How come I can never *find* this stuff when I go to games?

So, I have some serious problems with PETA I'm not going to get into in this post, but they're occasionally a good source for information about living veg*n¹. My buddy Leanne pointed me to PETA's Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Ballparks for 2007. (They also have a list of vegetarian-friendly minor league parks.)

I'm honestly not that surprised that Citizens Bank Park in Philly was on the list, as I was actually able to find a few of the veg*n options there when I saw some games. (Although not all the delicious things they list at PETA's page. I have a feeling a lot of it is at the restaurants at the park and not the concession stands in the walkways.)

Also unsurprising is Pittsburgh's PNC Park not being on the list. Veg*ns are pretty much stuck with soft pretzels and maybe risking some French fries there.

Honestly, I'd find PETA's list a lot more helpful if it would tell me where I can find all these delicious things at the ballpark, as that's the hard part of this. It doesn't help me to know there are veggie dogs at a particular park if they're hidden, not on a menu, and in one out-of-the-way location, y'know?

And PETA's lack of distinction between vegetarian food and vegan food is understandable from a PR perspective--"Look how easy it is to be vegetarian! You can still get fake hotdogs at the ballpark, even!"--but it's not terribly useful from a practical standpoint of figuring out if I can eat the faux meats on their list, as many have eggs and dairy in them.

I really should get on that original plan I had to contact major league stadiums about what veg*n food they had and where it was located in the park.


¹ veg*n is short for vegan or vegetarian. Because veg*ns are lazy typers.