As fun as being outside in the middle of Jersey for five hours in February sounds, maybe you’ll opt to watch Super Bowl XLVIII from the comfort of the great indoors. Let’s call the affair, a “Super Bowl party.” And let’s get these quintessential Super Bowl needs delivered to your door…
THE WINGS
The Usual: Questionable wings.
The Upgrade: Slow-cooked Jamaican wings that have been brining and marinating for three
days. They’re also a great way to segue into discussing the Jamaican bobsled team’s ’14 chances at
halftime.
THE BEER
The Usual: A bunch of cans of whatever’s in the fridge.
The Upgrade: All kinds of large metal vessels (aka “kegs”) of the Super
Bowl–improving substance known as beer, delivered whenever it’s convenient via the magic of a quick
Internet order.
THE HERO
The Usual: A plate created by quote-unquote “sandwich artists.”
The Upgrade: A three-foot sandwich with either Italian meats, chicken cutlet or roasted
turkey. Oh, and some of their famous meatballs and agrodolce (Italian sweet-and-sour) wings for good
measure.
THE NACHOS
The Usual: Nachos, made to the best of your ability.
The Upgrade: Barbecue chicken, Carolina pulled pork and Texas brisket somehow all piled
atop a mound of tortilla chips. Because subtlety has no place at a Super Bowl party, and protein is
important.
THE COCKTAILS
The Usual: … not cocktails.
The Upgrade: Aaron Polsky (late of Amor y Amargo, now of Gin Palace) draws from his vast
mental library of cocktail splendor and mixes bottles of drinks anytime between now and Sunday. You just add
ice when the time’s right.
