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CitiField vs. Yankee Stadium - Dining Options
Posted: 10:03 am, June 10th, 2009 in Eating in Other Areas of NYC
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I demolished my large order of Box Frites and some of my friend's order.
Tonite I will do the same.
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Compared to the old Yankee stadium, the food is way better at the new stadium. Granted it's still overpriced and mostly from mediocre chains and I'd rather get a dirty water dog, slice of pizza but most everything, with a few exceptions, was okay.
The new beer tap system 100% better than old stadium, every draft I've gotten has been ice cold, nicely carbonated. Not flat, lukewarm or a giant cup of foam.
Have not been to Citifields, but everything I've read or heard is that it's hands down way better Yankee Stadium.
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The food at Yankee Stadium is pretty subpar.
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Stadium food is a ripoff. Eat at McDonalds near Yanks or eat in Flushing for Citi. Forget paying an arm and a leg for food. At least fill up outside so you have booze money inside.
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For the love of god, don't eat at the Hard Rock Cafe at Yankee Stadium... it is a disaster. We showed up for lunch, ordered, waited an hour and then left. Their excuse was "the kitchen is kinda light on staff". Light on staff? The place is a mess, the food is not great and you can get better service at McDonald's across the street.
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Why would you eat at Hard Rock Cafe anywhere?
T.C. - we're not talking about value here, it's a full game experience. I can watch the games at home for next to nothing - and I have a nice big HD television on which to do so - but it's part of being at the stadium. Normally, I agree with you wholeheartedly - I went to 15+ games at Shea last year and only bought food maybe twice - but with the new stadiums, there was a certain focus on the food when they were built, so we are exploring those options now. Plus the point of this thread isn't "What's good to eat when I go to the ballgame" it's "have you been, what did you eat, what did you like" :)
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Wishful thinking on my part but I want to see stadiums allowing people to bring in their own food from the outside then. Haha.
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I see people bring snacks in all the time at Citi. Not too sure if it is allowed to an extent, or if people just smuggle it in.
The pizza looked decent last nite and my friends said it tastes pretty good. I killed a large order of Box Frites and i think i'm over it. Time to move on.
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The pizza is really doughy and kind of gross... but maybe that's your thing.
You are allowed to bring in your own food to the stadium. You are not allowed to bring hard sided coolers, glass bottles, alcohol. Sometimes they will make you throw away your plastic bottles - depends on who's searching you, how cute you are, and sometimes it depends if the bottle is open or not (I don't understand that one - but I've walked in holding a bottle of iced tea, plastic, drinking from it, and the guy didn't say anything. A week later, same brand/type of iced tea, and the guy was like "Is that open? You have to throw that out" so it just depends). I've seen people bring in McDonald's, KFC, Popeye's, Chinese food from Flushing (actually my friends brought the most awesome spread of $1 food from under the LIRR tracks... mmm).
You can totally bring in your own food. And I once brought my own HOT DOGS to Yankee Stadium (the old one).
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Interesting, i never fully knew the deal. I knew about coolers and stuff, didn't know about outside food.
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Yea, I seen people sneak in their own homemade food in (like it they had a huge purse) but no clue to what extent it was allowed openly. At the old Yanks stadium, everything had to be in clear plastic bag I believe. Like a subway sandwich is doable but never seen anyone smuggle in fast food/ McDonald's across the street. I guess it does depend on who's searching you.
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the lobster roll at citi field is expensive but delicious, and virtually no line
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I think it may also depend on the opponent. I believe they are stricter when the game may get out of hand. When I had to throw away my bottle of iced tea because it was open, I assume it's because they thought people might smuggle alcohol into the stadium... and that was a Red Sox/Mets game. (Which, by the way, was torture because apparently a lot of Mets fans are also Red Sox fans? and at one point, a bunch of inebriated people started screaming "YANKEES SUCK" over and over again, and it's like, we're not playing them, please stop, idiots.) But against the Nationals, my friends brought in tons of food containers, and no one said jack.
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I agree that the $15 Lobel's Prime Rib Sandwich at Yankees Stadium is great and worth the money. Mine had about 3/4 lb of meat and it was excellent. The garlic fries are also excellent. The best thing about the new stadium is that the wait time for food/beer has been drastically reduced. I used to miss two innings waiting in line for food/beer. Now, with the exception of the Carl's Cheesesteak lines, you are back to your seat withing a several minutes (plus you can see the field from most concession lines).
You can still bring your own food into Yankees Stadium. You cannot bring any alcohol or beverages in a glass bottle. So, yes, you can bring Mcdonald's food/drinks into the stadium.
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So, have you been to one of the new stadiums? Both? What did you think of the food? What did you have? If you've been to both, which one did you like better (for food)?
We can leave actual baseball talk out of this discussion if you guys like... I'm down either way, especially in light of last name's excellent game.