Arlington, Texas
Every little burg in Texas seems to have six or seven smokehouses and barbecue pits, serving up everything from barbecued longhorn and rattlesnake meat to shredded armadillo. In The Ballpark, home of the Rangers, it's smoked brisket.
Atlanta
Media entrepreneur Ted Turner raises bison on his Montana ranch that furnishes the meat for Turner Stadium's bison burgers and bison dogs.
Boston
The Red Sox may be suffering from the curse of the Bambino, but die-hard fans can take comfort in Legal Seafoods chowder-no substitute for a World Series, but sweet consolation nonetheless.
Chicago
In addition to the dogs, the White Sox cater to their burgeoning Latino fan base with a Mexican cantina in the outfield.
Skyline Chili's cheese coneys served up at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark.
Cincinnati
Like barbecue, chili comes in a multitude of regional variations. In Cincinnati, chili spices are influenced by Greek traditions, creating a distinctive style that's immediately recognizable to any aficionado. Skyline Chili is one of the principal proponents of the Cincy-style, and the not-so-humbly-named Great American Ballpark, home of the Reds, dishes up Skyline's cheese coneys to thousands of fans: it's a dog on a steamed bun, slathered with chili, mustard, diced onions and shredded cheddar cheese.
Cleveland
Pierogies are the highlight at Jacobs Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. And where most parks offer nothing but bright yellow mustard, Jacobs Field has long offered up a pungent brown mustard called Bertman's Ballpark Mustard. (Art Modell has long been reviled by Cleveland fans not only for moving the Browns to Baltimore, but for replacing Bertman's with a different brand of mustard.)
Denver
Coors Field is a ballpark in more ways than one; it may be the only stadium in the country that includes Rocky Mountain oysters on the menu.
Detroit
The fastest way to get a food fight started in Detroit is to start talking about Coney Islands (chili dogs in the rest of America). At Comerica Park, home of the Tigers, the Coneys come from a Leo's Coney Island stand.
Houston
In 2000, the Houston Astros moved from the Astrodome to Minute Maid Park, a place with real grass and actual sunlight. But you don't have to restrict yourself to juice: check out Sheriff Blaylock's Chili Parlor or barbecue from Maverick's Smoke House.
Kansas
Food pundit and political poet Calvin Trillin popularized Kansas City as a barbecue mecca a couple of decades ago, so it's no surprise that in the home of big band swing, the Royals' Kauffman Stadium serves up nationally renowned Gates Barbecue.
Los Angeles
Tommy Lasorda didn't ruin his girlish figure on sushi and Caesar salads, more likely it was the famous (some might say infamous) Dodger Dog, always cooked on a grill, never subjected to the nefarious steam and water most baseball dogs are heir to.
Miami
Pro Player Stadium, home of the Florida Marlins, is smack dab in the middle of expat Cuban culture, so it's not surprising that the drink offerings include Cuban Coffee, a high-impact brew that will give you a definite case of the seventh inning jitters. And Pro Player also offers Cuba's signature dish, the Cuban sandwich of roast pork, cheese, pickles and ever-so-crusty bread.
Milwaukee
It's sausage here-brats with red sauce. And though Food & Dining Magazine beer columnist Roger Baylor will beg to differ, can anyone deny that the home of the Brewers is the epicenter of the American beer business, if not beer culture?
Montreal
The Expos announcers call the balls and strikes in French, of course, and Olympic Stadium, in addition to poutine, offers the famous Montreal viande fumé (smoked meat), which will knock the socks off anyone who's gotten weary of mediocre corned beef and pastrami.
Philadelphia
At the Phillies' brand new Citizens Bank Park, which just opened for the 2004 season, you can find several varieties of cheesesteak, including one made by the justly renowned Geno's; look closely, and you might even find some scrapple.
Pittsburgh
At Pittsburgh's PNC Park, home of the Pirates, the cheesesteak comes with a layer of coleslaw. If you prefer, Benkovitz's fish sandwiches, a long-time local favorite, are also available in the park.
San Diego
PETCO Park, home of the Padres, is noted for selling some fine fish tacos. And if you need something heftier, former Padres pitcher Randy Jones has a barbecue stand in the park.
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