You're listening to the litter box a Detroit
Tigers podcast with your hosts Chet West and
Bill Patterson Well listeners, it looks to me
like this food segments gonna stick you guys
seem to enjoy last week's expose on San Diego
on Petco Park So we're gonna do one here for
chase field dining if you're headed out to Arizona
to catch a game We got a couple tips Couple things
you might be able to grab from one of the vendors
there bill when you're sitting in the presidential
pools suite in center field and you're Maybe
having a soak mid -game. What do you like to
jam in your pie hole at old chase field? Well,
hold on. Let's not bury the lead here There is
a one thousand two hundred and eighty eight square
foot swimming pool located in right center field
at chase field You and 34 of your best friends
can rent that suite, Chet. It's often used for
party and by fans looking to stay cool in the
Arizona heat, even though it does have a retractable
dome. Here's a fun fact, Chet. 68 home runs have
been hit into that pool. And do you know that
it had to be remodeled once since it opened in
1998 by a company by the name of We fix ugly
pools. No, where did you get this? Factoid fix
ugly pools whose job was it to figure we got
to get the pool patch guys Let's go get we fix
ugly pools out here. All right Wow, it's very
popular books often in advance Give me your best
guesstimate on what you think a ticket would
be I'm gonna guess That holds what 30 some people
35 35 people I'm guessing 250 a ticket You are
spot -on my spot on Wow Oh, maybe they need me
in the ticket pricing department prices, right?
Just get shut was 50 a person So what am I gonna
stuff my pie hole with? Alright, let me get back
to the question. Yeah In one last thing Chet.
Yeah towels come with your rental and then it's
set It said amenities, but there is no clarification
on what those are. There's no clarification whether
there's a shower or anything like that in case
you come in a little hot and stinky. But you
know what? It's just something we're going to
have to try. My pie hole, I've been to the stadium
before and what I fed into it. They are famously
known for having Sonoran foot long hot dogs.
Yes. And that is a hot dog that is wrapped in
bacon placed into a very soft pillowy Sonoran
roll. It's like a sweeter Mexican Southwest style
roll. And then the toppings vary, but my best
recollection is it was yellow mustard, like a,
like a, you know, just a Heinz type or, you know,
Plowman, French's mustard, basic relish, a strip
of mayonnaise, which you know, my loathing of.
mayonnaise, but it somehow works on this one.
And then they put pico de gallo on it. So you've
got the salty with the bacon, the salty with
the dog, the pico de gallo with the acidity,
the creaminess of either fresh crema or mayonnaise
in this case, mustard for some tart and tang,
and then the pickles just add even more acidity
and crunch. It works, is all I'm going to tell
you. It sounds like it needs to, one way or the
other. You get all that stuff in there. It better
work. Is that your, the Sonoran dog, is the Sonoran
dog your go -to? You've mentioned this. I feel
like we talked about it last year a little bit.
Yeah. Spotlight. They've upped, yes, it's my
go -to, but they've upped their game in extraordinary
measures. Not only is it one of the few places
you can get a foot long Sonoran dog. Now you
can get dogs that are foot long. Corn dogs and
they come in a variety of flavors like Buffalo
Cheeto flavored I'm gonna be honest this stadium
the the eatery here. You got it. They do a dog
a Million different ways. I'm looking across
this menu. I mean, they got dogs They got all
different dogs here and they I'm looking at some
of their new items for this year I mean they
have a they really leaning into the carne asada
They've got a new option for carne asada for
just about everything. They do burrito bowls.
They do street tacos. They do a souvenir nacho
helmet. New option carne asada bill. I think
you might need to get into that you and your
son and your nacho helmet thing. They got a thing
called there's a in section 109. They have a
vendor called bases loaded. They do nacho buckets.
You ever had a nacho bucket? No, but sign me
up. That sounds delicious. Barbacoa beef, southwestern
chili, pork carnitas or vegetable fajita blend
for the vegetarian in you. But let's skip that
last option. Well, you know, some people, Bill,
Neil, a veggie option. I just don't need it to
be like a veggie bratwurst like we have here
in Minnesota. The barbacoa beef, southwestern
chili, pork carnitas and a nacho bucket sounds
incredible. I would add. the feed of vegetables
to the carnitas or barbacoa. That is probably
the pro move. In my younger days, I may have
taken that bucket handle, wrapped it over my
head or on my neck, and just used the thing as
a feed bucket and jimmed my face in it. A trough.
