Cheese-on-a-Stick and other Amusement Park Delicacies
MRomano
Coast/Midwestern parks, including much anticipated first visits to Cedar
Point, Knoebel's, Kennywood, BGW, PKD, etc.
Whenever a visitor enters my neck of the woods, I recommend Mrs. Knott's
fried chicken as the perfect theme park meal. What other Amusement Park
delicacies should I look for this summer?
J. Rasmussen
MRomano wrote in message ...
Locoboy
>
> My July roller coaster trip (thrill-grimage) takes me to fourteen East
> Coast/Midwestern parks, including much anticipated first visits to Cedar
> Point, Knoebel's, Kennywood, BGW, PKD, etc.
>
> Whenever a visitor enters my neck of the woods, I recommend Mrs. Knott's
> fried chicken as the perfect theme park meal. What other Amusement Park
> delicacies should I look for this summer?
Try out the home made salt water taffy at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
Sit there and watch that shiny chrome taffy machine go around and around
and just *sniff* the air. It's impossible to resist buying at least one
bag! :-)
Dave Althoff
stand across from the Potato Patch at Kennywood is about the best around.
I've not tried many varieties of Cheese On A Stick, but I agree that
Kennywood's is quite good.
Also at Kennywood is one of my favorites: the Belgian waffle from the
stand across from the Carousel. A 9" Belgian waffle covered with ice
cream and strawberries; I usually have them leave off the powdered sugar.
Of course at Knoebel's is a good place to find birch beer (like a clear
root beer), and Cesari's Pizza. They also sell an Italian water ice that
is really good, and a soft-frozen iced tea.
Speaking of pizza, Kringle's Pizza at Holiday World is decent as well.
Also, if you like a sweet sauce, try the LaRosa's Recipe pizza available
at Paramount's Kings Island and at Americana
Of course in Cincinnati the delicasy is the Greek chili. At Americana I
believe it is Gold Star chili; at Kings Island you can get Skyline.
Either way, for an introduction I suggest a coney (chili dog). This is an
odd, watery brown concoction, not the red stuff most people think of as
"chili".
At Cedar Point I particularly like the frozen custard from the Fountain
Custard stand. They also have good fries.
Should you happen to swing by Wyandot Lake, and if you should happen to
like spicy German sausage, try the Bahama Mama sandwich. Good with
horseradish, but unfortunately the park usually doesn't have any.
Bland's Park is owned by Del Grosso foods, and consequently has some
really good food. I haven't actually eaten there (shame on me!) but you
might try their pizza and their pasta. I seem to recall seeing rave
reviews of their potato salad as well.
At Kentucky Kingdom (and probably other parks as well) you can get
Hawaiian Shave Ice, which is like a huge Sno-Cone served in a very large
plastic cone about the size of a sombrero. No, I'm not kidding.
A couple of generic suggestions for frozen treats: If you are trying
Dippin' Dots, you might have a better experience if you start with a
traditional ice cream flavor. Also, for soft-serve products, I suggest
avoiding "Flavor Blast."
Geauga Lake also has a Belgian waffle product. Theirs looks a bit like a
hot-dog bun (though it really is a waffle) topped with strawberries and
whipped cream. Yum! Also, I believe Geauga Lake has a Mr. Hero franchise
inside the park. They make decent cheesesteaks.
Ummm...That's about it for now...
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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MR. C
MRomano wrote
>Whenever a visitor enters my neck of the woods, I recommend Mrs.
Knott's
>fried chicken as the perfect theme park meal. What other
Amusement Park
>delicacies should I look for this summer?
Whatever you do, don't pass up those wonderful handmade fries at
KW -- no matter how long the lines for the Potato Patch are! CP
also has some great fries, but KW's are the absolute best. Their
Cheese-on-a-stick is not bad either.
As far as BGW goes, the best eatery in the park is the Three
Rivers Smokehouse. Order the sampler platter which gives a
sampling of spare ribs, chicken, and beef brisket -- all which
has been slow smoked over hickory and mesquite. It comes with
extra barbecue sauce on the side.
PKD also has BBQ ribs at the Country Kitchen which aren't too
shabby, but I always find myself drawn to one of the several
stands which sell soft serve ice-cream. I think it's some of the
best
soft-serve around.
