PrintThe Usual Mayors' Super Bowl Bet Seems One-Sided to Us
According to the New York Post and the New York Daily News, here's what is on the line in the annual mayors' Super Bowl Bet:
If the Giants win, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will receive 100 cups of Legal Seafoods New England clam chowder, 42 pounds of Dunkin' Donuts coffee, 12 Boston cream pies, 12 dozen Parker House rolls, 100 hot dogs, 20 pizzas, five cases of ice cream and yogurt bars, and 100 servings of organic yogurt.
If the Giants lose, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will receive 42 Carnegie Deli pastrami and corned beef sandwiches; some Big Blue Cheese Eli Mann-Eater burgers from Gallagher's Steak House, a case of beef and chicken patties from Golden Krust Bakery, pizza from Goodfella's on Staten Island, rugelach from Junior's in Brooklyn, ices from the Lemon Ice King of Corona, and 20 pounds of "Super Steak" from Peter Luger, along with six bottles of its steak sauce.
Is it me, or is this the most one-sided food bet in history? Menino will make out like a bandit if the Patriots win. And doesn't it also strengthen my case for New York's food superiority?
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15 Comments:
Why would Bloomberg possibly want Dunkin Donuts coffee...scarce to find in NYC?
He should also skip the hot dogs and pizza.
Hey Mike...get some lobster rolls!
Bosmer at 10:38AM on 02/01/08
Personally, I fail to see what's so exciting about pastrami or corned beef but that' my own personal taste...
Amandarama at 10:49AM on 02/01/08
Legal seafoods does make good clam chowder, and I love boston cream pies, but everything else they are sending is is pretty yawn inducing. I agree this is an uneven bet. We should just propose to send them a case of yoohoos and call it even.
seyo at 11:01AM on 02/01/08
oh, and pizza? from boston? it better be from Regina's because nothing else is really worth the trouble. but I guess we already covered that.
seyo at 11:06AM on 02/01/08
I'm with you Amandarama. Pastrami: whatevs. New York pizza pwns New England clam chowdah.
Adam Kuban at 11:27AM on 02/01/08
C'mon the ice cream from Tosci's? If that's what they're getting I'd dig it. Mm... they should have thrown in some Squirrel Nut Zippers.
synaesthesia.dc at 11:30AM on 02/01/08
Toss the pizza and hot dogs, throw in Fluff and roast beef, and maybe we've got something.
I expect it's not going to matter though.
Lauren Krueger at 11:45AM on 02/01/08
Does this stuff get paid out of their paychecks or the taxpayers?
Corned beef and pastrami sandwiche would go wonderfully with New England clam chowder. I don't care about the rest on the list. Ok, maybe the Boston cream pie would be a nice too. :P
Cassaendra at 12:21PM on 02/01/08
I think it's pretty close, with the caveat that we don't know volumes for a lot of the NYC stuff or vendors for the Boston stuff. I paired them up with what I think are the closest matches in (very subjective) quality from the respective cities. New York offers the better "package", but it's not so far off.
As for food superiority, did anyone really need more evidence that NYC is superior? (and I'm from Boston)
100 cups of Legal Seafoods New England clam chowder, v.
42 Carnegie Deli pastrami and corned beef sandwiches.
Result: Even
Comment: reasonable people may differ, but I'd rather have the chowder.
12 dozen Parker House rolls, v.
rugelach from Junior's in Brooklyn,
Result: Even
Comment: How much rugelach?
20 pizzas, v.
pizza from Goodfella's on Staten Island,
Result: Even
Comment: hard to say without knowing vendor from Boston or amount from NYC.
five cases of ice cream and yogurt bars, v.
a case of beef and chicken patties from Golden Krust Bakery,
Result: Even
Comment: I don't know where the ice cream is from, but Boston has some really good ice cream. On the other hand, I've never been particularly impressed by Golden Krust.
100 servings of organic yogurt, v.
ices from the Lemon Ice King of Corona
Result: Even
Comment: I've never been too impressed by ices ...
some Big Blue Cheese Eli Mann-Eater burgers from Gallagher's Steak House, v.
12 Boston cream pies,
Result: Even
Comment: "some"? Again, reasonable people may differ on value of those burgers and some good Boston cream pies.
Where New York pulls ahead, I think, is with what's left:
20 pounds of "Super Steak" from Peter Luger, along with six bottles of its steak sauce, v.
42 pounds of Dunkin' Donuts coffee, 100 hot dogs.
As much as I like Dunkin' Donuts, everyone knows it's nothing special (particularly given the many DDs in NYC). And who makes those hot dogs? It doesn't make much of a difference as it doesn't compare with 20lbs of high-end steak.
Overall, I'm not completely blown away by NYC's offerings, but it is better than what Boston is putting up.
Of course, Boston's offering is merely academic. Only NYC is going to actually put any food up in the end. :)
Murray Hillster at 12:51PM on 02/01/08
Gotta be Mayor Mike's worst negotiation ever. Either he thinks the Giants have no chance or he's just not a Serious Eater. Dunkin Donuts... jeez.
kqrbob at 5:33PM on 02/01/08
To those wondering "Why Dunkin' Donuts?"...perhaps Dunkin' Donuts having originated near Boston might be a small reason, eh?
Cassaendra at 11:33PM on 02/01/08
I know why, but just because they are from Boston doesn't make them good.
Ed Levine at 7:41AM on 02/02/08
And just being from NYC doesn't make something good either. I'm really kind of hoping this debate dies down soon.
wunami at 2:41PM on 02/02/08
It's all in good fun. I hope no one is taking this too seriously. There's a lot of places I like to eat in Boston.
Ed Levine at 3:04PM on 02/02/08
Woah wait, Kuban isn't into pastrami ?
cmballa at 10:14AM on 02/04/08