Post by staggerstag on Apr 23, 2019 15:02:56 GMT
Tottenham High Road remains an enigma for its lack of quality eating establishments, particularly around the site of the new Tottenham Stadium. Look hard enough and you may find a place worth visiting but generally speaking I'd give the whole area a miss if you're hungry and don't want to rot your gut with Fried Chicken-a go go swimming in grease or about-to-shut-down-kebab killers. To my eyes the entire commercial stretch of Tottenham High Road, directly to the west of the stadium, in fact directly facing the stadium, could do with a damn good sprucing up. So instead of contracting gastroenteritis on the High Road, why not sample one of 60, I said 60, food outlets within the stadium itself before the match.
Let's have a look.
Seek out the oddly named The Linesman concession for a decent feed of crunchy-batter cod and chips (hang on, maybe the name refers to fishing line - doh) For £8.95 you'll be served up an adequate portion by smartly uniformed young ladies in dark blue (almost black) and white get-ups (naturally) There is plenty of elbow space along the counters but unfortunately no immediate seating for you but feel free to take your grub to your match seat and enjoy it, or simply lounge about at one of the stand-up counters or take a seat at one of many 'step arrangements' around the place to rest your weary bones and eat your grub (it's like an American shopping mall inside this place, brah, it really is) Make it an even tenner with either a pickled onion or pickled gherkin (whole not sliced) to complete your feed (£1)
If you must have chicken, then seek out the Chicken House for freshly kept deli-alli-cately seasoned piri piri wings or southern fried thighs/legs, both served with fries and both coming in at £6.95. Also on offer here is the 1/4 rotisserie chicken with fries and slaw at £8.95.
For real value for money, though (and a decent veggie option) head for The Tap Inn where they are waiting to present you with their delicious Tottenham Pie, full of good meaty filling and gravy, and also the Tottenham Veggie Pie, both at £3.50. They are so delicious you might want to buy an extra one to warm up at home later. There is also a rather spicy Balti Pie on offer at an increased price of £4.50.
I have barely scratched the surface here with well over 50 more food and drink outlets dotted throughout this enormous sparkling arena. There are many things to admire and wonder at, from the designated dog toilets where guide/assistance dogs are the sole patrons, to the retractable full-sized NFL-approved 'American Football' pitch stored underneath the Spurs 'football' pitch. It's unreal, this. Two full-sized pitches, one on top of the other, interchangeable at the push of a digital button.
Brighton are tonight's visitors and they arrive on the back of a determined performance at Wolves on Saturday where they somehow came away with a point, frustrating Wolves into a goalless stalemate but they remain just three points above the sh*t zone. They have failed to pot in their last five league outings as well as the FA Cup defeat to Man City. Spurs, along with the other three Top 4 contenders, failed to collect maximum points over the weekend, and will be hoping to maintain their clean sheet record at their new home. Lloris should return for them in goal this evening.
My Easi-Trav portable barometer informs me that come kick-off the sun will be casting its last rays of the day in 16c temperatures and 55% humidity with a gentle east north easterly breeze (7mph with gusts of up to 12mph) So playing conditions will be fine and there can be no excuse for us not to be provided with an entertaining game of football, unless of course Brighton do a Burnley and go all anti-football on us and bore us to death in the name of securing a point.
Spurs 2/7
Brighton 12/1
Draw 5/1
Let's have a look.
Seek out the oddly named The Linesman concession for a decent feed of crunchy-batter cod and chips (hang on, maybe the name refers to fishing line - doh) For £8.95 you'll be served up an adequate portion by smartly uniformed young ladies in dark blue (almost black) and white get-ups (naturally) There is plenty of elbow space along the counters but unfortunately no immediate seating for you but feel free to take your grub to your match seat and enjoy it, or simply lounge about at one of the stand-up counters or take a seat at one of many 'step arrangements' around the place to rest your weary bones and eat your grub (it's like an American shopping mall inside this place, brah, it really is) Make it an even tenner with either a pickled onion or pickled gherkin (whole not sliced) to complete your feed (£1)
If you must have chicken, then seek out the Chicken House for freshly kept deli-alli-cately seasoned piri piri wings or southern fried thighs/legs, both served with fries and both coming in at £6.95. Also on offer here is the 1/4 rotisserie chicken with fries and slaw at £8.95.
For real value for money, though (and a decent veggie option) head for The Tap Inn where they are waiting to present you with their delicious Tottenham Pie, full of good meaty filling and gravy, and also the Tottenham Veggie Pie, both at £3.50. They are so delicious you might want to buy an extra one to warm up at home later. There is also a rather spicy Balti Pie on offer at an increased price of £4.50.
I have barely scratched the surface here with well over 50 more food and drink outlets dotted throughout this enormous sparkling arena. There are many things to admire and wonder at, from the designated dog toilets where guide/assistance dogs are the sole patrons, to the retractable full-sized NFL-approved 'American Football' pitch stored underneath the Spurs 'football' pitch. It's unreal, this. Two full-sized pitches, one on top of the other, interchangeable at the push of a digital button.
Brighton are tonight's visitors and they arrive on the back of a determined performance at Wolves on Saturday where they somehow came away with a point, frustrating Wolves into a goalless stalemate but they remain just three points above the sh*t zone. They have failed to pot in their last five league outings as well as the FA Cup defeat to Man City. Spurs, along with the other three Top 4 contenders, failed to collect maximum points over the weekend, and will be hoping to maintain their clean sheet record at their new home. Lloris should return for them in goal this evening.
My Easi-Trav portable barometer informs me that come kick-off the sun will be casting its last rays of the day in 16c temperatures and 55% humidity with a gentle east north easterly breeze (7mph with gusts of up to 12mph) So playing conditions will be fine and there can be no excuse for us not to be provided with an entertaining game of football, unless of course Brighton do a Burnley and go all anti-football on us and bore us to death in the name of securing a point.
Spurs 2/7
Brighton 12/1
Draw 5/1
