Quick Yankee Stadium question

93Devil · Jun 18, 2012

buckweaver said:

Get there early, go to Monument Park when the gates open. That's a must.
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And be sure to debate where Jeter and Rivera will be placed.

Moderator1 · Jun 18, 2012

Smasher_Sloan said:

Frank_Ridgeway said:

Dissenting viewpoint: No matter where I am, I prefer to eat at a regular restaurant before going to the stadium, take a peaceful dump in a clean and quiet place, and then maybe have a hot dog or two during the game. I was tempted by the Brother Jimmy's at Yankee Stadium because I used to love the place when I lived in Manhattan, but ultimately I decided I would enjoy barbecue a lot more at the restaurant than at the ballpark. So I stuck to the Hebrew National hot dogs, plain. I like to keep it simple, scarf it down quick and clean like Kobayashi. I don't want to be that guy whose nachos or sausage and peppers or fried pickles goes flying when A-Rod sends one deep. At Yankee Stadium, I guess the only food item you couldn't take to your seat is a fucking fondue pot with bloody raw beef cubes and long fork (at least I hope not). But Manhattan is your oyster. WTF eat anything complicated in the ballpark if you don't have to?
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Incredibly sensible post.

I'm amazed when I see people rushing up to food stands as soon as they enter the park.

You were just outside, where you had every food and drink option available at competitive pricing...But you're saving your money to come in here and pay four times street value for something from the last homestand that's been reheated by crackheads with dirty hands?

Stick with the hot dog and drink inside to get you by, and spend your money at a place where they have normal standards for quality and value.
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Yeah, that's my general rule. I rarely eat ballpark food and never drink ballpark beer. I don't like beer enough to pay that kind of money. But when we go to a park that is new to us, we like to sample one "signature" item if there is such a thing. I don't even eat hot dogs at the park that often - five bucks for a hot dog? Really? And $4.50 for a coke zero? No thanks.

You can get dogs and drinks for two bucks each right outside the gate at Nats Park. So that's what we do.

But, again, new park to us? We'll get past our usual hesitations and try something. Really isn't all that outlandish or much of a WTF moment.

We had clam chowder in a bread bowl at Safeco, pretty reasonably priced, too, at eight bucks. Cheaper outside, sure, but not as bad as I expected. We had the Quaker Steak and Lube wings at PNC Park, which were priced pretty much the same as they were at the restaurant.

Azrael · Jun 18, 2012

As was mentioned, the stadium barbecue is popular. The Premio sausage and peppers are very good. So are the Lobel's beef sandwiches, and the sandwiches from Parm. Not sure the new stadium has a signature food line yet.

Just up the street is The Feeding Tree, beloved of budget chowhounds. www.yelp.com/biz/feeding-tree-bronx

forever_town · Jun 18, 2012

Perhaps you should keep the thread up in the event the Nats play the Skankees in the World Series.

Then again, the way the Nats have played most of the season and the way the Yankees have played this season, the statement might not need the blue font once we hit October.

Boom_70 · Jun 18, 2012

Moderator1 said:

Smasher_Sloan said:

Frank_Ridgeway said:

Dissenting viewpoint: No matter where I am, I prefer to eat at a regular restaurant before going to the stadium, take a peaceful dump in a clean and quiet place, and then maybe have a hot dog or two during the game. I was tempted by the Brother Jimmy's at Yankee Stadium because I used to love the place when I lived in Manhattan, but ultimately I decided I would enjoy barbecue a lot more at the restaurant than at the ballpark. So I stuck to the Hebrew National hot dogs, plain. I like to keep it simple, scarf it down quick and clean like Kobayashi. I don't want to be that guy whose nachos or sausage and peppers or fried pickles goes flying when A-Rod sends one deep. At Yankee Stadium, I guess the only food item you couldn't take to your seat is a fucking fondue pot with bloody raw beef cubes and long fork (at least I hope not). But Manhattan is your oyster. WTF eat anything complicated in the ballpark if you don't have to?
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Incredibly sensible post.

I'm amazed when I see people rushing up to food stands as soon as they enter the park.

You were just outside, where you had every food and drink option available at competitive pricing...But you're saving your money to come in here and pay four times street value for something from the last homestand that's been reheated by crackheads with dirty hands?

Stick with the hot dog and drink inside to get you by, and spend your money at a place where they have normal standards for quality and value.
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Yeah, that's my general rule. I rarely eat ballpark food and never drink ballpark beer. I don't like beer enough to pay that kind of money. But when we go to a park that is new to us, we like to sample one "signature" item if there is such a thing. I don't even eat hot dogs at the park that often - five bucks for a hot dog? Really? And $4.50 for a coke zero? No thanks.

