Orioles changing their food vendor

[emmett16]

3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

They have done a lot of local places.

Any you'd recommend or that you remember standing out?  I remember a Korean BBQ place a few years back that I thought was pretty good.  I went to one game last year and one game the previous year.  I don't remember seeing anything that caught my eye.  

[Sports Guy]

Just now, emmett16 said:

Any you'd recommend or that you remember standing out?  I remember a Korean BBQ place a few years back that I thought was pretty good.  I went to one game last year and one game the previous year.  I don't remember seeing anything that caught my eye.  

Pizza John’s although I’m not sure if they were there last year. 

[MurphDogg]

11 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Pizza John’s although I’m not sure if they were there last year. 

Pizza John's was replaced in 2021. Pizza was decent last year, I thought. Not as good as Pizza John's but better than the pizza that preceded Pizza John's.

The crab cakes were terrible at one point and I think they may have gotten better recently as well.

Looking forward to trying new things though, nice to have a change. 

[Sports Guy]

5 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Pizza John's was replaced in 2021. Pizza was decent last year, I thought. Not as good as Pizza John's but better than the pizza that preceded Pizza John's.

The crab cakes were terrible at one point and I think they may have gotten better recently as well.

Looking forward to trying new things though, nice to have a change. 

Oh damn, it’s been that long?  Pizza John’s is the best. Probably wasn’t worth it to them.

[Going Underground]

19 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Pizza John's was replaced in 2021. Pizza was decent last year, I thought. Not as good as Pizza John's but better than the pizza that preceded Pizza John's.

The crab cakes were terrible at one point and I think they may have gotten better recently as well.

Looking forward to trying new things though, nice to have a change. 

The pizza was called 1729 Pizzeria but not sure who made it. For some reason the pizza on the club level had a different name.  Jimmy's Seafood is local ,not sure how good it is at the stadium. When the Orioles sign their lease ,supposedly many more restuarants will be added with views into the stadium and less seating in the bowl. As someone said ,some of these places would be open year round Talking about a free shuttle from the stadium to Horseshoe Casino,Topgolf and the Paramount concert hall. Want to connect the two stadiums with the new entertainment district. We shall see 

Edited January 19, 2023 by Going Underground

[SteveA]

3 hours ago, DirtyBird said:

Also, the top rated food selections mentioned there are from Boogs, Harris Creek and Stuggy's. Were they even under the purview of Delaware North?

Boogs hasn't been the same since they stopped cooking it on Eutaw Street.     I've got some friends coming in for a Pirate weekend in May and one of them has never had genuine Baltimore Pit Beef and said he was looking forward to Boogs.   I told him to skip it, I would take them to Chaps, or hell just to a good pop up pit beef stand or food truck in the area, rather than wait in line for Boogs.

Stuggy's was pretty good.

I'm not sure what Harris Creek was?

[Going Underground]

8 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Boogs hasn't been the same since they stopped cooking it on Eutaw Street.     I've got some friends coming in for a Pirate weekend in May and one of them has never had genuine Baltimore Pit Beef and said he was looking forward to Boogs.   I told him to skip it, I would take them to Chaps, or hell just to a good pop up pit beef stand or food truck in the area, rather than wait in line for Boogs.

Stuggy's was pretty good.

I'm not sure what Harris Creek was?

Oysters ,I think Eastern Shore company.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Going Underground

[eddie83]

59 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

The pizza was called 1729 Pizzeria but not sure who made it. For some reason the pizza on the club level had a different name.  Jimmy's Seafood is local ,not sure how good it is at the stadium. When the Orioles sign their lease ,supposedly many more restuarants will be added with views into the stadium and less seating in the bowl. As someone said ,some of these places would be open year round Talking about a free shuttle from the stadium to Horseshoe Casino,Topgolf and the Paramount concert hall. Want to connect the two stadiums with the new entertainment district. We shall see 

Hopefully they can pull that off. 
 

Upgrades in Cleveland.

 

 

[OriolesMagic83]

4 hours ago, DirtyBird said:

Also, the top rated food selections mentioned there are from Boogs, Harris Creek and Stuggy's. Were they even under the purview of Delaware North?

