Weirdest Ballpark Fare You Had

[BigMac1212]

I was born in Memphis. I didn't get into Mid-South BBQ until the turn of the Millenium at least. Earlier this month, my dad and I attended the Saturday & Sunday games of the Diamondbacks-Reds game at Great American Ball Park. Chase Field really doesn't have any barbecue stands, but I found a Montgomery Inn stand, a Cincy favorite, down the rightfield foul pole. I ordered the Smokehouse Bowl. I think pictures do the dish better than words:

I did not finish the dish, but I did like it.

Is there a meal or dish that would top this? (Nothing at Chase Field that I had would top this bowl.)

(Yes, I have heard of the Gridiron Burger at University of Phoenix Stadium, but let's keep this thread to baseball parks for the moment, unless overruled by the mods.)

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[Big McLargehuge]

I found a good beer once.

 

[John Price]

Don't really eat inside major league stadiums as you can just bring food in.

 

[Terry Yake]

i can't remember the last time i ate at a MLB stadium

 

[Dr Pepper]

Toronto's ballpark offerings are rather pedestrian....not much to offer outside of overpriced footlongs and even pricier beer.

I think on the main concourse you can find a few burgers or poutine, but nothing special.

I wish they had the "all you can eat" sections like I saw in Pittsburgh.

 

[Canes]

Pork dumplings from Intentional Wok, Awful Waffle (Waffle House) waffles and hash browns, "street" tacos at Taco Factory, brisket from Fox Bros BBQ at SunTrust Park other than the standard ballpark food. There's other good non-standard offerings too.

Split a burgerizza the last year at Turner Field, just to do it. It wasn't as bad or greasy as we thought it would be but we couldn't even finish it between 4 people.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Don't really eat inside major league stadiums as you can just bring food in.

Thinly veiled brag about being poor

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

I only eat when the food is free, which it usually isn't. Otherwise just tailgate.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

What is a ballpark fare, anyway?

 

[BigMac1212]

What is a ballpark fare, anyway?

Don't ask, Clowe Me. Modern-day ballparks are trying to make concessions into state fair food.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Don't ask, Clowe Me. Modern-day ballparks are trying to make concessions into state fair food.

Which is good IMO.

 

[amj h]

I found a good beer once.

All beer is good. Whiskey better. Rum amazing. Tequila the stuff of gods.

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

A mini papa johns pizza that was good, and crappy nachos. And those were probably the only times I have aten anything at a ballpark.

 

[Cheese Wagstaff]

Baltimore has something called “Chesapeake Fries” yesterday, which I thought would be fries with old bag seasoning, but were fries loaded with an absurd level of crab dip.

Yankee Stadium has a hamburger with glazed donuts for buns when it first opened. I found it embarrassingly good and tried to recreate it at home on multiple occasions

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Baltimore has something called “Chesapeake Fries” yesterday, which I thought would be fries with old bag seasoning, but were fries loaded with an absurd level of crab dip.

Yankee Stadium has a hamburger with glazed donuts for buns when it first opened. I found it embarrassingly good and tried to recreate it at home on multiple occasions

The crab dip fries I would try but it was heaped on in insane amounts then it would likely be bad.

The donut burger sounds disgusting to me but I’m not really a huge donut fan in general and I have a pretty steadfast rule of not mixing sweets with meats.

 

[c9777666]

I was born in Memphis. I didn't get into Mid-South BBQ until the turn of the Millenium at least. Earlier this month, my dad and I attended the Saturday & Sunday games of the Diamondbacks-Reds game at Great American Ball Park. Chase Field really doesn't have any barbecue stands, but I found a Montgomery Inn stand, a Cincy favorite, down the rightfield foul pole. I ordered the Smokehouse Bowl. I think pictures do the dish better than words:

(Nothing at Chase Field that I had would top this bowl.)

Not even the sweet, sweet Churro Dog?

Diamondbacks' Churro Dog is just as insane as it sounds

 

[garnetpalmetto]

At an MLB park, my wife partook of the sushi at Safeco (specifically the Ichiroll) and said it was pretty good. I also had a creampuff there from a Japanese chain (Beard Papa's) that was also pretty darned good. At MiLB parks, I had the Moose Tacos at Burlington Athletic Park in Burlington, NC - not really made of moose, but an homage to Mike Moustakas. We went up to Norfolk this past weekend to check out Harbor Park (alas the Bulls lost to the Tides 4-3 in extra innings) and they had a version of butter beer called Dogsmeade on draft made by Wasserhund, a local brewery. It wasn't what I had asked for but it was pretty darned good.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

I eat all the time when I go to Sox games, but it's usually between a polish sausage and a hot dog. I've gotten the Cuban Sandwich before. That's probably the most out of place thing. Or the churros.

In Minnesota, I got a whitefish sandwich. In Milwaukee, I had the brat and cheese curds.

Most of the time, I usually just get beer. Will have a Dodger dog though when I'm in LA next month.

 

[BigMac1212]

Not even the sweet, sweet Churro Dog?

Diamondbacks' Churro Dog is just as insane as it sounds

The Bowl topped that. (And I had the churro dog.)

 

[tank44]

Seattle Mariners games you can get grasshoppers. They're roasted and served in a jello shot cup. Tastes like pumpkin seeds.

M's to limit sales of popular toasted grasshoppers

 

[BigMac1212]

Seattle Mariners games you can get grasshoppers. They're roasted and served in a jello shot cup. Tastes like pumpkin seeds.

M's to limit sales of popular toasted grasshoppers

Roasted, yet intriguing.

 

[GarbageGoal]

Primanti Brothers Sandwich at PNC and Three Rivers. Not weird, just amazing.

 

[BigMac1212]

Primanti Brothers Sandwich at PNC and Three Rivers. Not weird, just amazing.

For people outside the Steel City, I can see why the Primanti Brothers Sandwich could fit on this list.

 

[GarbageGoal]

For people outside the Steel City, I can see why the Primanti Brothers Sandwich could fit on this list.

It’s just the sides piled on the sandwich. I don’t see it as weird. And I’m not from Pittsburgh.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

never understood all the crazy shit they offer at stadiums.......beer and a hot dog simple.