Noshing at Investors Group Field
We attended the first game Bomber game of the season at Investors Group Field with a guest from the United States. She has lived in Boston, Philadelphia and New York and is an avid sports fan. D and I expected to be impressed when we first walked into the stadium building and we were not disappointed. We were frankly very surprised to see how excited our guest was. She “oohed” and “ahhed” as we climbed up to the main concourse and she insisted that we take a lap around the venue to experience the entire building (and scope out what we wanted to choose for supper that evening).
As we made our circuit, we passed the venues that are run by the stadium itself-The First Down, The Huddle, Grid Iron Grill and the Rum Hut. The line up at “Shawarma Khan in a Snap” attests to the popularity of Obby Khan’s Middle Eastern sandwich and his reputation as a former Winnipeg Blue Bomber. I have yet to visit his city restaurant or the concession, but as we are huge shawarma fans, this will definitely occur over the summer.
We also spied the Salisbury House, Pizza Hotline and our favourite: Burrito Splendido. We split up and headed to three different concessions, when we had finally made up our minds.
It tasted better than this photo looks.
The Butter Chicken Poutine caught my eye. The fries were pretty good and the butter chicken topping was VERY good.
D is originally from Minnesota and has fond memories of ordering bratwursts at Vikings games so he immediately knew that we wanted. He was very impressed with Winnipeg’s version.
Our guest was tempted by the grilled beef station that she compares to a delicacy of western New York State called Beef on Weck. She thought that the original version might be hard to top so opted instead for the pulled pork at Danny’s Whole Hog Barbeque. She was duly impressed by her quick supper and simply everything else that she experienced on game day. In our minds, we have first hand confirmation that Investor’s Group Field is a world-class sports and entertainment facility.
For our second chance at seeing the Bombers in action, we were invited to the Winnipeg Free Press Suite which was an even sweeter experience. When we arrived there were enormous chicken wings waiting for us, as well as pulled pork mini buns. Later in the evening Pizza Hotline individual pizzas arrived. The suites are well equipped, luxurious and provide the best seat in the house. We were at Centre line with enough elevation not to miss a play. Way to go Bombers!
Kath’s quote: “The reason women don’t play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public”.-Phyllis Diller
Love-that is all.
