I got my Stiegl in under 4 minutes. The guy was a little slow because many of the beers were not listed on the kiosk.
Overall, i get concessions are a sore spot for a lot of fans. But i just don't get why the fuck these people dont eat before the game (much better food quality and healthy and cheaper) instead of spending $50 on stadium crap food and gettig frustrated at the service. Its not a fucking restuarant, its a stadium which is barely a step up over a movie theatre.
Plently of beer trucks in the stadium with little or no waits at all if some suds are what you want.
Eh.
I completely agree with you. I brought a first-timer on Sunday and told him about how terrible the concessions can be, I was only looking for a beer before the match. I basically the same thing that you said about eating outside the stadium. I don't understand why people wouldn't eat in the Ironbound before the game. The food is incredible. Granted I'm Portuguese and can't find any Portuguese food in Brooklyn, so I go nuts when in Newark, but still it really boggles my mind. Granted the same thing happens at Citi Field with people waiting in enormous lines for Shake Shack or the Mexican Stand in center field, so I really shouldn't be all that surprised.
The only thing I've ever eaten at RBA was food from the the Portuguese/Brazilian grill outside the stadium. And they're not run by Delaware North, so that probably explains why they are miles ahead in terms of efficiency. Speaking of which, I didn't see that outside the stadium on Sunday? Are they not coming back this year? (Heck strikes again?)