ballparks and breweries

Minute Maid Park – September 27th, 2008

Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves

Result:  Braves Win!  11-5

Overall Rating:  Very Good

Atmosphere:  Excellent

Food:  Average

Service:  Excellent

Overall, my trip to Minute Maid Park was a very good one.  As a hard core Braves fan, I truly enjoyed watching my team play and win after such a disappointing season.  The atmosphere and ambience of the stadium were the high point of the game – we had great seats in section 106 down the third base line (link to pictures is below).

The food at the ballpark was average.  Since I am used to Tony’s and Tabasco, the food was a little bland.  We had chili and cheese nachos and french fries and I was slightly disappointed.  The beer that I had was nice and cold, which means the most to me anyway, so I could look past the mundane food.

The service at Minute Maid was exquisite.  I left diapers in the car and the ticket man kindly let me leave and come back and I didn’t even have to wait in line again!  In addition, when I came back, I brought Lil’ Niles in the stroller because my arms were killing me and the attendant at the top of our section offered to walk it to the fan accommodation area several sections away and he brought our ticket back to us in our seats.  Very impressive!

I would highly recommend visiting Minute Maid Park.  Since I am in Louisiana, this is the closest we have to a major league home team so I am a little partial, but I had a great time and will absolutely return as soon as I have the chance.

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