WEBVTT 00:00:02.569 --> 00:00:05.469 You're listening to the litter box a Detroit 00:00:05.469 --> 00:00:09.570 Tigers podcast with your hosts Chet West and 00:00:09.570 --> 00:00:14.669 Bill Patterson Well listeners, it looks to me 00:00:14.669 --> 00:00:16.850 like this food segments gonna stick you guys 00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:20.969 seem to enjoy last week's expose on San Diego 00:00:20.969 --> 00:00:24.390 on Petco Park So we're gonna do one here for 00:00:24.390 --> 00:00:27.809 chase field dining if you're headed out to Arizona 00:00:27.809 --> 00:00:31.429 to catch a game We got a couple tips Couple things 00:00:31.429 --> 00:00:33.350 you might be able to grab from one of the vendors 00:00:33.350 --> 00:00:36.549 there bill when you're sitting in the presidential 00:00:36.549 --> 00:00:40.109 pools suite in center field and you're Maybe 00:00:40.109 --> 00:00:43.289 having a soak mid -game. What do you like to 00:00:43.289 --> 00:00:47.229 jam in your pie hole at old chase field? Well, 00:00:47.229 --> 00:00:51.130 hold on. Let's not bury the lead here There is 00:00:51.130 --> 00:00:54.049 a one thousand two hundred and eighty eight square 00:00:54.049 --> 00:00:56.670 foot swimming pool located in right center field 00:00:56.670 --> 00:01:00.859 at chase field You and 34 of your best friends 00:01:00.859 --> 00:01:04.840 can rent that suite, Chet. It's often used for 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:07.060 party and by fans looking to stay cool in the 00:01:07.060 --> 00:01:09.700 Arizona heat, even though it does have a retractable 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:13.959 dome. Here's a fun fact, Chet. 68 home runs have 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:16.980 been hit into that pool. And do you know that 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:20.280 it had to be remodeled once since it opened in 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:24.700 1998 by a company by the name of We fix ugly 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:29.579 pools. No, where did you get this? Factoid fix 00:01:29.579 --> 00:01:32.459 ugly pools whose job was it to figure we got 00:01:32.459 --> 00:01:35.099 to get the pool patch guys Let's go get we fix 00:01:35.099 --> 00:01:38.340 ugly pools out here. All right Wow, it's very 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:42.120 popular books often in advance Give me your best 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:43.859 guesstimate on what you think a ticket would 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:48.099 be I'm gonna guess That holds what 30 some people 00:01:48.099 --> 00:01:53.920 35 35 people I'm guessing 250 a ticket You are 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.280 spot -on my spot on Wow Oh, maybe they need me 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:59.900 in the ticket pricing department prices, right? 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:04.640 Just get shut was 50 a person So what am I gonna 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:06.519 stuff my pie hole with? Alright, let me get back 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:11.319 to the question. Yeah In one last thing Chet. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:15.400 Yeah towels come with your rental and then it's 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:19.009 set It said amenities, but there is no clarification 00:02:19.009 --> 00:02:21.830 on what those are. There's no clarification whether 00:02:21.830 --> 00:02:24.169 there's a shower or anything like that in case 00:02:24.169 --> 00:02:26.189 you come in a little hot and stinky. But you 00:02:26.189 --> 00:02:27.909 know what? It's just something we're going to 00:02:27.909 --> 00:02:30.770 have to try. My pie hole, I've been to the stadium 00:02:30.770 --> 00:02:34.389 before and what I fed into it. They are famously 00:02:34.389 --> 00:02:37.810 known for having Sonoran foot long hot dogs. 00:02:37.849 --> 00:02:41.520 Yes. And that is a hot dog that is wrapped in 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.699 bacon placed into a very soft pillowy Sonoran 00:02:45.699 --> 00:02:48.879 roll. It's like a sweeter Mexican Southwest style 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:52.319 roll. And then the toppings vary, but my best 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:55.360 recollection is it was yellow mustard, like a, 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.580 like a, you know, just a Heinz