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I went looking for good food at the Metrodome - and I struck out

I got invited to the Twins game last night, and I figured this would be my chance to sample the cuisine at the Metrodome - something I haven't done in at least a decade. I've been reading about how other ballparks around the country are offering more sophisticated cuisine - a story last year in the New York Times reports on crab sandwiches at the San Francisco Giants' AT&T ballpark; corned beef and pastrami on rye at Dodger Stadium in LA, and spicy tuna roll with edamame at the Seattle Mariners' ballpark and Argentine empanadas at the Florida Marlins' Dolphin Stadium. But what I found was mostly just hot dogs, bratwurst and burgers, plus the Papa John's pizza that the New York Times described as a must to avoid: "soggy crust, rubbery cheese, and sausage that tastes like breakfast links." (I somehow missed the one item that the Times article recommended - the carved turkey sandwich with Caesar salad sold at the Minnesota Carvery behind section 132.) I wound up settling for a Famous Dave's barbecued beef sandwich ($6.75) which, actually, was not bad - but not in the same gastronomic league as the fare at some of the other parks. Supposedly, this is all going to improve when the new Twins ballpark opens next spring.

Comment by Michael Maupin on July 31, 2009 at 11:26am: I'm sure the new ballpark will have upgrades all around--including cuisine. Hopefully the Twin Cities will catch up with the rest of the country.

Comment by PM on August 1, 2009 at 3:40pm: We can always hope...

What local delicacies would be worth featuring at the ballpark? Lutefisk on a stick? Seriously, Milwaukee has brats, St. Louis has fried ravioli, Baltimore has crab cakes, Kansas City has ribs--what do we have? What should we have?

I went looking for good food at the Metrodome - and I struck out

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