Food: Burger Up at Centerplate

This past Saturday afternoon four of us donned our Tampa Bay Rays togs and headed across the bridge to Tropicana Field. We try to time our arrival to coincide with the opening of the gates, which was around five on this day. The plan is to arrive early enough to get a table at the Centerplate Brew House, and on this we did score a home run.

Shannon was our very attentive server and within a short time after being seated I was sipping on my first 20 ounce Coors Light of the day. Two in our party ordered one of the specials, the burger, fries, and shake for $13.00. My bride ordered the 1/2 Caesar salad which really resembled a whole Caesar salad, the fried chicken fingers, and a soda. Her order came to $17.00. Yeah, I know what you are thinking...a trio of whimps!

When I dine at the Centerplate I man-up and order the hefty double hamburger, medium rare, with all the accoutremonts, and crispy fries. This burger consists of two prime slabs of beef on a bun and is unbelievably tender, juicy, and delicious. And, I scored points with Shannon...she said she didn't think I could polish off the entire burger. Silly girl. My burger, fries, and two Coors came to $31.00 and was worth every penny.

The Centerplate serves primarily pub food, but it has been consistently good pub food. It is worth a trip to the Trop.