MR. C
Michael Carmon
mca...@gte.net
MRomano
john cline ii
Dave Althoff wrote in part:
> Speaking of pizza, Kringle's Pizza at Holiday World is decent as
well.
> Also, if you like a sweet sauce, try the LaRosa's Recipe pizza
available
> at Paramount's Kings Island and at Americana
LaRosa's. Definitely the best park pizza in all the land. Also
definitely an opinion. This stuff polarises people. They either love
it or hate it. There is nothing else like it. As for me, I love it.
Think of a very sweet sauce on a noncrisp medium weight crust with
high quality mostly provolone cheese and optional high quality
pepperoni and you have LaRosa's.
>
> Of course in Cincinnati the delicasy is the Greek chili. At
Americana I
> believe it is Gold Star chili; at Kings Island you can get Skyline.
NO! Thank Heavens! BOTH parks have Skyline, which is incredibly
good. Gold Star, on the other hand, is not, IMHO, anywhere near as
good. Gold Star was the only Cincinnati style chili in Lexington,
Kentucky during my college days. I would rather eat Hormel, thank you
very much. Actually I would rather have Empress than either Skyline
or Gold Star, but Skyline is quite good and far, far better than the
relatively bland Gold Star.
> Bland's Park is owned by Del Grosso foods, and consequently has some
> really good food. I haven't actually eaten there (shame on me!)
If you haven't ridden the coaster should you be commenting on it? :)
> but you
> might try their pizza and their pasta. I seem to recall seeing rave
> reviews of their potato salad as well.
I wouldn't know. Right outside of Blands, in its parking lot, is
Austins. Here you will find perhaps the best Texas style hotdogs
known to man, woman or household pet. I ALWAYS stop at Austins for a
dog! But then I can rarely pass up a really good dog! Parks, for the
most part, are not known for their good dogs. An exception is
Paramount's Kings Island, which has Skyline chili CONEYS at Coney Mall
and the foot long dogs (which are far larger than the very small
coneys) can be found at Tuckers by Vortex...
> At Kentucky Kingdom (and probably other parks as well) you can get
> Hawaiian Shave Ice, which is like a huge Sno-Cone served in a very
large
> plastic cone about the size of a sombrero.
INSIDE JOKE (?) You can wear it as a hat.
Since I really don't like inside jokes, this was a comment after SRM
to Mark McKenzie at Americana made by the one, the only Cindy Stout
(There are NO imitators, only pretenders!) Said comment reportedly
caused the Poodles aka Mark to collapse into utter hilarity and snort
said snow cone out of his nose, according to those present! This
scribe's arrival at Americana had been delayed due to circumstances
beyond my control! And Mamma Nature wasn't exactly cooperating
either!
AND these are now available at the Blizzard stand between Chaos and
T2, which means you don't have to go in the waterpark this year to get
one! Thanks SFKK, a park that listens to suggestions!
This conversation would not be complete without mentioning:
*SFKK's brisket. It is really incredible. Available at the rib house
located near the back of the Break Dance.
*Camden Park's awesome Pronto Pups, the best I have ever had. Much
better than corndogs, Pronto Pups have a FLUFFY cornbread crust, not a
rock hard coating....
*Americana's Coffelt's Fudge, from Dayton, Ohio. Though not made in
the park, this fudge is AWESOME, it is also right beside the driest
log flume in the world (or so it is said I tell people!)
*ANYTHING at Dollywood, home of some of the best park food in the
country! Don't miss the buffet there. Very reasonably priced and
very good.
*Holiday World, known for its pizza and fudge, has GREAT Mexican food
(tacos, burritos, nothing fancy!) at the Alamo. world famous
Moonlite Room in Owensboro, Kentucky has an outlet in the park where
they sell only the barbeque sandwiches. If you can make the trip over
to The Moonlite Room, about an hour from Holiday World, you will find
some great and unusual barbeque. Here the specialty is mutton and
burgoo. Burgoo is a thick stew made with lamb, and mutton is
barbequed sheep. It is much better than it sounds. For the less
adventurous there are awesome ribs of pig and cow, real mashed
potatoes, home made desserts made from old time Kentucky recipes, etc.
The New Yorker has cited the Moonlite Room in the past as being the
best barbeque place in the country. Most days, a buffet is available.
Call first if that is important to you.
If you can't go that far, there is also an excellent little cafe in
Dale, less than 15 minutes from Holiday World. The place's name
starts with a W. I always get it confused. Willard's? Winegars?
