You're listening to the litter box a Detroit
Tigers podcast with your hosts Chet West and
Bill Patterson I Want to change gears here for
a second bill and get into something that you
and I Had become near and dear to in our broadcasts
of the last year or so the food at Petco Park
The Tigers will be playing the Padres here in
the first series. And not only is it a pitcher
friendly park, but it's a food friendly park
too. They've got quite a few interesting selections
on the menu. Is there anything on here that you
would, I know you've been to like every ballpark
in the country eating everything. What would
you recommend to our friends out there who may
be taking in the first series of the season?
Chad, I'm glad you asked. And cousin Eric is
out there with his wife, Whitney and kids. So,
with a little research from the home crowd, here's
what I've got. Seaside Market and you want to
get the Cardiff Crack Tri -Tip Sandwich. Unbelievable.
Tri -Tip Chet is a cut of the cow that is slow
roasted over a spit. It's raised so it gets caramelized.
or excuse me, lowered so it gets caramelized,
then raised to finish it through. So it's basically
reverse sear, sliced thin with a horseradish
and au jus on a hearty roll. It's nothing short
of delicious. That sounds delicious. You want
to wash it down with San Diego's favorite beer,
which is Elle Smith's. 394 in honor of Tony Gwynne.
You're going Ailsmith. Okay, the Tony Gwynne
beer. Yeah, I was gonna ask. You go, what do
you watch now? You go ballast point. Do you do
a, you know, Coronado brewing? Or are you going
Ailsmith? That's where I'm starting. I might
move to a ballast point sculpin' at some point.
It's delicious. You might tickle that. Yeah,
and then, you know, we did this in our March
Madness food. I have to give shout out to Pizza
Port, who's also there. their slices are nothing
short of divine chat. It's a thicker, doughier
crust. So imagine somewhat of like a pillowy,
known as style Brooklyn style, but yet cut into
a triangle with delicious beef pepperoni, good
moths, you know, fresh moths, a really good blend
of herbs and spices. And then a very tart but
slightly sweet sauce with just locally grown
tomatoes. I got a couple of things I want to
call it. That sounds lovely, by the way. That
was an incredible recommendation. Everybody go
get your go get your eats on on that. Petco Park
has a couple of exclusives. They have the shortstop,
which is a braised beef short rib. I'm reading
this off the menu with borsoneioli and au jus
served on a French roll with kettle chips. That
does not sound like something I'm eating in San
Diego for some reason. No, no. Braised beef short,
I feel like we're in St. Louis having something
like that, not in San Diego. Can I take your
dare and raise it one more? Sure. If you want
to go to Jack in the Box, which is only available
on Section 323, and for those that don't know,
Jack in the Box is essentially your Carl's Jr.
Yeah. type of Burger King type of fast food joint.
And they have San Diego born fast food, which
includes tiny tacos. I'd take my chances with
those. That might be fun. But what I wouldn't
do is this. And here's where I dare you, buddy.
Oh, boy. Would you do a purple haze cocktail
from Jack in the Box? No, no. And I don't know.
I don't know. I don't want to know what's in
it. It's probably like a buzz ball or something
dumped into a cup. on ice. That's probably the
worst tasting alcohol you've ever had in your
life. It could just be cough syrup. Just go buy
a buzz ball, guys. It's a perfect thing. A purple
thang. Oh, goodness gracious. So the other thing
I saw they've got the exclusive this year is
a new concept. A new concept is the pondry pretzels.
They feature freshly baked braided pretzels in
a variety of flavors, including buffalo with
blue cheese ranch, honey mustard with a queso
blanco. Sure. Classic salted with Bavarian brewed
mustard. That's the one you get everybody. Yeah,
you stick with that. Don't do that. There's a
s'mores with chocolate. And then there's a cram
cracker crumble and marshmallow whipped cream.
I am diverting from that. That is not my jam.
I'm going with the Bavarian brew mustard and
the salt. That's the way you do it. That's the
one that got into the, what do we get? How far
did they get in the March Madness in the ballpark
food madness we did the other week in our previous
episode? In terms of pretzels? Down to like the
final four, right? Didn't the pretzel get far?
I think they just made it out of their bracket.
They made it out of their bracket, but they should
have. At any rate. Hold on. I've got one more
for you. Give it to us. This is the last one
though. So in honor of Trevor Hoffman, the legendary
Padres relief pitcher, they now have gelato.
Of course. But guess what the themed flavors
are. And I'm not even going to try you. They
are chalk, clay, and sand. So Chet, you have
to pick one of the three and why. Chalk, clay,
sand. Alright, so a couple weeks ago we talked
about how as a child I may or may not have eaten
dog food and milk bones. I also every once in
a while sampled some clay in first grade. I am
going to go clay as an homage to my childhood
eating habits. I am having gotten plenty of sand
in my mouth at the beach doing various activities.
I'm not going to pick that. I got chalk in your
mouth. It's awful. I'm going to go with the what
I'm guessing is the lesser least of three evils
and just say chalk and hope for the best. I'm
going, Clay. Very good. You got the chalk, huh?
OK. You ever bit into a piece of chalk before?
Don't plan on it. But I did when I was about
seven. Not fun. That's terrible. All right. Litterbox
listeners, thank you for joining and chat. We're
going to have to do your weird eating habits
as an off season one, uh, pre nine years old,
because it sounds like anything that was even
malleable, not edible things that went in my
mouth that probably shouldn't have. Yuck. Yeah.
We'll leave it at that. Go tigers. All right.
That's gonna do it for this episode of the Litterbox,
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