Concession changes at Wrigley

Snapshot of changes:

Vienna beef is in, ballpark is out
D'Agostino's Pizza is in, Connie's Pizza is out
Additional healthy options (Yea!!!)

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Frozen kefir?

I’m not sure that will taste after two beers and a footlong brat with onions. But, I’m willing to give it a try:)

by Nibbles on Mar 28, 2011 9:39 AM CDT reply actions

Isn't that the stuff that advertises that it has bugs?

No thanks. :)

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by katie casey on Mar 28, 2011 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Barf.

I am willing to try anything once. I’m not trying frozen kefir again.

It was discovered centuries ago when arab shepherds on long-distance trips would discover that, in the crushing heat, the milk they’d store in their leather canteens had fermented and taken on an odd “effervescent” consistency.

That does not sound like the discovery of a dessert. It sounds like an explanation for something like “why all those people on that cruise ship got sick and had to be quarantined.”

Try it! You’ll say “hey, what’s wrong with this yogurt?” Then you’ll take another bite and say “seriously, is this yogurt? What the hell is this?” Then you’ll think about taking a 3rd bite but instead you’ll just throw it aside.

Then, for the next 6 hours, you’ll try to get the taste out of your mouth. Your stomach will hurt and you’ll occasionally burp up the sour, biting taste of KEFIR. And you’ll swear on your life that you will never eat that stuff again.

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by D98 on Mar 28, 2011 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions

this is true :(

when my daughter was little, we went to a restaurant that had it and the waitress told us it tasted like a smoothie, WRONG! My daughter almost threw up at the table.

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by cooliogirl47 on Mar 28, 2011 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

I might throw up if Hill, Dome, and DeWitt are in the lineup on the day I get to go to a game!!!!

by TJ11 on Mar 28, 2011 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions

That stuff is nasty

Tried it once.

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by Madison Cub Fan on Mar 28, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions

"It's made by leaving milk out in the sun in a 'skin bag' for a week."

Apparently, people just hang these leather bags in their doorways, and passing kids are encouraged to pick up a stick and whack the fetid, stinking bags of festering, fermenting milk, in order to mix the kefir grains throughout the milk.

Nothin’ like fun at the ol’ ballpark! Enjoy your “kefir”! One bite and you’ll say “Oh my God what is in my mouth?!”

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by D98 on Mar 28, 2011 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions

The fact that someone invented this stuff

disturbs me. But like all gross foods, it likely was caused by the inability to properly refrigerate and keep foods from spoiling. The thing is once the technology arrived to do this, crap like Kefir should have gone the way of the Dodo.

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by StevenABQ on Mar 28, 2011 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions

It's trendy right now.

here in Bucktown there are a handful of kefir places. It’s supposedly probiotic and helps with digestion, stuff like that. Low-calorie, too, but people cover it with crushed Oreos so I assume that ancillary benefit goes by the wayside.

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by D98 on Mar 28, 2011 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions

You know why people

have digestion problems? Because they don’t eat enough FIBER. Dammit I’m sick and tired of people looking to yogurts and weird cures to get thier digestion back on track. You know what they should do? Eat some dark green leafys, beans/legumes, some bran – and quit shoving gobs of cheese and meat in your face. That way you can spare the rest of us the popularity of disgusting foods from primitive lands. I can see eating decayed milk when thats all there is – but seriously people we live in the USA, there are regular options available!

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by StevenABQ on Mar 28, 2011 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

You didn't have enough fiber today, did you? :)

I kid, I kid. But you do sound rather angry about it.

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by katie casey on Mar 29, 2011 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh get me on this topic in person

I’m a runner, so I hear about the latest bogus nutrition ideas all the time from people I know. Its crazy, people can be so diciplined about eating rotted milk products to boost thier digestion, but will balk at eating a well rounded meal which provides all the good stuff their body needs to operate.

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by StevenABQ on Mar 29, 2011 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Aha.

Well I’m one person you won’t have to convince. I’m eating a big bowl of old fashioned oatmeal with fresh blueberries and strawberries as I write this.

I’ve become way more serious about my diet recently for a reason I think you would be able to appreciate. My husband was thoughtful enough to surprise me with a 1908 Mitchell and Ness jersey for my birthday….but it didn’t fit and I had to send it back. :( I had packed on quite a few pounds since I stopped running due to a couple injuries and didn’t realize it was as bad as that. It was quite a wake up call.

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by katie casey on Mar 29, 2011 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions

Hopefully things have gotten more expensive!!!!

by TJ11 on Mar 28, 2011 10:14 AM CDT reply actions

It would only make it better

If the hot dog vendors loafed on the job! Hey Husker should put in an application!

