Food at the Garden

Ryan M. Baking 1 4/29/12 Food at the Garden About a month ago, I went to a New York Rangers game with my brother and my dad. I had only been to one other Rangers game before that one, so I was pretty excited. Going to Madison Square Garden for the first time is not something that you will soon forget, and strangely, one of the things I remember most about my first time at the Garden was the food. I had probably the 2nd largest burger that I had ever seen with enough fries to feed six accompanying it. They served the meal in a convenient container, so that you wouldn’t spill all of your food on the way back to your seat. The burger itself had almost all of the toppings that you would expect on a burger and although it wasn’t the best burger that I had tasted, it was still pretty good for stadium food. Since French Fries are pretty much fool proof, they were as delicious as you would expect. On this trip to the Garden, I was sitting in a much different place than where I was during the first game, but I figured that they would still offer the same variety of food. When we got to our section (As high as you can get in MSG), I took a look around and saw only pizza establishments. Now don’t get me wrong, I love pizza and I could probably eat it every day of the week, but it isn’t exactly what I would call “Hockey” food, if there is such a thing. With no other options and my vast hunger I gave in and bought the most expensive and smallest pizza in my life (8 dollars, 4 small slices). Compared to the burger I had before, the pizza was a hors D’ oeuvre and an inadequate one at that. I was almost tempted to buy another one, but the hole in my wallet was only getting bigger, so I decided against it. It was a good lesson to learn early in life, eat before a sporting event or else you’ll go broke and hungry. I’m going to one on the 30th, so I’ll have to remember.