But what about the catering?

[ericofarabia]

Okay we've seen the post match reports/interviews but nobody has remarked on the burning issue .... how was the catering and service?

 

Did the pies run out (or was there anything running out of the pies ) are people still queueing up for their halftime beer, and did they run out of Ovaltine and Sanatogen in the away supporters section.

[Pedro]

Catering in the concourses is awful, crap food, crap service, tried to get a beef madras pasty before half time (head of the queue) and they had run out of those and ordinary pasties. Surely there's a back up stock in freezers on site somewhere.

[Spudders]

Think eric is just taking the p*ss in this thread Pedro.

 

see here for all genuine catering comments

 

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?24361-The-new-catering-at-St-Mary-s

[Hatch]

Catering in the concourses is awful, crap food, crap service, tried to get a beef madras pasty before half time (head of the queue) and they had run out of those and ordinary pasties. Surely there's a back up stock in freezers on site somewhere.

 

Even if there was , a frozen pie is no good to anyone.

[Turkish]

You make some valid points Eric, i went down 5 minutes into the half time break and there were long queues for beer, i was outraged that in a stadium with 17,000 in, i would have to queue for any longer than 30 seconds. It ruined the evening for me that i couldn't be one of the beer bellied louts stood around in the concorse laughing and joking and stuffing my face full of pies, burgers and beer during half time. I am going to send Cortese a strongly worded email expressing my anger.

[toofarnorth]

Anyone else see the guy coming round the crowd selling pasties at the start of the second half. Bit random.

[Toomer]

Anyone else see the guy coming round the crowd selling pasties at the start of the second half. Bit random.

 

Was he a left over from the Plymouth game?

[Master Bates]

I had to queue for the toilets.

[RonManager]

I had to queue for the toilets.

 

Did you get one?

 

What did it taste like?

 

Was it hot?

 

 

 

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................ toiletttttttttttttttttttts

[ericofarabia]

You make some valid points Eric, i went down 5 minutes into the half time break and there were long queues for beer, i was outraged that in a stadium with 17,000 in, i would have to queue for any longer than 30 seconds. It ruined the evening for me that i couldn't be one of the beer bellied louts stood around in the concorse laughing and joking and stuffing my face full of pies, burgers and beer during half time. I am going to send Cortese a strongly worded email expressing my anger.

 

Damn .... just as I feared.

 

They'd better sort it out before i come back for the Orient game. Don't want my halftime ruined.

[The9]

You make some valid points Eric, i went down 5 minutes into the half time break and there were long queues for beer, i was outraged that in a stadium with 17,000 in, i would have to queue for any longer than 30 seconds. It ruined the evening for me that i couldn't be one of the beer bellied louts stood around in the concorse laughing and joking and stuffing my face full of pies, burgers and beer during half time. I am going to send Cortese a strongly worded email expressing my anger.

 

Sarcasm aside, there was no queue in the Northam concourse at half-time compared to Saturday, but then the AFCB lot had Blocks 43 and 42 - so clearly the solution is to reduce the number of fans they have to serve - maybe that's CORTESE'S CLUMPY PLAN ?

[Bourno]

Got a hotdog prior to kick off and it was rubbish. The nipper wanted burger and chips which we got that right outside the ground£3.50 for a cheeseburger and £2.50 for a small tray of chips what a ripp off, sarnies next time.

[Saint-scooby]

I miss the pizza's they were very yummy, washed down with a few beers. The roof of my mouth has not been burnt for a few years now..

[Turkish]

Got a hotdog prior to kick off and it was rubbish. The nipper wanted burger and chips which we got that right outside the ground£3.50 for a cheeseburger and £2.50 for a small tray of chips what a ripp off, sarnies next time.

 

Tell the nipper not to be such a greedy little sod. Point out a fewof the many fatties in our fan base and tell him if he keeps guzzling that sh*t he'll end up like them, that'll do the trick.

[Turkish]

Sarcasm aside, there was no queue in the Northam concourse at half-time compared to Saturday, but then the AFCB lot had Blocks 43 and 42 - so clearly the solution is to reduce the number of fans they have to serve - maybe that's CORTESE'S CLUMPY PLAN ?

 

Why cant you buy soft drinks from the same bar as beer? This too is outrageous. Some people might have to queue twice in 15 minutes.

 

On another note i discovered that the Joshua Tree does a cracking Bacon bap for only £2.

Edited 11 August, 2010 by Turkish

[fish fingers]

There were no Steak and Kidney or Chicken and Mushroom pies on the menu last night.

 

Pretty shambolic really. A football ground with no pies.

[Sour Mash]

Sarcasm aside, there was no queue in the Northam concourse at half-time compared to Saturday, but then the AFCB lot had Blocks 43 and 42 - so clearly the solution is to reduce the number of fans they have to serve - maybe that's CORTESE'S CLUMPY PLAN ?

 

There was a massive, pretty much non-moving queue for beer in the Northam at half-time last night. Rubbish.

[Trader]

There were no Steak and Kidney or Chicken and Mushroom pies on the menu last night.

 

Pretty shambolic really. A football ground with no pies.

 

And Le Tiss has been gone for some time.

 

You can't blame him.

[ozzmeister]

You think this bad, Wembley ran out if soft drinks (even the carbonated ones) at half time yesterday! Now for a national stadium, during the summer holidays, with a market push for family tickets and hence lots of kids this in my eyes is shambolic!