Food and Drink at Petco Park for the All-Star Game

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Rocky handled my pre-lunch beer tasting. Which, when I sat down, I assumed would be a flight of maybe three or four beers. It turned out to be 12 beers, all local. I asked for a list of all the craft beers served in Petco Park and was given a list of 36, from at least 10 different breweries.

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I said Chef Vargas didn’t begrudge hot dogs, right? Here’s the proof. This is the #Hashtag Dog, which is a hot dog fried in a tempura batter with shredded potato and all kinds of other great stuff.

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Brisket and Smoked Bacon Banh Mi with a jalapeno aoli. Despite the pretty heavy main ingredients, it’s still recognizable as a banh mi sandwich in flavor, with the carrots and cucumbers and cilantro and all you expect with a banh mi. It’s just, like, three times the size.

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This is the Burgundy Pepper Tri Tip beef made famous by the Seaside Market in Cardiff by the Sea, California, There’s a Seaside location in Petco Park now and they serve it on this sandwich. What they don’t tell you because it’s not how they’d choose to market it — and which I know because my brother has lived out here for 20 years — is that people here call this beef “Cardiff Crack.”

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Cardiff Crack on nachos. There’s also some beer-braised chicken and some uniquely spicy queso on there. It’s not your usual nacho material.

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If you’d prefer pork to beef, why not just go with a pulled pork sandwich? This — called the BBQ Broham — is not run of the mill pulled pork, though. Like all of the best barbecue from places who know barbecue, this sandwich is not a sauce delivery device. You can taste the smoke in every bite. The balance — that quality of barbecue that is so often just off — is perfect here.

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You can’t come to San Diego without getting fish tacos. This is mahi mahi, which is not what you always get with fish tacos. Indeed, go to some places — particularly the chains — and I’m not sure what they put in it. The mahi mahi was fresh and it all held together in taco form, preventing the oh-so-common taco failure.

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Looking for something lighter? How about Ahi Tuna Poke Stuffed Avocado? There’s some quinoa on there too. A Sriracha Aioli, greens and all kinds of other wonderfulness.

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The catch of the day comes from the Brigantine, a Coronado Island seafood institution with a Petco Park location. This is a soy miso glazed yellowtail with roasted garlic polenta fries and a red curry dipping sauce.

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ow about a regular old sandwich? Even the regular old sandwiches are special here, of course. It’s a turkey BLT with an avocado spread, but like I said, there is magic in the avocados.

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