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#5: Oreo Explosion Churro Dog<\/p>\n
Look, I am a sucker for the Churro Dog. It\u2019s one of the items that started this whole journey off, both for the Diamondbacks as well as myself as the official food critic of AZ Snakepit. They either have declined in quality over the years, I\u2019ve gotten older, or both, but you\u2019ll still find me trying the latest iteration on Opening Day (assuming Levy\u2019s doesn\u2019t run out). This year, it\u2019s simply described as \u201cour classic churro dog with Oreo toppings.\u201d Sure! Sold! I\u2019ll take two. Is it going to be good? Eh. Is the churro going to be stale and cold, and they won\u2019t have plasticware again? Yeah probably, but such is life. Have a churro dog. Churro Dog HQ, 129 and 324<\/p>\n
#4: Take Me Out to the Ballgame Milkshake<\/p>\n
This is a salted caramel shake with whipped cream, peanut butter sandwich cookies, Kit Kat bars and Cracker Jack. Look at it<\/p>\n
This is a monstrosity. How do you eat it? You can\u2019t drink that with a straw. Honestly, I\u2019m not sure a spoon is breaking through those chunks. It\u2019s impossible. And the flavor profile. My god it\u2019s like someone asked for the Diabeetus special. You won\u2019t be able to taste anything specific, it will just be sugar. Can\u2019t wait to have one. One of these days this job is going to kill me. Churro Dog HQ, 129 and 324<\/p>\n
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#3: Footlong Beer Cheese Hotdog<\/p>\n
Look, I\u2019m a simple man. Give me cheese, meat, carbs, and I\u2019ll probably be happy. This new Beer Cheese Hotdog hits all those checkboxes. It\u2019s exactly what it says it is, plus bacon and crispy onions. I\u2019ll eternally be disappointed in the hotdogs they serve at Chase, but this still sounds good, even knowing it\u2019s going to be a subpar hotdog. Grand Canyon Grill, 214. Only accessible with 200 level ticket.<\/p>\n
#2: Pork Belly Nachos<\/p>\n
I\u2019m intrigued by this one. It\u2019s described as Wonton chips, crispy pork belly, quick kimchee, gochujang cheese sauce, pickled red onions, scallions. Those are some big flavors, and not typically ones you find at an MLB stadium. You can\u2019t go wrong with pork belly, but kimchee and gochujang are both delicious if done correctly, but its very easy to let it get out of hand and overpower the dish. I\u2019m also not sure I\u2019ve ever heard of using wonton chips as the base for nachos either, but again, I\u2019m intrigued. Potentially, this could be an elite shareable at the game, bringing much needed variety to your standard choices. Available at Taste of Chase, Section 130<\/p>\n
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#1: Big Bella Sandwich<\/p>\n
I\u2019m genuinely excited for this one. The sandwich features mortadella, mozzarella, pistachio cream, arugula, chopped pistachio, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt. This will be available at the Jefferson Street Deli stand, where I\u2019ve had good experiences before. The 50\/50 stretch last season was surprisingly one of the best things I\u2019ve had a Chase Field before, and I\u2019m hoping they\u2019ll continue the winning streak. I\u2019m most interested in the pistachio cream they\u2019re using as a condiment. It sounds delicious and should pair well with the mortadella. This is what I\u2019ll be having for dinner on Opening Day. Available at the Jefferson Street Deli behind Section 120.<\/p>\n
These are just a few of the exciting new food options coming to Chase Field this year. Stay tuned here for the occasional review of them. Also stay tuned for my new, nearly weekly series exploring food options around the stadium for before and after the games!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every spring brings the smell of grass, the sunshine at Salt River Fields, the eternal hope that only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,46,5,5747,81945,81943,38,81944,51453,81946,4,62153,86],"class_list":["post-640822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizonadiamondbacks","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-chase-field","tag-chicken-parmesan","tag-churro-dog","tag-diamondbacks","tag-food-critic","tag-food-offerings","tag-impossible-burger","tag-mlb","tag-whipped-cream","tag-zac-gallen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116284729962944640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}