4-Pound Pretzel at Wrigley Field Fails to Impress
I went to Wrigley Field for the Cubs-Astros game on Saturday. Bobby Scales scored on a walk-off hit to win the game after Gregg blew a 4-run lead in the 9th. While the game itself was exciting, and my seats were insanely good (thanks Ethan), the real highlight of the game was my attempts to eat the 4 lb. pretzel being offered at the park.
The pretzel itself is a new thing offered by Levys Restaurants at Wrigley. It is dubbed “the Northside Twist”. The pretzel itself was huge and very soft. It was a bit on the salty side but in general it wasn’t bad. The problem came with the dipping sauces. There were 3 sauces and each sucked for a different reason. The first sauce was a sweet sauce that was thick and way too sweet. The second sauce was a spicy mustard. Now I feel like mustard is a traditional dipping sauce for pretzels, but this sauce was extremely spicy and didn’t even taste that good. The last sauce was the only one that was bearable, but it had its own issues. It was a cheese sauce but it was not like the nacho cheese sauce, which would have been fine. It was a different kind of cheese with a very thick consistency, almost to the point of being hard. The cheese itself was so-so tasting, but almost impossible to dip the soft pretzel in because of the consistency.
So overall I give the “North Side Twist” a B-. This grade can be easily remedied with the introduction of a different sauce selection, but until then, I don’t recommend it.
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Comment from Ethan
Time May 18, 2009 at 11:00 am
A B-???!?!? That is a way-too-generous grade. Considering it’s $15, and all 3 sauces were awful, it was basically 4 lbs. of dough with salt. I wouldn’t eat one if you paid me $15. A C- is the best grade I could give that. There are a million better choices for food in the ballpark – I would honestly say that the huge pretzel may be one of the worst. I don’t see how you could give it a B-.
Comment from Ethan
Time May 18, 2009 at 11:05 am
One more note – that pic is after SN ate about 70% of the pretzel (so multiple what’s left by like 3.5 and that’s how big it was).
Comment from dirty south
Time May 18, 2009 at 3:02 pm
so you go to an amazing game and post about the food…doesn’t help the stereotype that most cubs “fans” go to games to eat, drink, and socialize.
Comment from StevieY19
Time May 18, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Yeah, we all know Stormin’ Norman knows nothing about baseball. This is the proofs! Besides, we should be more concerned about this….
was huge and very soft. It was a bit on the salty side but in general it wasn’t bad.
Hmm…
Comment from bitternutz
Time May 18, 2009 at 4:15 pm
thanks for the review… i have been desperately searching for a go-to food at the ballpark since Chicago no longer has kosher dogs at either stadium.
Comment from Rob
Time May 19, 2009 at 1:15 am
I refuse to believe Stormin Norman possesses the ability to give any food item a grade lower than an A-
Comment from Stormin’ Norman Disciple
Time May 19, 2009 at 1:17 am
@Everyone: The pretzel was good! It was just the sauces that sucked. I’m pretty sure I said that already, but everyone seems to think I’m a bad food critic. Well screw you guys.
@StevieY19: Why are you concerned? If people didn’t like things that were soft and salty, I would never get any. (notice I said people and not girls)
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Comment from Kevin Tapani Fan Club
Time May 18, 2009 at 10:05 am
I thought that was Big Z eating the pretzel at first. He seems like he could take it down.