Mayors of NYC and Boston Make Super Bet on Super Bowl

Clockwise from upper left: Photo of Creamsicle from the Lemon Ice King of Corona by joshbousel on flickr; Jamaican beef patties from Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery; Clam Chowder from Legal Sea Foods; artificially steaming coffee from Dunkin' Donuts

Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston are putting it all on the line for Sunday's Super Bowl. After winning the awful bet from Green Bay, Bloomberg has a lot more riding on the line when the Giants face off against the Patriots this weekend. As is the custom when the playoffs roll around, the mayors of the teams participating decided on a friendly food wager. The stakes, or should we say steaks, are upped in this bet as the Vince Lombardy Trophy are on the line.

Here's a look at what Menino and Bloomberg are betting. From Boston and Menino:

100 cups of New England Clam Chowder from Legal Sea Foods
42 pounds of coffee from Dunkin' Donuts (in honor of Super Bowl XLII)
12 dozen Boston Cream Pies and 12 Dozen Parker House Rolls (in honor of Tom Brady's #12) from Boston's Omni Parker House Hotel
100 Old Tyme hot dogs and 100 Alfresco chicken sausages from Kayem
20 pizzas from Sal's
5 cases of Brigham's Boston You're My Home Ice Cream
5 cases of Cherry on the Top Frozen Yogurt Bars from Elan
100 servings of Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt

From New York and Bloomberg:

42 pastrami and corned beef sandwiches from Carnegie Deli
42 "Big Blue Cheese Eli Mann-Eater Burgers" from Gallagher's Steak House
One case of beef cocktail patties and one case of chicken cocktail patties from Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill in the Bronx
A selection of five pizzas from Goodfella's Pizzeria on Staten Island
42 pounds of rugelach, 42 pounds of assorted layer cakes and 42 black and white cookies from Junior's
One 2.5 gallon tub of lemon ice and one 2.5 gallon tub of ice of the flavor of Boston's choice from the Lemon Ice King of Corona
100 servings of Manhattan clam chowder and one bushel of Blue Point Oysters from the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant
20 pounds of "Super Steak" from Peter Luger Restaurant and six bottles of Peter Luger steak sauce.

We certainly know which city's putting up the best goods in this bet.

Our friends at Bostonist tell us that the Boston Cream Pie at the Omni Parker Hotel is great, but if you take a look at the rest of the items Boston has to offer, except maybe the Clam Chowder, New York's offerings clearly take the cake. Dunkin' Donuts? Puuuhleeze! We can buy that chain coffee anywhere. And New Yorkers certainly don't want your hot dogs or pizza, we've already got the best of that.

Once again, Mayor Bloomberg shows that New York has what it takes to beat any city in food betting. Now, if only the Giants can make sure that Boston delivers all that food!

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By tien mao in News on January 30, 2008 4:50 PM

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pissyrabbit

eeeeewwwwwwww Golden Crust Patties?!?!?!

dog food. There are ridiculously better patties in NYC.

brklynsurfer

Why isn't there Brooklyn Lager and Sam Adams on the list?

Laren Spirer

I totally agree -- you hit some of my favorite Boston treats. Especially Redbones and Kelly's. I would have maybe said ice cream from Herrell's, too.

MisterTissue

They're missing out on the best things in Boston anyway...

Boston should be wagering canoli from Modern Pastry, Roast Beef Sandwiches from Kelly's, Fried Clams from Woodman's of Ipswich, ribs from Red Bones, and if you HAVE to wager pizza from Boston...it should be from one of the only two decent pizza places on the North End: Regina's or Circle Pizza.

THE REAL, GEOGRAPHICALLY ACCURATE BET:

http://foxborough.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/battle-of-the-boroughs/

Vonkhan

boston is so cheap a**

brooklynbee

No bagels from NY?! Because the bagels in Boston SUCK. Well most of the food there sucks, but especially the bagels. And don't tell me Dunkies' bagels count. I am talking about real bagels.

JenChungsBaby

I'd prefer a one-month expenses-paid stay at Mike's Bermuda estate.

latb

This is the deal, seriously? Bloomberg's offer is *so* much better than Menino's.

latb

This is the deal, seriously? Bloomberg's offer is *so* much better than Menino's.

antonius

Bloomberg may be a secret Pats fan, he's from Boston originally.

matty

Question for New Yorkers. What about Connecticut or Rhode Island? Some of them associate with NYC others with New England. What are they to do?

Jenelle

Gotta give it to Legal - their Clam Chowder is just awesome.

nik13

Great point, tien & Ace. Only things of equal value on that list are cups of chowder. Bahston's Mayor "Mumbles" Menino clearly outsmarted Bloomie.

Perhaps Bloomie being a billionaire has no clue how to make a bet involving mere hundreds & thousands. Maybe he simply couldn't understand Menino, famous for his incomprehensible mumbling. Or maybe NYC wants to show off to a sleepy college town in Mass.

If we lose, they'll get a taste of finer things in life.

Jen Chung

Mann-Eater Burgers do not sound good to me. Super Steak, on the other hand...

palestine

"Once again, the mayor of East Rutherford gets screwed."

haha, win.

Steven

Who gets to eat all the food?

Dave Hogarty

The last time I was at a Legal Seafoods a guy came out of the bathroom after soiling himself and covered in puke. Granted, it was New Year's Eve, and it was also Boston.

Ace

What a sucker bet.

Considering the money line odds, their offer should have been three and a half times the value of our offer.

We wager Luger Steaks, and they wager hotdogs? I sure hope that our good Mayor negotiates better with Albany than he does with Beantown.

GO GIANTS!

nivek

I love Stonyfield yogurt...but I can buy that at Pathmark. Would be nice if it were something different.

cwbuecheler

[New York] We'll donate all this great stuff if we lose!

[Boston] Well I'd guess we'd better put together a good list too, so we don't look ... ah, who are we kidding? There's no way the Giants are winning this game.