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Event Mon Apr 21 2008

Who Has the Best Ballgame Eats?

Now that baseball season is warming up in the city, I am reminded not only of the rivalries between the Sox and Cubs, but also of the quality of the food at each park. I've eaten some pretty good, well-priced meals at US Cellular, but the Friendly Confines has a pretty good hot dog. Your thoughts?

 
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Bunt / April 21, 2008 12:38 PM

The pat answer is Sox Park (sorry, U.S. Cellular) and admittedly they have maintained that crown. A pretty good variety of food from the four bazillion food stations, a big sit-down restaurant in right field, a pretty decent bar in the basement of right field. Cubs seem only interested in making sure the beer tap lines don' get clogged, but they have been trying to step up their game.

Although the traveling daquiri dispensing guy thingy at Sox park is pretty silly.

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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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