My greater complaint than the “standard fare” food available at the Copa is the lack of any microbrews! The early years had Atwater available, but in the past few, we’re stuck with Leini (Miller product) or imports like Bass.
How about some Bell’s, Sierra Nevada, Atwater, Great Lakes, New Holland, Arcadia??? Most of the newer ballparks have at least one or two concessions around the stadium with a few locals pours…but the Copa, unfortunately, has nothing.

this has nothing to do with ballpark food, but there’s a brewpub over here in Madison, WI, the Great Dane, that has a brat/burger combo…well, I’ll just copy the description from http://www.greatdanepub.com/menum.php so you can see it yourself…

Great Dane Brat and Bacon Pretzel Burger – $9.25
A one-third pound U.S.D.A. choice ground beef and a one-quarter pound bratwurst patty grilled with caramelized onions and topped with applewood smoked bacon, aged Cheddar cheese, lettuce and tomato. Served on a pretzel roll with a side of Peck’s pilsner mustard.

Ian, are you thinking of Jim Gaffigan?:

We’re never satisfied when it comes to food. ‘You know what’d be good on this burger? A ham sandwich. Instead of a bun, let’s use two donuts. That way we can have it for breakfast. Look out McGriddle-here comes the donut-ham-hamburger!’
~ Jim Gaffigan

Anyway, I like the Jew dogs (aka Hebrew National). Tasty stuff. The first time I had them was at CoPa and now I buy them from Meijer all the time.

We bring our own food to the Whitecaps game, except on Family Days (Sundays), when the kids get a free kids meal and then the adults treat themselves to hot dogs, too. Sunday is also on the field autographs and they are having Tiger Fridays this summer, and a Magglio Bobblehead night……so as you can see…it’s not the food that gets us there….it’s the promotions!

I like the comment about how the Tigers should do a better job promoting MIchigan products. Local beer would be a good thing, however if a beer costs $8.00 now at Comerica Park, how much would a Bell’s cost? $12? You know they go with whatever vendor gives them the best deal.

Comerica Park has a Coney Island restaurant. That should count for something. The restaurant usually opens 30 minutes to an hour before the gates open. Now don’t tell anyone…..but on promotion days….like bobbleheads….while everyone is waiting in the long line outside the stadium….there’s an entrance into the stadium through the restaurant where they’ll take your tickets. Just walk right in. Now don’t tell anyone….this is our little secret.

In Cleveland, they’ve got the best spicy stadium mustard for the dogs. Fat kid heaven.

As for Detroit food suggestions? Motor oil in the nachos? A faulty transmission on your Little Caesars pizza?

Cheap food and drinks ie. $1.00 dogs, and some good barbecue and lots more promotions. Their gonna need ’em.

The Fenway Frank: distinctive, not good food, but a testament to the fortitude of your stomach. Sometimes they are kind of green, sometimes they have tails. Condiments are necessary to provide a small buffer between them and your stomach.

I once had a pretzel at Comerica that would have made me question the existence of God if I wasn’t already atheist.