You can get dogs and drinks for two bucks each right outside the gate at Nats Park. So that's what we do.

But, again, new park to us? We'll get past our usual hesitations and try something. Really isn't all that outlandish or much of a WTF moment.

We had clam chowder in a bread bowl at Safeco, pretty reasonably priced, too, at eight bucks. Cheaper outside, sure, but not as bad as I expected. We had the Quaker Steak and Lube wings at PNC Park, which were priced pretty much the same as they were at the restaurant.
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Frank is just concerned that a piece of steak or nacho cheese will drop on his crisp linen slacks.

I say in for a penny / in for a pound. You already spent a lot of money to get to game, yet you are going to skimp on the cuisine. You have to live a little.

Thankfully one of things they carried over from old stadium are the sausage and pepper wedges/ hoagies / subs ( depending on where you are from). One of new things I like at new stadium are the Carl's Cheese steaks.

Stay away from the "Famous Famiglia pizza who in my mind is only famous for being the worst pizza in NYC.

cranberry · Jun 18, 2012

I agree with Frank, though. I never understand buying food at the park. Just a block away from the stadium at the corner of 161st and Gerard Ave., you have Yankee Tavern. I recommend the brisket:

http://www.urbanspoon.com/cities/3-new-york/restaurants/572268-yankee-tavern/menu

On the way back down the block to the stadium, I'll pick up some peanuts and then I'll buy one beer at the game to wash them down, which is fine considering I've already had two, OK maybe three, at Yankee Tavern.

Frank_Ridgeway · Jun 19, 2012

Have not had the Premio sausage at the ballyard, but I'm a fan of the brand. We have a bunch of indy Italian butchers who make their own sausage and I keep going to Premio. either to simmer for hours in sauce or to fry slowly as the onions and peppers carmelize into sludge. Just don't freeze them -- they get a bit rubbery.

jambalaya · Jun 19, 2012

Smasher_Sloan said:

Frank_Ridgeway said:

Dissenting viewpoint: No matter where I am, I prefer to eat at a regular restaurant before going to the stadium, take a peaceful dump in a clean and quiet place, and then maybe have a hot dog or two during the game. I was tempted by the Brother Jimmy's at Yankee Stadium because I used to love the place when I lived in Manhattan, but ultimately I decided I would enjoy barbecue a lot more at the restaurant than at the ballpark. So I stuck to the Hebrew National hot dogs, plain. I like to keep it simple, scarf it down quick and clean like Kobayashi. I don't want to be that guy whose nachos or sausage and peppers or fried pickles goes flying when A-Rod sends one deep. At Yankee Stadium, I guess the only food item you couldn't take to your seat is a fucking fondue pot with bloody raw beef cubes and long fork (at least I hope not). But Manhattan is your oyster. WTF eat anything complicated in the ballpark if you don't have to?
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Incredibly sensible post.

I'm amazed when I see people rushing up to food stands as soon as they enter the park.

You were just outside, where you had every food and drink option available at competitive pricing...But you're saving your money to come in here and pay four times street value for something from the last homestand that's been reheated by crackheads with dirty hands?

Stick with the hot dog and drink inside to get you by, and spend your money at a place where they have normal standards for quality and value.
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Smasher_Sloan said:

Frank_Ridgeway said:

Dissenting viewpoint: No matter where I am, I prefer to eat at a regular restaurant before going to the stadium, take a peaceful dump in a clean and quiet place, and then maybe have a hot dog or two during the game. I was tempted by the Brother Jimmy's at Yankee Stadium because I used to love the place when I lived in Manhattan, but ultimately I decided I would enjoy barbecue a lot more at the restaurant than at the ballpark. So I stuck to the Hebrew National hot dogs, plain. I like to keep it simple, scarf it down quick and clean like Kobayashi. I don't want to be that guy whose nachos or sausage and peppers or fried pickles goes flying when A-Rod sends one deep. At Yankee Stadium, I guess the only food item you couldn't take to your seat is a fucking fondue pot with bloody raw beef cubes and long fork (at least I hope not). But Manhattan is your oyster. WTF eat anything complicated in the ballpark if you don't have to?
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Incredibly sensible post.

I'm amazed when I see people rushing up to food stands as soon as they enter the park.

You were just outside, where you had every food and drink option available at competitive pricing...But you're saving your money to come in here and pay four times street value for something from the last homestand that's been reheated by crackheads with dirty hands?