type or, you know, 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:02.120 Plowman, French's mustard, basic relish, a strip 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:05.319 of mayonnaise, which you know, my loathing of. 00:03:05.469 --> 00:03:08.050 mayonnaise, but it somehow works on this one. 00:03:08.449 --> 00:03:10.889 And then they put pico de gallo on it. So you've 00:03:10.889 --> 00:03:14.650 got the salty with the bacon, the salty with 00:03:14.650 --> 00:03:17.669 the dog, the pico de gallo with the acidity, 00:03:18.289 --> 00:03:22.530 the creaminess of either fresh crema or mayonnaise 00:03:22.530 --> 00:03:25.789 in this case, mustard for some tart and tang, 00:03:25.949 --> 00:03:28.610 and then the pickles just add even more acidity 00:03:28.610 --> 00:03:31.300 and crunch. It works, is all I'm going to tell 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:33.439 you. It sounds like it needs to, one way or the 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:35.300 other. You get all that stuff in there. It better 00:03:35.300 --> 00:03:38.840 work. Is that your, the Sonoran dog, is the Sonoran 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.139 dog your go -to? You've mentioned this. I feel 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:43.860 like we talked about it last year a little bit. 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:47.120 Yeah. Spotlight. They've upped, yes, it's my 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:50.819 go -to, but they've upped their game in extraordinary 00:03:50.819 --> 00:03:53.759 measures. Not only is it one of the few places 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:56.419 you can get a foot long Sonoran dog. Now you 00:03:56.419 --> 00:04:00.990 can get dogs that are foot long. Corn dogs and 00:04:00.990 --> 00:04:04.110 they come in a variety of flavors like Buffalo 00:04:04.110 --> 00:04:07.710 Cheeto flavored I'm gonna be honest this stadium 00:04:07.710 --> 00:04:11.870 the the eatery here. You got it. They do a dog 00:04:11.870 --> 00:04:14.969 a Million different ways. I'm looking across 00:04:14.969 --> 00:04:18.250 this menu. I mean, they got dogs They got all 00:04:18.250 --> 00:04:20.689 different dogs here and they I'm looking at some 00:04:20.689 --> 00:04:23.310 of their new items for this year I mean they 00:04:23.310 --> 00:04:26.589 have a they really leaning into the carne asada 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.420 They've got a new option for carne asada for 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:31.040 just about everything. They do burrito bowls. 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.100 They do street tacos. They do a souvenir nacho 00:04:34.100 --> 00:04:37.259 helmet. New option carne asada bill. I think 00:04:37.259 --> 00:04:39.160 you might need to get into that you and your 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:41.779 son and your nacho helmet thing. They got a thing 00:04:41.779 --> 00:04:46.459 called there's a in section 109. They have a 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:50.639 vendor called bases loaded. They do nacho buckets. 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:54.189 You ever had a nacho bucket? No, but sign me 00:04:54.189 --> 00:04:57.970 up. That sounds delicious. Barbacoa beef, southwestern 00:04:57.970 --> 00:05:01.689 chili, pork carnitas or vegetable fajita blend 00:05:01.689 --> 00:05:05.689 for the vegetarian in you. But let's skip that 00:05:05.689 --> 00:05:08.850 last option. Well, you know, some people, Bill, 00:05:08.889 --> 00:05:11.290 Neil, a veggie option. I just don't need it to 00:05:11.290 --> 00:05:13.389 be like a veggie bratwurst like we have here 00:05:13.389 --> 00:05:16.410 in Minnesota. The barbacoa beef, southwestern 00:05:16.410 --> 00:05:18.850 chili, pork carnitas and a nacho bucket sounds 00:05:18.850 --> 00:05:22.720 incredible. I would add. the feed of vegetables 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:26.810 to the carnitas or barbacoa. That is probably 00:05:26.810 --> 00:05:29.529 the pro move. In my younger days, I may have 00:05:29.529 --> 00:05:31.990 taken that bucket handle, wrapped it over my 00:05:31.990 --> 00:05:34.810 head or on my neck, and just used the thing as 00:05:34.810 --> 00:05:37.629 a feed bucket and jimmed my face in it. A trough. 