I was going to say that also.  The food that is really good at Camden Yards is almost always from independent restuarants/vendors.  Was Boog's getting their BBQ from Delaware North?

[Going Underground]

1 minute ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

I was going to say that also.  The food that is really good at Camden Yards is almost always from independent restuarants/vendors.  Was Boog's getting their BBQ from Delaware North?

According to the Baltimore Sun article just posted  that Delaware North operated those stands:

 

 

 

 

The Orioles did not renew their concessions contract with Delaware North, the Buffalo, New York-based company that has managed food and beverage sales at Camden Yards since 2010. Charles Roberts, a spokesman for Delaware North, confirmed Thursday that the company’s contract with the Orioles ended in December.

 

Roberts did not know who will replace Delaware North as the stadium’s vendor. The Orioles did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

The status of Delaware North’s contract had been in limbo since last year, when the Orioles solicited bids from prospective vendors.

But job listings on LinkedIn, the business-centric social media platform, might offer a clue about what’s to come. Chicago-based Levy Restaurants has several positions for Camden Yards posted on LinkedIn, including openings for a concessions manager and a director of concessions tasked with “overseeing all aspects of concessions operations.”

A spokesperson for Levy Restaurants did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday morning. The company handles concessions at dozens of stadiums and ballparks around the country, including Nationals Park, FedEx Field and Audi Field in the Washington, D.C. region, and locally for Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium, according to its website.

 

What the change will mean for ballpark eats is not yet clear. Delaware North was the operator for popular Camden Yards spots like Stuggy’s and Boog’s BBQ, Roberts confirmed. The ballpark topped a Betting.com ranking of stadiums with the best food this fall, with the report listing beef and pork sandwiches from Boog’s, loaded hot dogs from Stuggy’s and crab cakes from Harris Creek Oyster & Seafood as the ballpark’s top-rated fare.

[Going Underground]

1 hour ago, eddie83 said:

Hopefully they can pull that off. 
 

Upgrades in Cleveland.

 

 

Cleveland Guardians are actually paying  for some  of the improvements and not getting $600 million. They are suckers  Imagine if the media asked John Angelos if the Orioles would pay for any stadium improvements  His head would explode like in the movie, Scanners

The Cleveland Guardians are doubling down on their current home.

The MLB team will make a broad set of renovations to Progressive Field and sign a new lease agreement.

• The construction will include changes to the upper deck, clubhouses, terrace hub and dugout club seating areas, and the team’s front office — and will cost an estimated $202.5 million.
• Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and Ohio will contribute $135 million of that sum.
• The Guardians will chip in the remaining $67.5 million.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Going Underground

[OriolesMagic83]

2 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Cleveland Guardians are actually paying  for some  of the improvements and not getting $600 million. They are suckers 

The Cleveland Guardians are doubling down on their current home.

The MLB team will make a broad set of renovations to Progressive Field and sign a new lease agreement.

• The construction will include changes to the upper deck, clubhouses, terrace hub and dugout club seating areas, and the team’s front office — and will cost an estimated $202.5 million.
• Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and Ohio will contribute $135 million of that sum.
• The Guardians will chip in the remaining $67.5 million.

Yeah, the O's owner is smarter.  Maryland taxpayers: $600 million, O's/Angelos: $0

[SteveA]

I hope that the new company does a better job with craft beer selection.   It has really gone downhill at Oriole Park the last 4 or 5 years.

The fact that the new company is currently at Nats Park gives me hope there, as they have always had a good craft beer selection with a lot of locals available.   On the downside, Nats Park concessions are even more ridiculously high priced than most ballpark fare.

[Going Underground]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I hope that the new company does a better job with craft beer selection.   It has really gone downhill at Oriole Park the last 4 or 5 years.

The fact that the new company is currently at Nats Park gives me hope there, as they have always had a good craft beer selection with a lot of locals available.   On the downside, Nats Park concessions are even more ridiculously high priced than most ballpark fare.

The times I have been at Nats Park, the food was bad and expensive. 

[Going Underground]

5 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Yeah, the O's owner is smarter.  Maryland taxpayers: $600 million, O's/Angelos: $0

As I said, imagine if the local media asked John Angelos if the Orioles would pay a little towards stadium improvements at Camden Yards when the new lease is signed. .That might make him implode.