Winnie the Poohs? Whatever it is, the food is home-made, the prices
are low, and the apple dumplings are to kill for. They also make a
wicked Cheeseburger, that does not go in and out. Well, never mind!
john cline ii heading back to his room whilst realising he focuses
perhaps just a bit too much on food but a lot too much on rolley
coasters (in OTHER peoples' opinions)!
Shawn Mamros
>The best french fries I've ever had were from the Potato Patch at Kennywood.
While I agree with that sentiment (at least as far as park fries go; my
dad's fries are the best period, but he doesn't make 'em very often anymore
and I live 600 miles away), one word of warning needs to be made...
If your idea of what makes good fries requires coating them in batter
or something to keep them "crisper" (or just whatever it is that batter
fry people prefer about them), you probably won't find Patch fries to
be all that great. Patch fries are nothing but fresh-cut potatoes, fried
in whatever oil they use (all I know is that it isn't what they use to
grease their coasters :-), with some salt, served fresh and hot. No
coatings whatsoever, although there are quite a few optional toppings
one can choose (cheddar cheese sauce, beef gravy, etc.).
OTOH, if potatoes, oil and salt - and nothing else - sounds like your
recipie for the ideal fries, then Patch fries are for you.
-Shawn Mamros (who takes his fries seriously... sometimes ;-)
E-mail to: mam...@mit.edu
Pete Babic
says...
> My July roller coaster trip (thrill-grimage) takes me to fourteen East
> Coast/Midwestern parks, including much anticipated first visits to Cedar
> Point, Knoebel's, Kennywood, BGW, PKD, etc.
>
> fried chicken as the perfect theme park meal. What other Amusement Park
> delicacies should I look for this summer?
At Kennywood, try the Cheese-On-A-Stick, just about the best to be found.
Kennywood's Potato Patch is also very good.
Cedar Point has fabulous fries, better then the famed Kennywood Potato
Patch, IMHO. CP's Cheese-On-A-Stick is also very good. Other treats at CP
is the frozen custard by the fountain, Italian sausage hoagies at Grist
Mill Refreshments, and the absolute best ribs at the Boathouse, located
in the CP Marina.
At BGW I've always enjoyed the food and beer at the Festhaus, along with
the entertainment.
--
Pete Babic
MR. C
Pete Babic wrote
>Cedar Point has fabulous fries, better then the famed Kennywood
Potato
>Patch, IMHO.
SACRILEGE !!!!!!!
:`)
CP's fries are very good. Top 'em with their more than generous
portions of homemade chili and you've got a meal on your hands!
But they can be a little undercooked sometimes, for my tastes
anyway.
I still like KW's better.
Locoboy
> *ANYTHING at Dollywood, home of some of the best park food in the
> country! Don't miss the buffet there. Very reasonably priced and
> very good.
Wow, Dollywood has a buffet?! :-) What kind and style of food do they
have there and roughly how much does it cost? One of the things I don't
like about most park food is I kinda get hungry around 7:00 to 8:00 PM.
If all parks had a buffet, then this wouldn't happen. Is Dollywood the
only park with an all you can eat restaurant?
Locoboy
>
> MRomano wrote:
> >
> > My July roller coaster trip (thrill-grimage) takes me to fourteen East
> > Coast/Midwestern parks, including much anticipated first visits to Cedar
> > Point, Knoebel's, Kennywood, BGW, PKD, etc.
> >
> > Whenever a visitor enters my neck of the woods, I recommend Mrs. Knott's
> > fried chicken as the perfect theme park meal. What other Amusement Park
> > delicacies should I look for this summer?
>
> Sit there and watch that shiny chrome taffy machine go around and around
> and just *sniff* the air. It's impossible to resist buying at least one
> bag! :-)
Ooops, I didn't realize that you were going to non west coast parks!
That would make it pretty tough to try out the food at The Boardwalk!
:-D Well for your next trip, if you're ever out here in the West, try
out their taffy.
john cline ii
Locoboy wrote in part:
> john cline ii wrote:
>
> > *ANYTHING at Dollywood, home of some of the best park food in the
> > country! Don't miss the buffet there. Very reasonably priced and
> > very good.
>
they
> have there and roughly how much does it cost?