00:05:37.790 --> 00:05:40.649 Just a trough. They've got the bat flip burgers 00:05:40.649 --> 00:05:42.790 this year, which are new. They've got another 00:05:42.790 --> 00:05:45.769 vegan option, the Beyond Burger. I'm guessing 00:05:45.769 --> 00:05:47.949 that's some sort of fake meat deal. And then 00:05:47.949 --> 00:05:49.689 they've got Big Dog section. They're doing a 00:05:49.689 --> 00:05:51.569 chili cheese dog and something else called a 00:05:51.569 --> 00:05:54.459 hot dog fight. Flight. What? A flight. Flight. 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:56.540 It's a flight. It's not a fight. I missed the 00:05:56.540 --> 00:05:59.500 L. I was going to say that thing looks so much 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:03.480 better. It's a fight. OK, so check. Hot dog flight. 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:05.800 This is the one that drew my attention as well. 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.720 Interesting. It's the home team dog. So I'm imagining 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.519 that's probably a Sonoran dog. OK, the versus 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.259 dog. So it's going to be a Coney from Detroit. 00:06:14.459 --> 00:06:17.379 And then the char dog is because I see what they're 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:20.639 doing here. There's a lot of Illinoisans that 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:24.879 vacation in that area. And the char dog is your 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:29.160 Chicago style hot dog on the grill with the seven 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:33.879 famous toppings. So the hot dog flight is served. 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:37.899 Yeah, go ahead. Go away. Teams dog. Yes, a char 00:06:37.899 --> 00:06:40.689 dog and they serve it. Tell them what they serve 00:06:40.689 --> 00:06:44.889 it on. A bed of crispy fries. Holy shit. I'm 00:06:44.889 --> 00:06:47.889 beelining for... I think a hot dog flight might 00:06:47.889 --> 00:06:52.730 be my go -to. Personally. We would be in line 00:06:52.730 --> 00:06:55.790 at section 105 or 324. I'm hoping we have better 00:06:55.790 --> 00:06:59.089 seats than 324. Regardless, that is where I'm 00:06:59.089 --> 00:07:01.589 going first. And then let me tell you about the 00:07:01.589 --> 00:07:05.449 beverage choice. What are you doing? They've 00:07:05.449 --> 00:07:09.050 got a beer out there called Kilt Lifter. Yeah. 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:12.639 Yep. I think it's Four Peaks is the name of the 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:16.779 brewery. And nothing says hot weather, cold beer, 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:19.319 like drinking a Scotch ale, which is typically 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.839 a malty, heavier alcohol, but somehow it works. 00:07:23.139 --> 00:07:27.199 Somehow they've made it. The Scottish style amber. 00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:30.399 Yeah. At six percent. You're right. Four Peaks. 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:34.120 Yeah. So what I'm seeing here is a lot of carne 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.339 asada. I'm seeing a lot of hot dogs done. I mean, 00:07:37.339 --> 00:07:39.639 you're getting exotic. with some of this hot 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:42.660 dog stuff. There's a churro dog headquarters 00:07:42.660 --> 00:07:45.759 serving churro dogs. What is a churro dog? Do 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:49.100 you know what a churro dog is? No, it's new this 00:07:49.100 --> 00:07:51.939 year. A classic churro dog with Oreo toppings. 00:07:52.100 --> 00:07:55.779 The Oreo explosion churro dog. Well, a churro 00:07:55.779 --> 00:07:58.680 being a Mexican donut. So it sounds like some 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:01.839 of the cocktail options that we saw in San Diego. 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:05.000 The purple haze. The purple haze. Like, is this 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:08.889 just a buzz ball, but a churro dog? Don't know 00:08:08.889 --> 00:08:13.850 I'm gonna say Can I say to fans? We've got my 00:08:13.850 --> 00:08:16.449 guys Zach out there and he they haven't played 00:08:16.449 --> 00:08:18.889 at home yet So he hasn't nobody's tried these 00:08:18.889 --> 00:08:21.709 outside the reporters He's gonna get back to 00:08:21.709 --> 00:08:23.790 us on some of this if any of you have any of 00:08:23.790 --> 00:08:26.990 this, please comment Yeah, but we'd love to hear 00:08:26.990 --> 00:08:29.850 some of these Zach said that his kids were way 00:08:29.850 --> 00:08:32.610 more excited not for a churro dog, but they had 00:08:32.610 --> 00:08:34.590 the take me out to the ball game milkshake. And 00:08:34.590 --> 00:08:36.190 this is one that I think we need to highlight, 00:08:36.330 --> 00:08:39.330 Chad. OK. It's a salted caramel shake with whipped 00:08:39.330 --> 00:08:41.549 cream, peanut butter, sandwich cookies, Kit Kat 00:08:41.549 --> 00:08:44.210 bars, and Cracker Jack. That's a lot of stuff. 