There is a difference between a good stadium hot dog (which can be a wonderful thing) and a school lunch-style hot dog which is a terrible thing. We get the school lunch version.
I've gotten great hot dogs from a Nathan's or Sabrett's push cart. I don't understand why we can't duplicate that in the stadium.
Burgers are a lot harder, grilled chicken harder still so I rarely expect those to be good at a stadium.
However, we should be able to put out great hot dogs, tacos, pulled pork sandwiches, cheesesteaks, etc. That stuff is easy.
There's no excuse for bad popcorn.
Some ethnic food would be easy to do well in a stadium setting. You could easily do a great gumbo over rice, mild chicken tikka masala over rice, or Puerto Rican roast pork or stewed chicken over rice (pernil/pollo guisado y arroz con gandules). Jamaican beef patties would be easy (all mild with a packet of hot sauce on the side). I went to a Dolphins game and there was an outstanding arepa stand--hot, fresh, cheese melted.
As hot as it is at games, I would prefer some good cold sandwiches--chicken salad and pimento cheese would be easy to do well in a stadium setting.
And to echo what somebody else said, even the food in the President's box, the Gator dens, and the club levels is bad cafeteria food.
It's not about being a food snob. It's an easy way to make the gameday experience much better. People pay lots of money to go to a game. It's easy to give them a great hot dog. It's easy to give the high-dollar boosters a decent bite of food.
Alex.
