Baseball: Now with 42% more chilidogs

A few days ago I wrote about the consessions at the new Nationals Park, and since I just bought my first tickets (for the Nats v. Marlins game on April 7th) for the season I figured I'd do a little follow up.

You'll find two articles about food at the park in tomorrow's Washington Post; one about where to find your favorite food (see below), and one about food diversity and pricing (you'll be actually paying less for a chili dog from Hard Times Cafe at the stadium than you would at the restaurant).



Overall, I'm really excited to check out this new park. I've watched it being built and it'll be a vast improvement over RFK. However, I still think you need something aside from hot dogs, which you can get in some form or another at four of the the eleven independent vendors.

If you could choose a twelvth vendor, who would it be? What kind of food would they serve?

What I'm Reading: Detica Diehard Foodies Inc

It's only a few weeks old, but I'm a big fan of this new blog with a ton of promise. You'll find restaurant reviews and notes from DC and the DC area. I hope they stick with it.

Click here to visit.

I'll take two dogs and a presidential endorsement

I always love it when my two top interests find a way to merge, and I can't think of a tastier story than this.

Nicholas A. B. Gray, the founder and owner of Gray's Papaya, a NYC based hotdog chain (which I wish would come to DC), has endorsed Barack Obama in a big way...by putting up a huge sign on his Broadway and 72nd St store.



Gray's track record is mixed at best, endorsing Jimmy Carter in 1976, Bill Bradley in 1999, and encouraging current NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg to run for President this past year.

Regardless of your politics, it's great to see more people than ever getting involved. Now I only wonder if Obama wins it all, if he'll stop by Gray's for a victory dog.

My snobbery takes another hit

At one point (two weeks ago), I would have completely sworn off The Melting Pot as a huge chain restaurant that's grossly overpriced.



Well yes, it's a huge chain restaurant, and it's over priced. But the food there is pretty decent, plus, it's a great place to get a large group together.

Your thoughts? Have you been to The Melting Pot?

Oh yeah, and the last supper...that was me too.

Sir Robert Irvine hosts "Kitchen:Impossible" on the Food Network.

This statement would be true if you read this yesterday, because it won't tomorrow according to a story from the Guardian.



It seems that Irvine is, well, not all he's made himself out to be. First of all, he isn't a Royal Knight, he's never cooked for Royalty or for US Presidents, and he wasn't discovered by Prince Charles.

So yeah, Kitchen: Impossible? Try kitchen it's going to be impossible to get a job now you lying, no-talent hack.

But hey, at least we know now why all of his food looked horrible.