Taste & Run: Citizens Bank Park’s Vegan Offerings

So what if Philadelphia sports fans have a terrible reputation… and the SEPTA subway trains are home to a human hostility I haven’t experienced in some time… and that the Phillies are whipping the Mets’ butts in the National League East… and that I had to take a certification exam to get my literacy coach license the next day… Citizens Bank Park, the ballpark of those Philadelphia Phillies, has got the best vegan stadium offerings this side of the Mississippi!  An adventurous group of us food and baseball connoisseurs visited the park to taste and run back to New York City, the best city in the world. 
With the Phillies first place in their division, the ball park was packed. The game was an important one for most there, but not so much for us. Although the Mets came back to take the series, winning game 2 and 3 of the series, the night we chowed down, game 1, they lost. But look! The V-bomb dropped in the concession stand, clearly and easy to find. I had to nab a vegan chicken sandwich, which they whipped up in the back with some fresh lettuce and tomato. And look at all those veggie dogs. Artsparrow partook but was a bit disappointed about the lack of fixins. 
My sandwich and the soda I grabbed, which was diet unfortunately. I am not a fan of diet soda! 
Finally at our seats, I dug in. Not bad! I mean, sure it needed some Vegenaise and was a bit dry, but I was eating a vegan chicken sandwich at a baseball stadium! 
Here’s the vegan philly steak sans the cheese. Being excited and eager to get to Philly, I had forgotten a container of vegan cheesewhiz in my classroom’s fridge; I had made it the night before to bring in to the stadium. I was very disappointed in myself. But even though it was missing this key ingredient, I enjoyed it. It was tasty… a nice hoagie with lots of onion and soy science meat.
The gang scarfs down the food before we leave during the 7th inning stretch to head back to New York.
There was more to report on but time and appetite were constraints. Maybe I’ll get back to Citizens Bank Park again one day… buuut I think I’d opt for Horizons next time I’m in Philly.