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by StevenABQ on Mar 28, 2011 10:51 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

He wouldnt sell anything except to himself and ARam,,,,,

Soriano would be eating hot dogs in LF…

by TJ11 on Mar 28, 2011 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Its hard to run to first hard

While carrying a couple of dogs!

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by StevenABQ on Mar 28, 2011 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions

He is busy making excuses for all the workers holding signs on the highway while making 17 dollars an hour to smoke!

by TJ11 on Mar 28, 2011 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions

As compared to someone getting paid while posting on the internet......

by JSB on Mar 28, 2011 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions

Not at work....

by TJ11 on Mar 28, 2011 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions

No more ballparks?

Darn. Hopefully the viennas will at least be jumbos….the regular ones are a lot smaller than the ballpark regulars

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by mikegncb34 on Mar 28, 2011 10:21 AM CDT reply actions

I was going to try to eat less

and stick to my diet when I go this year. This may throw a wrench into those plans.

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by katie casey on Mar 28, 2011 10:27 AM CDT reply actions

just checked....

240 calories in a dog and 110 in a Bud Light….doesnt seem too bad

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by cooliogirl47 on Mar 28, 2011 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions

No, that isn't too bad.

I’ll go for the 155 calories in a Guinness instead though.

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by katie casey on Mar 28, 2011 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions

i love Guinness but I'm not sure about Gunness and a hot dog.

if they had the local stuff on tap, a 312 from Goose Island would be good with a hot dog.

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by mjk83 on Mar 28, 2011 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Hehe

Nothing like washing down a Chicago Dog on a hot day with a barley shake.

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by StevenABQ on Mar 28, 2011 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Hot day...I'll take the Old Style.

Bud light…never. Rather have water.

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by katie casey on Mar 28, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Probably not a bad idea

Water really is the best thing to drink on hot days.

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by StevenABQ on Mar 28, 2011 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Meh

Old Style and Bud Light are both terrible. I wish they would deliver a better variety of beers to my lazy arse.

by ferris2001 on Mar 28, 2011 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

They do have some specialty beers at Wrigley, particularly in the bleachers.

But you have to go to the stands to get them.

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by Al Yellon on Mar 28, 2011 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes.

I don’t know the prices this year, but last year it was well worth getting up for the good stuff and IIRC it was only like a quarter more. That said, I think I’ll be sticking with hot chocolate this weekend.

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by katie casey on Mar 29, 2011 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions

Old Style and Bud Light are both terrible.

Amen.

For an extra 25 cents, you can get Heineken. That’s what I do.

by bluemagic9 on Mar 28, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Amen to that

Just say no to St. Louis beer. I’ve hated Bud almost as long as I’ve hated the Cardinals.

by toppsmike on Mar 28, 2011 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions

My sentiments exactly.

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by katie casey on Mar 29, 2011 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions

It's the salt and "beef remnants" in a hot dog that'll kill you.

And it’s the lack of flavor in a Bud Light that’ll make you want to kill yourself.

by the nth on Mar 28, 2011 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions

The picture of that hot dog makes me drool for baseball....

picture Homer Simpson …..“mmmmm, baseball”

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by cooliogirl47 on Mar 28, 2011 10:45 AM CDT reply actions

Vienna should always have been in Wrigley

Nice changes!

by ak123 on Mar 28, 2011 11:01 AM CDT reply actions

second that!

by doofus cubs guy on Mar 28, 2011 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Ball Park products

at Wrigley seemed soggy and tasteless . My son always said the worlds worst hotdog . The Vienna Beef Frank should at least have some taste and snap to it . Yes I am starting to drool also . Where is the line for Old Style ??

by cubs north on Mar 28, 2011 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Your son needs to buy hot dogs with grilled onions from the grills downstairs.

The hot dogs the roving vendors sell are horrid, sweating, gray little things wrapped in mushy buns that fall apart if you try to add a condiment. I don’t think making these Viennas will be much help.

by the nth on Mar 28, 2011 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions

I like the idea of using local vendors, doesn't totally make sense though

Not sure how D’Agostino’s, Stanley’s, or The Fifty/50 can produce enough product for Wrigley Field, but cheers to them if they can.

by JSB on Mar 28, 2011 11:55 AM CDT reply actions

Cool.

Connie’s blows.

GM's are in charge of Managers, not the other way around.

by shoemile on Mar 28, 2011 2:10 PM CDT reply actions

At least last year

It looked like they went to a personal pan, true Chicago-style deep dish. I don’t know how that tasted and hopefully that’s what D’Agostino’s brings to the table. It seems like the Connie’s slices were always under the lamp just a little too long, making the cheese just disgusting.

On another note, cheers to the Cubs for thinking local by letting us eat local.

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by TkGoUWGB on Mar 28, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions