Grilled, Please
The First Schmitter Since Last Season Rekindles the Desire for Opening Day
THE RUSSIAN DRESSING combined with the melted cheese and dripped down my fingers in a way that just doesn't happen at Citizens Bank Park. Schmitters at the ballpark are delicious, but lunch today was at McNally's Tavern, the sandwich's home, and the experience was transcendent. Piping hot and crafted with love, unlike the good-but-lukewarm sammies slapped together by the high school kids at CBP, my Schmitter this afternoon did more to get me in the mood for baseball season than the World Baseball Classic, Barry Bonds's steroid problem, and the Phillies' suspect starting rotation combined. Is it Opening Day yet?
I almost said on the ride back "who do you think will blog about it first?" You clearly won.
That was my first Schmitter, and damn, was that a fine sandwich.
Posted by: Jeff Martin | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 02:52 PM
Did the cardiologist ride home with you guys?!? By the way, I have officially picked the Phillies to win the NL East on my blog. Go there and bash the hell out of me...I can take it!
Posted by: bill | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 03:49 PM
Glad to hear you're back to watching your diet after your/our several days of indulgence down here.
Posted by: Chris Durso | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 04:12 PM
Bill, you're kidding, right? Have you been drinking the delicious pale ales Chris linked to?
Posted by: Tom Durso | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 04:32 PM
Why not...I listed my reasons at my blog. If Utley and Howard continue to shine and the other guys do what they should do then why not? WHY NOT US!
Posted by: Bill | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 07:06 PM
I love those Schmitters!! Can't wait to get down to the park and eat one.
Maybe one day I can go into the city and visit the home of the Schmitter and get one there!
Our hitters are looking good, I'm getting optimistic!
Posted by: theragtopguy | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 08:54 PM
I can't find McNally's. I've tried to go there for lunch to and can never find it....what is it situated in between?
Posted by: Tom G | Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 12:17 AM
It's not the hitters I'm worried about ...
TG, McNally's is just to the left of the Hill Tavern, across the street from Borders. Its only marking is a small rectangular plaque on the door. Let's plan on having a sandwich there soon!
Posted by: Tom Durso | Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 07:25 AM
Man, you go and get the original and I don't even get a cursory invite?
Posted by: Matt | Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 11:24 AM
I hear you brotha. I can just taste that $11 beer at the new Busch Stadium.
Cheers.
Posted by: Jer | Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 12:28 PM
Matt: It was lunch in the middle of the workday.
Jer: How's the new stadium look?
Posted by: Tom Durso | Friday, March 24, 2006 at 11:16 AM