Mama’s of Corona (Shea Stadium)

Ah, baseball again.  Sorry to do this to y’all, but look,. it’s food-geared, so bear with me.  When I read about Mama’s of Corona on Endless Simmer, I was incredibly excited.  I guess it makes sense though – you see, I have a Sunday plan, which means every Sunday that the Mets play at Shea, I’ve got tickets to that game.  And they’re in Section 2 (Mezzanine Reserved), which is almost directly behind and above home plate, so every time my future husband, David Wright, comes to bat, I can scream to my heart’s content knowing full well that he can [...]

Skylight Diner

As I may have mentioned somewhere, I was down for the count last week with gastroenteritis (a fancy way of saying basically, I had the stomach flu/food poisoning/my tummy hurted).  Boo.  Double boo was the fact that for months now, BF and I have had weekend passes to the New York Comicon, and damned if I was going to let my tickets go to waste!  (Again, I have never hidden my ultra dorkiness from anyone; in fact I embrace it!)  Though we did wind up skipping Friday night (which, looking back, was kind of silly), we did attend both Saturday [...]

Ben’s Deli

209 W. 38th Streetb/w 7th and 8th Avenue (close to 7th Ave.)(212) 398-2367website Ben’s Deli and I have had a rough relationship.  The first time my sister and her now-husband took me to the location in Carle Place, I had no idea what kosher meant (I was 19).  The menu is fairly extensive; we were hungry and pressed for time.  I blurted out my order, “Can I have a ham and cheese sandwich?” or perhaps the slightly less offensive “How come there’s no cheese on the menu?”  The waitress just looked at me and said she’d come back, at which [...]

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