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I thought the hot dogs were pretty bad. Walked around the stadium but could not find something that would appeal to me. The worst part was not the food. It was the offensive padding down "frisk" that a male guard did to my body at the entrance. I should have said to him, "Keep your hands off of me you stinking dirty ape!" How offensive to Met fans. They actually put there hands on you and feel you up to see if they find "something". I'll probably not return again! Not because I find the hot dogs not so good, but because they are offending Met fans by "feeling up" their bodies. Jerks!

Check out my blog post on Fiore's infamous Roast Beef, Mozz and Gravy Hero...including super-detailed photos of this delicious sandwich that'll make you want to lick the screen.

http://thehobokenguy.com/hobokens-best-sandwich-fiores-roast-beef-mozz-gravy-hero/

That thing about amish moustaches is pretty funny. Though what's up with trying to get free drinks from everybody. Lets set back the women's movement a few years...

Give us Italians some credit, please!
Mansi is not implying at all that you have to be Italian to do a proper pizza, he's just skeptical about someone (even a famous chef) deciding to start making pizza out of the blue.
In the original LA Times article it is said that the news "sent the Italian food blogosphere reeling" and quoted two Italian food blogs that "responded with resentment over a foreign celebrity chef trying to redo an Italian classic." I read those blogs and this is simply not true. All the concerns are about the possibility of a chef, famous for "molecular cuisine", trying to deconstruct pizza, which is being deconstructed enough already all over the world.
Italians simply don't care about the passport of the pizza makers or their parents, but about preserving the original concept of pizza, which is often undermined by many monstrosities, maybe excellent ones, that shouldn't be called pizza at all.
Cheese and Pears

I'm sad to see this one go. What's ever sadder are the folks who lived next door and are being displaced as a result. But the HK supermarket over on Hester is much nicer anyways.

@rasellers0: I don't think Prairie was "esteeming" Neapolitan style pizza in his comment above, merely pointing out that there IS a tradition behind it. I've known Prairie via email/blogging for quite a while now, and I can assure you he appreciates all sorts of pizza styles. If you don't get where he's coming from, just see this email he sent in, defending "American style" pizza. It's poignant and insightful and the furthest thing from food/pizza snobbery: http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2009/04/dear-slice-on-customer-service-and-dedication.html

Prairie--I don't work at Mellow Mushroom any longer, actually, but Tomatino's(NY Times or WSJ did a story on us a while back), which produces pizza of an entirely different variety from Mellow Mushrom; Neither of which are what you'd describe as New York style.
And you claim not to be a foodie, but there you go doing just what i've described--you esteem Neapolitan style seemingly merely because there's a tradition behind it.

That's fine, and I totally respect you for that, but you produce pizza that is 30 times removed from the pizza being referenced in this article. So do I.

It has nothing to do with ego (or being a foodie, which i'm not. i'm a pizza lover), but there are accepted terms and accepted definitions of food that are used on this site and elsewhere. I'm not trying to be a dick, but if you don't understand what is being talked about at least try and do some basic research.

There is a tradition and a standard surrounding NEOPOLITAN pizza. It is an entirely different beast than what is made at the majority of the places in New York City, and certainly at most of the places throughout the states.

Having eaten at a few Mellow Mushroom's I can tell you that i've never had anything but great pizza, keep it up (if that is where you are still working.)

eh.. go to shake shack.. so good!

@prairie--OK, you got me there, but i think my point is still valid. Also, what the hell is a pizzaioli? is that kinda like someone that tosses a pie around? cos if so, i'm just as much(hell, maybe more) than Mr. Mansi is.

I got sick at Catch of the Day... and didn't like the offerings at all.
http://feistyfoodie.blogspot.com/2009/05/citi-field-catch-of-day-toscarinos.html

Did I go on an off day or did someone spit in my food or WHAT? The 'chowder' was thin and basically melted butter with a bit of broth. The fish sandwich was horrid...

Perhaps we'll next hear a claim that the ability to make great espresso is "in the blood"? I recently returned form ten days in Italy and although I had a few very good espressos (out of the of the dozens of shots and cafes I tried) I can and do get consistently better espresso at a few dozen shops here in the US - in a variety of cities and locations.

Mets fans can get amazing sushi from Daruma in the World's Fare market. It's over by the right field gate, or toward 2nd base from the "Taste of the City."
Personally, everything I've eaten from Catch of the Day was fantastic.
pooch, you don't seriously think CitiBank has anything to do with the food, do you?