Baseball’s unique ballpark menu items

Over recent years, Fenway Park has made some quirky addition to its concession menu, including sushi. While eating sushi at a ballpark may seem a little odd, there are plenty of other unique dishes that are served at major league ballparks across the country. Here is a sample of what delicacies you may come across.

New England signature dishes – Fenway Park, Boston

Sushi isn’t the only alternative item on the menu at Fenway. Along with other regional dishes, such as clam chowder and lobster rolls, Fenway now offers a turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce sandwich.

Crab cakes – Camden Yards, Baltimore

No trip to Maryland is complete without indulging in the state’s favorite dish: crab. Luckily for baseball fans, you can get your fill of the scrumptious crustacean right at Camden Yards.

The Columbia’s Cuban sandwich – Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Columbia restaurant, a landmark of the Ybor City neighborhood in Tampa, has a stand inside Tropicana Field that serves up warm, gooey Cuban sandwiches like no other ballpark in the country. This sandwich is made up of spicy ham, melted cheese, sweet peppers, and pickles and is grilled flat.

Fish tacos – Petco Park, San Diego

Although we won’t blame you for being a little wary, the fish tacos at Petco Park are legitimate. Rubio’s, the restaurant that makes the ballpark oddity, brought the recipe from Baja, Mexico, back in the ’80s. Since then, they have continued to improve on the original recipe by adding garlic sauce, cabbage, and salsa.

Gilroy garlic fries – AT&T Park, San Francisco

They put a garlicky twist on a classic ballpark snack in San Francisco. Over the years, these french fries covered in ground garlic, herbs, and cheese have become one of the most infamous ballpark snacks. They are the perfect item to keep fans warm during night games, but what it does to Giants’ fans breath is a different story in itself.

Giant pretzel – Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas

We know what you’re thinking, and, no, this isn’t just your average oversize ballpark pretzel. This is a three-pound pretzel meant to be split between a few people, almost like a pizza. This just re-asserts the saying that everything truly is bigger in Texas, even the pretzels.

Rocky Mountain oysters – Coors Field, Denver

This snack is truly for the bravest of baseball fans. A strong stomach doesn’t hurt either. If you’ve never heard of this delicacy, you may want to Google it before you order. These little round snacks come fried with cocktail sauce on the side, which may make them almost stomachable.

BBQ stuffed baked potato – Minute Maid Park, Houston

This is no ordinary potato. The BBQ Baker, found at Minute Maid Park in Houston, is an enormous baked potato smothered in cheese, doused in barbecue sauce, loaded with pulled pork, and topped off with onions and jalapenos. This ingenious delicacy comes literally bursting out of its skins, so you may have to take a break from scoring the game to get through the whole thing.

Ivar’s grilled salmon sandwiches – Safeco Field, Seattle

In another show of regional pride, Seattle’s Safeco Field serves up grilled salmon sandwiches. Ivar’s salmon sandwiches include a half pound of lightly seasoned, wild-caught salmon and comes with a side of coleslaw. Slap a little tartar sauce on that and you’ve got yourself a fresh meal to snack on during the seventh inning stretch. Like Fenway, Safeco also serves up sushi as well, in the form of the Ichiroll.

The Schmitter – Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

Everyone knows that Philadelphia is famous for its cheese steaks, but this is the Frankenstein of hoagies. This monster has the typical shaved steak and cheese, but also includes grilled salami, onions, tomato, and special sauce. All of this is doused in more melted cheese and topped off with a kaiser bun. Good luck finishing all of that by the third inning.

The Hammer – Turner Field, Atlanta

Named in honor of “Hammering” Hank Aaron, this sandwich has heartburn written all over it. The Hammer is a fried chicken sandwich, complete with cheese, bacon, and onions. The catch? Rather than a bun, this sandwich is topped off with two toasty waffles. Seems crazy, but Aaron must have gotten the strength for all those home runs somewhere, right?