399883 Wed May 09 08:48:34 -0700 2007 3 33 Food Media and News 0 2554625 http://www.slate.com/id/2164464/fr/flyout An excerpt: Dodger management has obviously not geared the pavilion toward food yuppies like myself. Before many games last season I bought a tray of cheese, sausage, pâté, olives, and fruit from a gourmet store in Silver Lake. I took some ribbing in the stands, sure. But my food tasted a lot better than the crap they serve up at the stadium, and it cost me a lot less. The only stadium food I'll touch is a soft pretzel, a malt cup, and a bottle of water. I don't drink beer at the park, preferring the more legally risky but cost-effective strategy of intoxicating myself in the parking lot. And If I must consume sausage, I skip the flaccidly overrated Dodger Dog and get myself a solid bratwurst at the Gordon Biersch stand. Wed May 09 08:48:34 -0700 2007 10914 PaulF 1 2554645 Is the Dodger Dog now "flaccid"??? When I lived in Los Angeles, they always had good "snap." And I remember as a kid, greatly enjoying using those weird (but effective) "onion grinding" boxes to get the onions on the dog. (Hound from WAY back.:) In any case, Dodger Dogs were never match for the sausages at The Red Lion before a game. Wed May 09 08:54:20 -0700 2007 2554625 16490 Bostonbob3 2 2555032 dodger dogs aren't that great to begin with, but the super dodger dog is more edible then the regular one. Wed May 09 10:24:32 -0700 2007 2554645 72668 phant0omx 1 2554954 If intoxication is your only goal, why drink beer, must be cheaper to buy a bottle of booze - and it will get you there quicker, and you could smuggle it in easier than beer. Sometimes its not about the quality of the food or the beer even (I can't believe I just said that), but the experience of watching the game with a dog and a beer or other ball park snacks. You could just stay home, eat your snack plate, drink the beer of your choice, sit in a comfortable chair, and get a better view of the game on the TV, but it just isn't the same is it. Wed May 09 10:03:40 -0700 2007 2554625 12014 LStaff