Country style, of course! Fried Chicken, soup beans (pintoes to you
Nawtherners), cabbage, etc. About ten dollars....a nice place it is
> One of the things I don't
> like about most park food is I kinda get hungry around 7:00 to 8:00
PM.
> If all parks had a buffet, then this wouldn't happen. Is Dollywood
the
> only park with an all you can eat restaurant?
Nopers! SFKK has Swamp Water Jack's, which is oddly timed, you have
an hour to eat! This is picnic style, fried chicken again, potato
salad, salad bar, etc, and PEPSI!
SFGAm also has a buffet at the Saloon, a very good place indeed, near
Viper's entrance....
and there are others!
john cline ii who is glad to see set down places to eat in any park,
and realises we can thank Cedar Fair for starting this trend last year
with its sit down all you can eat American Midway (?) place!
coast...@my-deja.com
the
> only park with an all you can eat restaurant?
>
Kentucky Kingdom has one, $7 all you can eat at Swampwater Jack's. Some
great fried chicken, rolls, baked adn green beans, mashed potatoes,
corn, salad and more!
Jacob
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is seasonal or year-round. This a Sunday CHAMPAGNE brunch so it runs from
something like 11am to 2pm. It is held in the California Kitchen which is
just behind Mrs. Knott's, just outside the handstamp exit gate, nestled in
the Ghostride L. The have more food than you can shake a fork at, including
fried chicken of course..
Locoboy <locob...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> john cline ii wrote:
>
> > *ANYTHING at Dollywood, home of some of the best park food in the
> > country! Don't miss the buffet there. Very reasonably priced and
> > very good.
>
> Wow, Dollywood has a buffet?! :-) What kind and style of food do they
> have there and roughly how much does it cost? One of the things I don't
> like about most park food is I kinda get hungry around 7:00 to 8:00 PM.
> If all parks had a buffet, then this wouldn't happen. Is Dollywood the
coast...@my-deja.com
> Knott's has a Sunday buffet at about $12.50 for adults. I don't know
if it
> is seasonal or year-round. This a Sunday CHAMPAGNE brunch so it runs
from
> something like 11am to 2pm. It is held in the California Kitchen
which is
> just behind Mrs. Knott's, just outside the handstamp exit gate,
nestled in
> the Ghostride L. The have more food than you can shake a fork at,
including
> fried chicken of course..
>
I forgot to add that Indiana Beach also has a Sunday buffett. Cornfield
Coastin was given this meal at the event! It had everything from Salmon
to waffles! It was fabulous! Best meal I had ever eaten at a park. I
don't know the normal cost, but it is only on Sundays.
Dave Althoff
Potatoes, oil, and salt - and nothing else - sounds like my recipe for the
ideal fries. But there is another important element that organizations
like Kennywood, Cedar Point, Steak Escape, and anybody else who does
'fresh cut' fries needs to bear in mind: The fries need to be *done*. I
don't know about anybody else, but while I really like these sorts of
fries...there's almost nothing better...all too frequently the preparers
rush them so that what you get is soggy and half-cooked. Yuck!
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(who also notes that Wendy's has good fries if you don't mind the frozen
ones, but that they are frequently rushed. NEVER RUSH THE FRIES!!!)
Locoboy
I agree Dave. I like my fries a little crunchy on the outside and soft
and hot on the inside. Soggy fries are a definite no no in my book!
Jerry
the stuff is good!
Dave Sandborg
<chavez...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> My July roller coaster trip (thrill-grimage) takes me to fourteen East
> Coast/Midwestern parks, including much anticipated first visits to Cedar
> Point, Knoebel's, Kennywood, BGW, PKD, etc.
>
> Whenever a visitor enters my neck of the woods, I recommend Mrs. Knott's
> fried chicken as the perfect theme park meal. What other Amusement Park
> delicacies should I look for this summer?
If you're in Rye Playland (NY) or Conneaut Lake Park (PA) and looking for a
snack, there's a treat you shouldn't miss. At Rye, they're called "Greater
Taters," at Conneaut, they're "Tasty Taters." Either way, think of
fresh-made potato chips, straight out of the fryer. Absolutely delicious.
If anybody knows of these at any other park, I'd love to hear about it!
--
Dave Sandborg
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TURN4BRADG
>> delicacies should I look for this summer?
Anyplace that has anything resembling a Funnel Cake Sundae. They have a
zillion calories and loads of fat but they're hard to beat.
Brad Grupe
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