Just a trough. They've got the bat flip burgers
this year, which are new. They've got another
vegan option, the Beyond Burger. I'm guessing
that's some sort of fake meat deal. And then
they've got Big Dog section. They're doing a
chili cheese dog and something else called a
hot dog fight. Flight. What? A flight. Flight.
It's a flight. It's not a fight. I missed the
L. I was going to say that thing looks so much
better. It's a fight. OK, so check. Hot dog flight.
This is the one that drew my attention as well.
Interesting. It's the home team dog. So I'm imagining
that's probably a Sonoran dog. OK, the versus
dog. So it's going to be a Coney from Detroit.
And then the char dog is because I see what they're
doing here. There's a lot of Illinoisans that
vacation in that area. And the char dog is your
Chicago style hot dog on the grill with the seven
famous toppings. So the hot dog flight is served.
Yeah, go ahead. Go away. Teams dog. Yes, a char
dog and they serve it. Tell them what they serve
it on. A bed of crispy fries. Holy shit. I'm
beelining for... I think a hot dog flight might
be my go -to. Personally. We would be in line
at section 105 or 324. I'm hoping we have better
seats than 324. Regardless, that is where I'm
going first. And then let me tell you about the
beverage choice. What are you doing? They've
got a beer out there called Kilt Lifter. Yeah.
Yep. I think it's Four Peaks is the name of the
brewery. And nothing says hot weather, cold beer,
like drinking a Scotch ale, which is typically
a malty, heavier alcohol, but somehow it works.
Somehow they've made it. The Scottish style amber.
Yeah. At six percent. You're right. Four Peaks.
Yeah. So what I'm seeing here is a lot of carne
asada. I'm seeing a lot of hot dogs done. I mean,
you're getting exotic. with some of this hot
dog stuff. There's a churro dog headquarters
serving churro dogs. What is a churro dog? Do
you know what a churro dog is? No, it's new this
year. A classic churro dog with Oreo toppings.
The Oreo explosion churro dog. Well, a churro
being a Mexican donut. So it sounds like some
of the cocktail options that we saw in San Diego.
The purple haze. The purple haze. Like, is this
just a buzz ball, but a churro dog? Don't know
I'm gonna say Can I say to fans? We've got my
guys Zach out there and he they haven't played
at home yet So he hasn't nobody's tried these
outside the reporters He's gonna get back to
us on some of this if any of you have any of
this, please comment Yeah, but we'd love to hear
some of these Zach said that his kids were way
more excited not for a churro dog, but they had
the take me out to the ball game milkshake. And
this is one that I think we need to highlight,
Chad. OK. It's a salted caramel shake with whipped
cream, peanut butter, sandwich cookies, Kit Kat
bars, and Cracker Jack. That's a lot of stuff.
That sounds like a Dairy Queen blizzard. I mean,
they're putting everything in there. It beats
the malt cup, I'm gonna tell you that. There's
one thing, there is one other thing sitting here
that catches my eye. There is a hot honey chicken
slider. If you don't want a dog and you don't
want a burger and you don't want beef and you're
looking for some poultry, a hot honey chicken
slider might hit the taste bud just right. Let
me tell you what's here. Crispy chicken tenders,
hot honey sauce, pickles, pimento cheese on a
brioche bun with fries. pimento cheese? In there?
I'm not feeling it, but sure. What a combo. I
feel like they're just throwing all the toppings
at everything they've got. Yeah. Yeah. At any
rate, if any of you have any of these things,
Bill, do you have anything else to highlight
or do we want to hear everybody's take that goes
and tries all this stuff this coming week? I've
got one more and this one's just last one. Yeah,
last one. They have a big Bella sandwich, mortadella,
motz, pistachio cream, arugulo, chopped pistachios,
EVOO, and sea salt. I don't even like mortadella,
but it's the closest sandwich meat to resembling
what's in a hot dog. They've basically basically
hot dog meat. They've basically put it cold on
Italian bread. What do you think of pistachio
cream? Like on a sandwich. That's interesting
delicious. I Bet see this is another thing though
where they're just kind of emptying the kitchen
sink on this Yeah, it's amazing. If anybody tries
this stuff, please let us know leave a comment
Leave a take if you had something that stunk
we want to know just as well as the stuff. That's
good Okay until next time. Here's your chase
field dining preview. Let us know how it goes
guys Go Tigers go Tigers All right, that's gonna
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