Four Queens Minitrip Food Appendix (by Jim Geary)


Snackbar Hotdog      -4
Not very beefy tasting. Strongest flavor was boiled hotdog water. Paper boat too small for bun. Mustard packet didn't tear open easily. Chips were crumbly and sparse.


Subway Club      -2
Just like any other subway club, but they were only allowed to give me half a slice of provolone. Probably too busy fighting for an honest day's pay to go to bat for the customer. Ice jammed in the soda machine egress made it difficult for me to take appropriate edge off of rootbeer.


Snackbar Beef Stew      +1
Not too salty and a good broth. Meat comprised an over large percentage of composition which can be annoying, especially given that it could've been more tender. No bread to soak stew. Was proffered hotdog bun. Declined.


California Pizza Kitchen      +1
To satisfaction. (at the GN, not 4Qs admittedly).


General Soda Pop      +5
Whole cans of soda with commemorative (well 1999 Bud Bowl commemorative) cups of ice trump usual anemic soda service.


Zinger      +2
The tournament organizer was actually walking around the room passing these out like cartons of milk at a Head Start school. I got the chocolate with vanilla filling which was quite good. Chocolate was rich without being oversweet and the caky part maintained good structural integrity when bitten into. Cream filling was in appropriate proportion.



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