You heard it here first. And if you didn't I'd love to know where you did.
Brother Jimmy's, everyone's favorite ACC bar, is showing some Yankee pride by setting up an outpost in the Bronx at the new Yankee Stadium. And nothing goes together better than a bunch of Yankees and southerners. The stand is left field, field level.
Thinking about Brother Jimmy's makes me feel old. Remember when 1644 Third Avenue was a Bills Bar? More details when I know em.
And, speaking of Brother Jimmy's, here's their NCAA Men's Basketball tourney bracket. Go UConn!
Because I obviously only order juice and water so that I can throw the bottles at the court, the good people of MSG will not give me bottle tops.
And by 'good people' I seriously mean good people. The vendor, not wanting to break rules but understanding how annoying it is to have two uncapped bottles, gave me two condiments cups to use as caps. I love her.
It was a great idea that worked until TFMJ kicked my water bottle.
Apple and Eve Cranberry, Apple, or Orange Juice at MSG costs $4.
Do they really sell Terra chips at the Garden? We haven't seen them.
But we did hear a funny and confusing thing about those Combo Sabretts things. One of the concessions counters was Sold Out when we tried to buy one. Wow, I said, are they that good? Two vendors shook their heads 'no'
Pretty bad, in fact, they told us.
That's excellent. Selling out something gross.
back to the point of this post - have You had Terra chips at MSG?
It's appalling that I have not yet written about the best food-related concession item at Madison Square Garden - the beer mug with a pretzel rod.
the vendors don't walk around with these beauties, of course, but it's worth getting up for.
draft beer choices at MSG: amstel light, harp, heineken, pilsner urquell (pictured), stella, yuengling, labatt blue, sam adams, bass, bud, bud lght, michelob light. $8.25
remember when I arrogantly claimed that no one sleeps at sports events? well, I stand corrected. forgive me.
and also forgive me if this kid is under 18. I really am not into exploiting children. and I will take this photo down if You think I should. in my defense, I think he's a St. John's student. and in his defense, the ex-Redmen were losing 14 - 41 to Georgetown at the half.
I can't believe I haven't told you the story of the Popcorn Confiscation at MSG.
I'd popped some popcorn at home, lightly salted it and bagged it. I carried the warm and sort of melting bag onto the subway. it smelled so good people were staring and salivating.
TFMJ met me and we went into the Garden. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to hide the popcorn. It just didn't seem like a big deal.
well, I was wrong. it IS a Big Deal to bring in your own popcorn, presumably because they sell popcorn.
anyway, the security guard felt surprisingly bad about taking my popcorn, especially after I told him he must not throw it away but, instead, should eat it himself. it's organic, I told him. with a little sea salt.
he was into it. I'm pretty sure he ate it because when we were walking away he showed the bag to another guard and did not toss it in the trash.
I hope he enjoyed it.
