my thoughts on ballpark food
I think loving ballpark food should be a prerequisite for American citizenship. There is just something about it. Unfortunately, for the working shleps like you and me, the prices are typically outrageous.
I am the kind of guy who likes to go to as many baseball games as possible, but I almost always go on the cheap. One place where you can really save money going to a baseball game is on the food. I am amazed by the number of people who see me bring my own snacks to the game and say "I didn't know you could bring that." Well in most stadiums you are allowed to bring in some combination of food and drinks.
If that is the case at your local ballpark, you are not a captive audience so pick up dinner to go and take it in with you for a real world price.
I will also talk about restaurant.com as an option for sitting down to dinner before a game. This will save you all kinds of money and in most cases there are participating restaurants very close to the stadium.
I started this off by talking about our love affair with ballpark food, so it would be assinine to not talk about good value inside the stadium.
Sometimes there are signature items that you just can't pass up, no matter what the cost. That is true especially if you are from out of town and may never have the chance again. The great thing with ballpark food is that it has a regional flair almost everywhere you go. I will spend a little bit of time talking about the can't miss signature items, but my main focus will be on the best bang for your buck on food in the stadium. That is a little more in line with the purpose of this site - helping you spend wisely at a baseball game.
One thing that some teams have introduced in the last few years are "all you can eat seats." Usually this includes the standard ballpark fare, but if you really feel like gorging yourself - you should really be excited about that.
We will cover more detail on the individual stadium page, so navigate to your specific ballpark of interest on the menu above.
I am the kind of guy who likes to go to as many baseball games as possible, but I almost always go on the cheap. One place where you can really save money going to a baseball game is on the food. I am amazed by the number of people who see me bring my own snacks to the game and say "I didn't know you could bring that." Well in most stadiums you are allowed to bring in some combination of food and drinks.
If that is the case at your local ballpark, you are not a captive audience so pick up dinner to go and take it in with you for a real world price.
I will also talk about restaurant.com as an option for sitting down to dinner before a game. This will save you all kinds of money and in most cases there are participating restaurants very close to the stadium.
I started this off by talking about our love affair with ballpark food, so it would be assinine to not talk about good value inside the stadium.
Sometimes there are signature items that you just can't pass up, no matter what the cost. That is true especially if you are from out of town and may never have the chance again. The great thing with ballpark food is that it has a regional flair almost everywhere you go. I will spend a little bit of time talking about the can't miss signature items, but my main focus will be on the best bang for your buck on food in the stadium. That is a little more in line with the purpose of this site - helping you spend wisely at a baseball game.
One thing that some teams have introduced in the last few years are "all you can eat seats." Usually this includes the standard ballpark fare, but if you really feel like gorging yourself - you should really be excited about that.
We will cover more detail on the individual stadium page, so navigate to your specific ballpark of interest on the menu above.