00:08:44.450 --> 00:08:47.690 That sounds like a Dairy Queen blizzard. I mean, 00:08:48.070 --> 00:08:50.950 they're putting everything in there. It beats 00:08:50.950 --> 00:08:53.269 the malt cup, I'm gonna tell you that. There's 00:08:53.269 --> 00:08:56.370 one thing, there is one other thing sitting here 00:08:56.370 --> 00:09:00.070 that catches my eye. There is a hot honey chicken 00:09:00.070 --> 00:09:02.409 slider. If you don't want a dog and you don't 00:09:02.409 --> 00:09:04.129 want a burger and you don't want beef and you're 00:09:04.129 --> 00:09:07.090 looking for some poultry, a hot honey chicken 00:09:07.090 --> 00:09:11.090 slider might hit the taste bud just right. Let 00:09:11.090 --> 00:09:13.269 me tell you what's here. Crispy chicken tenders, 00:09:13.490 --> 00:09:18.250 hot honey sauce, pickles, pimento cheese on a 00:09:18.250 --> 00:09:22.720 brioche bun with fries. pimento cheese? In there? 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.080 I'm not feeling it, but sure. What a combo. I 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:28.019 feel like they're just throwing all the toppings 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:31.500 at everything they've got. Yeah. Yeah. At any 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:33.620 rate, if any of you have any of these things, 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.360 Bill, do you have anything else to highlight 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.440 or do we want to hear everybody's take that goes 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.620 and tries all this stuff this coming week? I've 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:43.960 got one more and this one's just last one. Yeah, 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:47.620 last one. They have a big Bella sandwich, mortadella, 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:52.940 motz, pistachio cream, arugulo, chopped pistachios, 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:58.299 EVOO, and sea salt. I don't even like mortadella, 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.679 but it's the closest sandwich meat to resembling 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:04.820 what's in a hot dog. They've basically basically 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:09.019 hot dog meat. They've basically put it cold on 00:10:09.019 --> 00:10:11.279 Italian bread. What do you think of pistachio 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:14.039 cream? Like on a sandwich. That's interesting 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:17.500 delicious. I Bet see this is another thing though 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:19.100 where they're just kind of emptying the kitchen 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:21.919 sink on this Yeah, it's amazing. If anybody tries 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.519 this stuff, please let us know leave a comment 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:27.259 Leave a take if you had something that stunk 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:29.279 we want to know just as well as the stuff. That's 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:33.120 good Okay until next time. Here's your chase 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.820 field dining preview. Let us know how it goes 00:10:35.820 --> 00:10:43.090 guys Go Tigers go Tigers All right, that's gonna 00:10:43.090 --> 00:10:45.590 do it for this episode of the Litterbox, a Detroit 00:10:45.590 --> 00:10:48.330 Tigers podcast. Thanks for hanging out with us. 00:10:48.549 --> 00:10:50.570 We're Bill and Chet. We'll be back soon with 00:10:50.570 --> 00:10:53.409 more Tigers Talk. If you're enjoying the show, 00:10:53.669 --> 00:10:56.649 be sure to follow or subscribe on Spotify, Apple 00:10:56.649 --> 00:10:59.529 Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 00:11:00.029 --> 00:11:02.409 And hey, if you got a minute, leave us a quick 00:11:02.409 --> 00:11:05.629 review. Until next time, go Tigers.