Stick with the hot dog and drink inside to get you by, and spend your money at a place where they have normal standards for quality and value.
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My nephew and I were at a Yankees-Sox game in the Bronx and I was naively amazed the stadium gets 22 dollars for a cheeseburger.
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Drip · Jun 19, 2012

jambalaya said:

Smasher_Sloan said:

Frank_Ridgeway said:

Dissenting viewpoint: No matter where I am, I prefer to eat at a regular restaurant before going to the stadium, take a peaceful dump in a clean and quiet place, and then maybe have a hot dog or two during the game. I was tempted by the Brother Jimmy's at Yankee Stadium because I used to love the place when I lived in Manhattan, but ultimately I decided I would enjoy barbecue a lot more at the restaurant than at the ballpark. So I stuck to the Hebrew National hot dogs, plain. I like to keep it simple, scarf it down quick and clean like Kobayashi. I don't want to be that guy whose nachos or sausage and peppers or fried pickles goes flying when A-Rod sends one deep. At Yankee Stadium, I guess the only food item you couldn't take to your seat is a fucking fondue pot with bloody raw beef cubes and long fork (at least I hope not). But Manhattan is your oyster. WTF eat anything complicated in the ballpark if you don't have to?
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Incredibly sensible post.

I'm amazed when I see people rushing up to food stands as soon as they enter the park.

You were just outside, where you had every food and drink option available at competitive pricing...But you're saving your money to come in here and pay four times street value for something from the last homestand that's been reheated by crackheads with dirty hands?

Stick with the hot dog and drink inside to get you by, and spend your money at a place where they have normal standards for quality and value.
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Smasher_Sloan said:

Frank_Ridgeway said:

Dissenting viewpoint: No matter where I am, I prefer to eat at a regular restaurant before going to the stadium, take a peaceful dump in a clean and quiet place, and then maybe have a hot dog or two during the game. I was tempted by the Brother Jimmy's at Yankee Stadium because I used to love the place when I lived in Manhattan, but ultimately I decided I would enjoy barbecue a lot more at the restaurant than at the ballpark. So I stuck to the Hebrew National hot dogs, plain. I like to keep it simple, scarf it down quick and clean like Kobayashi. I don't want to be that guy whose nachos or sausage and peppers or fried pickles goes flying when A-Rod sends one deep. At Yankee Stadium, I guess the only food item you couldn't take to your seat is a fucking fondue pot with bloody raw beef cubes and long fork (at least I hope not). But Manhattan is your oyster. WTF eat anything complicated in the ballpark if you don't have to?
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Incredibly sensible post.

I'm amazed when I see people rushing up to food stands as soon as they enter the park.

You were just outside, where you had every food and drink option available at competitive pricing...But you're saving your money to come in here and pay four times street value for something from the last homestand that's been reheated by crackheads with dirty hands?

Stick with the hot dog and drink inside to get you by, and spend your money at a place where they have normal standards for quality and value.
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My nephew and I were at a Yankees-Sox game in the Bronx and I was naively amazed the stadium gets 22 dollars for a cheeseburger.
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PT Barnum said it best, there's one born every minute.
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Moderator1 · Jun 20, 2012

What a great night. We ended up not spending a cent inside the stadium. Hung out at a place called The Dugout before the game, had a blast bullshiting with some Yankees fans. Damn near decided not to even go to the game

Glad we did. Nice park, looking forward to returning today even though it will be three hundred degrees. So easy to get there and get back

Stitch · Jun 20, 2012

Moderator1 said:

What a great night. We ended up not spending a cent inside the stadium. Hung out at a place called The Dugout before the game, had a blast bullshiting with some Yankees fans. Damn near decided not to even go to the game

Glad we did. Nice park, looking forward to returning today even though it will be three hundred degrees. So easy to get there and get back
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Hope the AC is working in your subway car. But is today's weather in NYC worse than the normal weather conditions you get in D.C.?

Huggy · Jun 20, 2012

Moderator1 said:

What a great night. We ended up not spending a cent inside the stadium. Hung out at a place called The Dugout before the game, had a blast bullshiting with some Yankees fans. Damn near decided not to even go to the game

Glad we did. Nice park, looking forward to returning today even though it will be three hundred degrees. So easy to get there and get back
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Based on what Moddy posted on his FB yesterday I can see why he wouldn't have to spend a buck at the stadium. I am sure Moddy and Son don't need to eat for a week after that lunch.

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