Am I correct that the cannolis that just flashed before our eyes (Giants/Eagles, see picture) are only available in the Club Seats?
I'll have to investigate.
Aramark is the concessionaire for Lincoln Financial Field, btw. All concession stands at Lincoln Financial Field accept MasterCard, MasterCard PayPass, Visa and American Express.
Hate the name of the dairy; love the idea of team ice cream. Eagles v Giants November 9th in Philly.
Last year, Philadelphia Magazine deemed Chickie's & Pete's the Best Sports Bar in town saying: ESPN rated Chickie’s & Pete’s the third best sports bar in the country, and who are we to disagree? You can’t go wrong with throngs of bloodthirsty jerseyed fans, gigantic plasma TVs, cheap beer (plus more esoteric selections), fantastic mussels in red sauce (we may have heard something about the crabs, too), and, at the South Philly location, plenty of Dalembert and Donovan sightings.
Scoreboard Gourmet will hit the actual restaurant (one of them) later this summer. So far we've only experienced Chickie's & Pete's at Citizens Bank Park, where the line for the famous Crab Fries was crazy long - longer than any other line in the ballpark, including all the cheesesteak stands.
And since we actually wanted to watch some of the game we did not stand in line. Food concessions lines are pretty painful at Citizens Bank Park. Maybe it's because we attended a sellout (a legitimate sellout, meaning seats were full not just tickets were sold). Or maybe it's because many fans seemed way more interested in eating than watching.
One SG contributer was surprised to see the game was in progress - on an overhead TV - while he stood one of many lines. "It's so quiet," he said. "It's like there's no game at all."
Guess the aforementioned bloodthirsty fans are part of another season.
Chickie's & Pete's
1526 Packer Avenue (walking distance from the Philly Sports Complex)
11000 Roosevelt Blvd (gigantic TV's)
4010 Robbins Ave (orig location, also has TV's)
Philadelphia, PA
183 US Highway 130
Bordentown, NJ (near Trenton)
6055 Blackhorse Pike
Egg Harbor Twp, NJ (near Atlantic City)
Philadelphia's Big League Sandwich - the Schmitter - is a forty-something year old creation of McNally's Tavern...now available at Citizens Bank
Park (Phillies, where all these pictures were taken) and Lincoln Financial Field (Eagles).
The Schmitter is a sort of Cheesesteak, the kind that makes you understand why 'cheese' gets top billing in the name. There was so much cheese on the sandwiches SG sampled that we initially thought it was mayonnaise, but one bite proved our eyes wrong.
We liked what we tried but felt something was missing - maybe hot sauce or more flavorful onions - or maybe there was too much bland cheese. To us the Schmitter was more of a 'grilled cheese' than a cheesesteak. We think a sandwich with so many ingredients should be somewhat tastier.
We would, however, give the Schmitter another chance when we next return to the ballpark, or if we go to an Eagles game, or if we ever have the opportunity to check out the tavern that is home of the sandwich. You see, we liked the sandwich...we just didn't love it.
McNallys Tavern
8634 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19118
215-247-9736
Have You seen that excellent Dunkin' Donuts commercial: Freezing at Pee Wee Hockey? What's excellent about it, I guess, is the song. Or maybe it's the absence of Rachel Ray. Either way, the idea is, while you're siiting and watching (and playing) pee wee hockey you get cold, can't feel your hands, and need some Milky Way Hot Chocolate to warm up.
A small (that's 10oz) Dunkin' Donuts Milky Way Hot Chocolate is 200 calories (60 of them from fat) and contains the following ingredients: Water, Milky Way Hot Chocolate Powder (Sugar, Non Dairy Creamer (contains partially hydrogenated coconut oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), dipotassium phosphate, sugar, mono- and diglycerides, sodium silicoaluminate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, artificial flavors, and artificial color (annatto and turmeric)), Cocoa Powder (processed with alkali), Nonfat Dry Milk, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Confectionery Flake (contains sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa, chocolate liquor, cocoa processed with alkali, and soy lecithin), Sodium Citrate, Molasses, Salt, Cellulose Gum, Caramel Color, and Silicone Dioxide).
Why am I telling you this today? Because Dunkin' Donuts, that crazy sports drink company, sponsors the Giants (and the Patriots, and the Eagles, and the Jets). I know the Giants are playing in balmy Dallas - and that even if they were at the Meadowlands it's not too cold here - but I assure you it's nice to have a hot coffee (or chocolate) at a cold football game...but maybe Milky Way isn't manly enough for the NFL?
ha, like those fat NFL fans are anti-candy. that's funny.
