{"id":326912,"date":"2026-08-21T20:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326912\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:10:38","slug":"new-yorks-citi-field-ranked-americas-best-stadium-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326912\/","title":{"rendered":"New York’s Citi Field Ranked America’s Best Stadium Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though it’s over 100 years old, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is still a relevant tune, sung in stadiums during the seventh inning of baseball games across the country. But we think the third line, \u201cBuy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks,\u201d is in need of an update.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nowadays, sports stadiums have gone gourmet, feeding hungry fans with local favorites that go beyond just nachos and a hot dog (though we would never turn down either). Yelp recently analyzed hundreds of game day\u00a0havens across the country\u2014MLB, NFL, WNBA and NBA included\u2014all in the search of the Hall of Famer when it comes to food. And New York? We came out at number one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Queens’ own\u00a0Citi Field<\/a> took the number one spot on Yelp\u2019s Top 50 Stadiums for Game-Day Eats<\/a>. With 27 vendors within the world-class stadium, callouts went to The Queensboro\u2019s Kimchi Reuben with \u201chouse-cured corned beef, kimchi fennel, and Russian dressing stacked on toasted rye\u201d and Willets Point Brewery\u2019s 9-9-9 Challenge, where adventurous eaters have to eat nine mini Nathan\u2019s hot dogs and nine four-ounce beers across nine innings of the game. <\/p>\n

Adding to the list of things to try, we have to give a shout to fried chicken and kimchi-laden slice at Napoli\u2019s Pizza Co. and brisket mac and cheese at Pig Beach BBQ. Giving you good reason to climb up to the top-level, the Coca-Cola Corner’s current food truck vendor is run by the Taqueria Ramirez team, where you can find suadero and pastor tacos in all their roasted, fatty and greasy glory.<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED:\u00a0All the new food and drink options coming to Yankee Stadium this summer<\/a>
\n\"A
\nPhotograph: Courtesy of Morgan Carter| Mr. Met Chocolate Whoopie Pie from Mr. & Mrs. Met’s Candy Shop <\/p>\n

But the Queens stadium wasn\u2019t the only New York representation on the list. Madison Square Garden<\/a> came in at number five, whose line-up of smoky and stacked sandwiches from Carnegie Deli and wood-fired slices from Paulie Gee\u2019s come in quite handy when watching a nail-biting Knicks game or in between scream-singing songs at a Harry Styles<\/a> concert. The rival stadium of the number one spot, Yankee Stadium<\/a>, also made it on the list, landing at number 21st. Not surprising, given that the stadium now has blondies and brownies from Magnolia Bakery and even has a demo butchery onsite, thanks to Lobel’s USDA Prime Steak Sandwich.<\/p>\n

Queens got twice the love on the listing, as Billie Jean King National Tennis Center landed at number 40. And while the stadium itself is open year-round, the food village only comes alive at the start of the US Open<\/a>. But seeing as how the tournament starts in just a few days with Fan Week starting on August 23 this year, tennis goers can soon nosh on dry-aged steaks from Champions by Benjamin Steakhouse and caviar-topped chicken nuggets from COQADOQ, sidled up next to newcomers including Salt Hanks and Enrique Olvera\u2019s Cosme.<\/p>\n

Plan your stadium crawl by checking out the full list here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though it’s over 100 years old, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is still a relevant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2590,1733,2520,9,24,2591,63,122,124,123,821],"class_list":["post-326912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-good-for-good-for-going-in-a-group","tag-good-for-good-for-going-with-friends","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-eating","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}