin. I've also had one from another location in Fort Lauderdale just off A1A and Commercial Blvd.

I agree. They even have their rolls shipped in from the Amoroso Bakery in Philadelphia along with all kinds of TastyKakes.

John

i'm not sure if this is something particular to detroit, but i love the malt cups that the vendors come around selling at games.....they are not particularly malty and taste more like wood from the spoon you get to eat them with, but they taste like being 10 years old....

now if only the tigers were as enjoyable as a malt cup....here's hoping for a season that's not entirely a train wreck.

go get 'em, tigers!

aim

I just thought of some more. I had a beef on weck at Dunn Tire Park in Buffalo, I saw a coney island vendor at Comerica Park in Detroit, but was too full from my Greektown dinner to try it. I also had a fried twinkie at Norfolk's ballpark and a home plate in Rochester which was the ballpark's version of a Nick Tahou garbage plate. I had the toasted ravioli at Busch Stadium and did not think they were very good, however I did have a good chicken spiedie sandwich where the Binghamtom Mets play and the coney dogs with skyline chili at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati weren't too bad either, however the frito pie at Southwestern Bell ballpark in Oklahoma City was way too salty and I couldn't finish it.

I'm sure I'll think of more!

what other baseball noshes are there besides-- hot dogs/ peanuts/and cold beer?? that's the american way isn't it???? at least it was when i was growing up with baseball at yankee stadium!! (that and a little dirt kicked up at the umpire-- wouldn't be a yankee game without that !! especially in billy martin days...:)