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It was foggy and drizzly and cold, and they lost in extra innings, but I got to see the Mets in the new Citi Field (corporate name=blech) for the first time last night.
I was sitting right on the center seam of the stadium. There was a funny girl sitting next to me with her dad, she was eleven or so and a huge Mets fan, she was really, really into it. The bathrooms were very empty and speakers stream WFAN while you stream other things, ha. I had a hot chocolate at the end of the night to keep warm, and I can't honestly remember the last time I had one! It hit the spot.
Dave has been a few times already, but he hadn't tried any of the exciting food, so we got to the stadium early to get Shake Shack burgers. We each finished a beer while waiting on the insanely long line. People were very nice though--baseball stadiums generally generate excitement and comradery, but people are still seeing this place for the first time, so all those nice feelings are exaggerated. Some ladies in front of us on line let us try the Box Frites they were snacking on because they wanted us to know how awesome they are (so, so, soooo awesome), and other strangers discussed beer options and compared all the good food they'd already tried.
The line was long, but once we ordered our food came immediately. These are the best fast food burgers ever! Though I haven't had In-N-Out burgers. Dave and I stood at a cafe table to eat, and some people walked up to share the other half. Again, nice people, who talked about what they'd gotten to eat. Then suddenly joining them was Danny Meyer, the guy responsible for the very burgers we were exclaiming over, with David Swinghamer, who is another big shot with Danny Meyer's restaurant group, and is actually in charge of their stuff at Citi Field. Danny Meyer asked us how we liked our burgers, and I mocked an "Ehh, they're alright," which got a good chuckle. Wealth shined from those guys, damn are they rich.
As much as I hate the name and look forward to CitiGroup's likely demise and the resulting stadium name-change (even though it will probably just change to some other corporate sponsor, huh), Citi Field is pretty great. You can watch from so many different places, it's roomy and feels grand, and oh man the food options are just awesome. If anyone wants to come visit and go to a game, let me know!
Notice that I will mostly just talk about food, and not much about baseball, as just happened here.
I was sitting right on the center seam of the stadium. There was a funny girl sitting next to me with her dad, she was eleven or so and a huge Mets fan, she was really, really into it. The bathrooms were very empty and speakers stream WFAN while you stream other things, ha. I had a hot chocolate at the end of the night to keep warm, and I can't honestly remember the last time I had one! It hit the spot.
Dave has been a few times already, but he hadn't tried any of the exciting food, so we got to the stadium early to get Shake Shack burgers. We each finished a beer while waiting on the insanely long line. People were very nice though--baseball stadiums generally generate excitement and comradery, but people are still seeing this place for the first time, so all those nice feelings are exaggerated. Some ladies in front of us on line let us try the Box Frites they were snacking on because they wanted us to know how awesome they are (so, so, soooo awesome), and other strangers discussed beer options and compared all the good food they'd already tried.
The line was long, but once we ordered our food came immediately. These are the best fast food burgers ever! Though I haven't had In-N-Out burgers. Dave and I stood at a cafe table to eat, and some people walked up to share the other half. Again, nice people, who talked about what they'd gotten to eat. Then suddenly joining them was Danny Meyer, the guy responsible for the very burgers we were exclaiming over, with David Swinghamer, who is another big shot with Danny Meyer's restaurant group, and is actually in charge of their stuff at Citi Field. Danny Meyer asked us how we liked our burgers, and I mocked an "Ehh, they're alright," which got a good chuckle. Wealth shined from those guys, damn are they rich.
As much as I hate the name and look forward to CitiGroup's likely demise and the resulting stadium name-change (even though it will probably just change to some other corporate sponsor, huh), Citi Field is pretty great. You can watch from so many different places, it's roomy and feels grand, and oh man the food options are just awesome. If anyone wants to come visit and go to a game, let me know!
Notice that I will mostly just talk about food, and not much about baseball, as just happened here.