With only a few days to go before we see the Giants crush the Patriots in Phoenix (c’mon let’s be optimistic) fans are making plans to party hearty. If you got your tickets for the game and plane, that’s just the beginning of a super-expensive weekend.
Staying close to home and got a spot reserved in front of a big-screen TV? This Saturday may be the biggest snack day of the year. And all across America, fans will be dipping into super bowls heaped with guacamole. (Watch those tight ends, the funny ads, and half-time show – but watch out for the double-dippers…) We hear hometown mayors Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino think it’s all about the chowder: Manhattan vs. Boston.
Want to put an extra kick in your Super Bowl Sunday? There’s guacamole, and help, right here in Baristaville.


Tinga’s, with its bottomless supply of guacamole and chips, will deliver all your favorite fresh Mexican treats. While Senorita’s is offering four quarters of free food if you go there and watch the game on a 125-inch screen. If you’re into the wing thing or a want a good ribbing, The Wood Pit is offering super deals to serve a a super crowd. Joe Bartoni’s gets high scores for their three-foot subs, 18-inch ciabatta bread sandwiches (from $39.95), gourmet sandwich platters ($69.95), dips and pasta salads. Food fans, try to get your orders in by Friday.
If you’re planning on making chili, visit Spice It Up, a pandora’s box of condiments, spices, rubs, and hot sauces to spice up your game.
Still undecided? Whole Foods Montclair and West Orange have these Big Game food suggestions: Super platters of wings, chili, crudites, dips, beer-friendly cheese and snack gift baskets, crab & shrimp cocktail, and Big Game Pull Apart Cupcakes (a giant cake make of individual cupcakes with a football icing top). This Saturday, stop in at West Orange WF for their informal super bowl tasting.

35 replies on “Countdown To Super Bowl 2008”

  5. Liz, darling, don’t ever ever buy anything from Willie that you haven’t priced elsewhere. (God invented Goyim to pay retail.) Get your molcajete from Mexico for half that price plus $9 for shipping. And, you can say you got it at Guillermo-Sonoma. 🙂
    https://www.mexgrocer.com/9117.html

  6. I’m thinking that a big ass Lasagna will be perfect. I’ll keep grabbing hunks every time I get the tiniest hunger pang.

  9. Let’s savor the last game of the season! (Baseball is so far away)
    Iceman,
    Aren’t you psyched about Santana?

  10. Bloomberg is from Brookline, MA. Mumbles Menino is Mayor of Boston. Bloomberg is backing a team that does not play in New York City (except after hours). Mumbles is backing a team that is closer to Providence Rhode Island than to Boston. And Bloomberg is already a loser because he is betting NY strip steaks against Emeril’s frozen chicken sausages! Yeah, that’s good old Revolutionary War food. Mike, what about the lobsters? You didn’t get Mumbles to bet you lobsters? (And this chadrool is thinking about running for President?)
    I think we ought to organize a bet between the mayors of East Rutherford, NJ and Foxborough, MA for pound-for-pound cases of Jersey Tomatoes vs. Cape Cod Quahogs. (And I got a hundred on the Mayor of Foxborough…)

  11. NE Clam Chowda, is there any other kind? Well obviously, but…that tastes good.
    That Guac looks awesome!

  12. NE Clam Chowda, is there any other kind? Well obviously, but…that tastes good and not like dirty dish rags.
    That Guac looks awesome!

  15. I love the fact that at Baxter’s I can sail right up to the dock and stand in line for all my fried seafood.

  17. One evening at Baxter’s Boatyard I saw a sight that would stay with me for years. It was around 1992 — can’t be sure — and sitting at a table across from the bar was Edward M. Kennedy and Charo. Yes, that Charo. Apparently she was doing a show at the Melody Tent and Teddy just happened to stop by Baxter’s…

  20. The Super Bowl is on Sunday, why would Saturday be the biggest snacking day of the year??? are folks expected to sit by the TV and eat them selves silly in anticipation of the game??

  21. The Super Bowl is on Sunday, why would Saturday be the biggest snacking day of the year??? are folks expected to sit by the TV and eat them selves silly in anticipation of the game??

  22. I wish there wasn’t this two-week gap between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. For one thing, the buildup is ridiculous. And I don’t think the interregnum helps the teams any.

  24. This is what I’ll be watching…
    Puppy Bowl IV
    TV-G
    Get set for some serious mayhem. Puppy Bowl is back with an all-star cast that’s ready to mix it up on the grand gridiron of Animal Planet Stadium. And this year, you’ll be able to see all of the frisky frolicking like never before, in high definition.

  25. OOoooh! I LOVE the Puppy Bowl and I normally watch it but that’s because the Giants haven’t played in a Superbowl since 1986! ha! So, this year, I will be watching the actual Superbowl but when half-time comes on, I will wrestle the nearest male for the remote so that I can see the Labbies fight over the pigskin!

  26. We can fit all of the religious, political and sexual affiliations(that includes you brinew2) under the Giant’s tent of Unity. We want to promote a sense of one-ness, and Obama like hope for all of those disenfranchised sports fans who need a place of comfort.
    Excuse me while I light my candle of hope and change.
    Becky…memo to Omar…sign Johan, el promptly

  28. And I don’t think the interregnum helps the teams any.

    I agree about the hype, although the week off is helping Big Blue. Dockery returned to practice and Seubert is going to practice today or tomorrow, I believe. Neither player would have played if the game was a week after the NFC Championship.
    Heaven knows the Giants could use all the help in the secondary they can get (even if Ross and Webster are emerging stars!)

  31. OOoooh! I LOVE the Puppy Bowl and I normally watch it but that’s because the Giants haven’t played in a Superbowl since 1986! ha! So, this year, I will be watching the actual Superbowl but when half-time comes on, I will wrestle the nearest male for the remote so that I can see the Labbies fight over the pigskin!
    Posted by Miss Martta | January 31, 2008 3:35 PM
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    What were you doing in 1991 then?

  34. Oops, Crank, my bad. Yes my fiance corrected me on that. I just remember 1986 because my friends and I had a HUGE party with chili and beer and we were just SO excited. That was a good year for NY sports teams if I recollect.

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