McCormick Field, home of the Asheville Tourists, is one of the oldest ballparks in the country – the Tourists have been playing there for 100 years in 2024, and it’s a beautiful little park set into a hill with the mountains rising up behind it. The PA guy has excellent taste in music. The mascot…
Month: June 2024
100 foods in 100 counties: bertie county
58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. Did I expect to find the Bertie County food in a general store in Germanton, NC, in Stokes County, on my way to Hanging Rock State Park with a friend? No. Did I snap them up? Yes. Am I…
ballpark hot dogs: asheville tourists
59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: McCormick Field, Home of the Asheville Tourists What: 100% grass fed local hot dog with mustard With whom: Mom, Dad, & Trav Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: B. Perfectly cromulent ballpark hot dog.
100 foods in 100 counties: vance county
Vance County – Henderson – Country Snacks Manufacturing: Popcorn Cracklins These are a staple of independently owned North Carolina gas station mini marts, and they were fine. If you like fried pork products, you’ll like them. I don’t. So.
100 foods in 100 counties: rutherford county
Rutherford County – Forest City – Smith’s Drugs of Forest City: Pimento Cheese Sandwich This was SO. GOOD. Creamy, spicy, pimento cheese, perfect crust, A+ sandwich, would sandwich again.
ballpark hot dogs: winston-salem dash
Where: Truist Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC What: chili slaw dog Why: at a Winston-Salem Dash game With whom: Heath Grade: B+. I was hoping to smash their pulled pork mac and cheese dog, but they weren’t doing them this day, so some points off for that. The chili was really good for ballpark chili – little bit of a kick in…
minor league baseball: hickory crawdads @ winston-salem dash
I had seen the Dash play before, more than 15 years ago, when they still played in the Wake Forest stadium (which at the time was kind of a dump, to be honest). They built Truist Stadium between now and then, and it’s a perfect modern minor league park. All the sightlines are clear, parking…
100 foods in 100 counties: randolph county
Randolph County – Asheboro – Sir Pizza of Asheboro: Royal Feast Pizza Visited after a trip to the NC Zoo. There is a particular kind of satisfaction that you get from a frozen pizza, and Sir Pizza gave me that satisfaction of taste combined with a much higher quality. Would eat again.
life list: san diego padres @ atlanta braves
4. Visit every MLB stadium. I’d been to Turner Field with Trav years ago, but this was our first trip to Truist Park, which is a lovely stadium. Atlanta did a great job with developing the stadium, and it’s a pretty place to watch a ballgame, a pretty place to have dinner, a surprisingly nice…
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