Scoreboard Gourmet

Food Concessions at the Peoria Sports Complex; Padres, Mariners Spring Training

Thank you Thank you Thank you, Jennifer at the Peoria Sports Complex for this excellent photo of Food Concessions at Padres / Mariners Spring Training in Arizona. I believe this is the Third Base side of the ballpark.
Click to enlarge the picture and if your work computer is as gigantic and fancy as mine you can eat your lunch beside the screen and feel like you're there. I'm doing that now. Ham and Swiss on Wheat with Mustard and Lettuce. And a Red Hook. Kidding. But desiring. 

McFadden's at CitiField

McFadden's Saloons is Opening its newest location at CitiField, Home of the NY Mets

Seeking Experienced Kitchen Manager 
See Craigslist Ad

This is going to be a very high volume and fast paced environment. Serious Applicants only.

More info as soon as I get it. Here's what MetsBlog has to say: McFadden’s has started construction on a bar that will be acceesable from the inside and outside of Citi Field, located on the corner beyond center field, off 126

Indiana Beer, not just Bud, Miller and Coors anymore

Jolene Ketzenberger of The Indianapolis Star introduces the world of Indiana microbrews. Can't say I agree with the suggestion of starting with wheat beers (if you've only ever had "Bud, Miller and Coors") but I do support the idea of trying something new.
Read the full story: Draft a winning Super Bowl party with Indiana beers

Sidebar: Beer pairings for your party
» Hot stuff: Balance the spiciness of buffalo wings with the maltiness of a pale ale.
» Lotsa toppings: An amber ale's hoppy, malty flavors pair well with pizza.
» Sweet treats: The roasted malts of porters and stouts go great with chocolate.

Where Colts / Saints Fans Should Watch the SuperBowl in NYC

We haven't talked about Urban Tailgate in many months. They're the guys who identify NYC bars for watching games.
Here are two bars they highlighted as Best For Colts / Saints fans:

KEATS BAR
Indianapolis Colts
842 2nd Avenue @ 45th St.
$2 Colt Blue Kamakazi Shots
$16 Domestic Buckets
$20 Open buffet 1 hour before game or during half time.

EAST VILLAGE TAVERN
New Orleans Saints
158 Avenue C @ 10th St.
25 cent wings
$2 Sliders
$4 Yuengling
$12 Buckets of Bud Light or PBR

Check out Urban Tailgate for more, like Where will the Coors Light Promo Girls be during the SuperBowl?
Lucky Strike, Monkey Room, Pipers Kilt, Patrick’s Bar, The Grizzly Pear, Glessons, Phoenix Park, East End Bar and Grill, Rathbones, and others, at varying times.

Outdoor Bar on Upper Level of Dolphins / SunLife Stadium

Still a LandShark swimming around the Sand Bar at Miami's football stadium. Why is the naming and renaming and renaming so entertaining to SG? Check out all those flags to the right, that's because this photo was taken before the ProBowl. Thanks again to Centerplate and Steve Cahoon for making me wish I had a plane ticket and a game ticket.
 

9 of 10 of us will watch SuperBowl at home

Says the Nielsen people: The great majority of U.S. households -- 9 out of 10 – say they will be watching Super Bowl XLIV at home or at a friend’s or relative’s house instead of watching it from a restaurant or bar, according to a new survey by The Nielsen Company. And for their home viewing, only five percent of households expect to spend more on food and beverages for the Super Bowl this year.

While beer and football are popular American pastimes, the Super Bowl, somewhat surprisingly, is not the most popular beer holiday. Nielsen’s research shows that the Super Bowl ranks relatively low among holiday beer sales, after the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Halloween. Nielsen’s analysis shows that with the exception of late March, grocery retailers experienced the biggest weeks for Q1 beer sales during the two weeks surrounding Super Bowl 2009, with nearly 17 million cases sold.

Super Bowl viewers across the country stock their at-home parties with snacks, nearly 166 million pounds of snacks, especially salty snacks. Potato chips reign, with more than 44 million pounds of snacks sold while tortilla chips and pretzels also rank high for Super Bowl sales. The Super Bowl snack with the greatest growth? Popped popcorn.
Unpopped kernels are still working their way up.

SG is the 1 of 10 who will be watching the SuperBowl in a restaurant or bar.

Beer Glorious Beer, hot sausage and mustard

Let's talk about beer. Here are some stats from a survey of beer drinkers conducted by Mintel:

Domestic v Imported
-44% of surveyed beer drinkers prefer domestic because it "just tastes better" and/or they're loyal to their brand
-24% prefer imports

So there should be one import for every two domestics offered at ballgames, right? The current ratio seems more like 1:10. 

Light v Regular
-24% of domestic beer drinkers drink light beer all the time (presumably these are not the people concerned with taste)
-26% drink light beer most of the time (ditto)

-91% of imported beer drinkers say they drink regular
-37% drink light or low-calorie

I lied about the sausage. None of that here today.

Drinking Rules at The Garden

Madison Square Garden Drinking Rules:
2 at a time to each 21+year old person.

Alcohol NOT Sold when the 4th quarter of any Knicks or Liberty game begins, when the 3rd period of any Rangers game begins, when the 11th minute of the 2nd half of any college basketball game begins (ie St. John's), towards the end of any concert (this one is hard to nail down in terms of time). 

How the Garden Gets Rangers Specific for Games

It's all about the cups...

Official Beer of the Saints: Bud, or is it Bud Light?

Houston to New Orleans, beer to beer, and a tall Coke bottle