Other heavy hitters include the Spicy Spring (a square slice with Fra Diavolo sauce, mozzarella and pepperoni) at Prince Street Pizza, multi-meat gyros at Naz’s Halal Food, Chiddy’s Cheesesteaks and jerk turkey meatballs at Fieldtrip by Chef JJ Johnson.

NEW YORK — Juan Soto had already heard about the nasty chant that went up at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night, which left no doubt what’s in store when the Mets travel to the Bronx next month. When 40,000 angry fans start bellowing “ (Bleep) Juan Soto ” you might as well prepare for the worst.

For three years in a row, Mets fans have been eating good: Citi Field once again has the best food of any ballpark in Major League Baseball, it's third consecutive win in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards which will be announced in its entirety tomorrow.

Friday marked Pete Alonso’s first trip back to Citi Field since Game 5 of the National League Championship Series -- a game that, at the time, had the potential to be his last as a Met. Fast forward through an offseason of drama and there was Alonso,

Kranick hails from Jessup, Pa. — about 135 miles from Citi Field — and was raised a Mets fan. His father, John Kranick Sr., used to attend Opening Day at Shea Stadium annually.

The first game in April at Citi Field felt and sounded like the five games last October, the crowd boisterous and bawdy, the baseball crisp, the mood ebullient. We dwell an awful lot on the many neuroses that so often seize Mets fans but back in the autumn, Citi Field felt like the happiest place in all of baseball for those five playoff games.

And while the Mets fans among us are used to planning late-night return trips from Flushing, a private ferry company is now running a direct line from St. George to Citi Field, and back.

Check here for live analysis as the New York Mets return to Citi Field on Friday with Juan Soto in tow and Pete Alonso back.

CBS News New York's Elle McLogan headed to Citi Field to find out what's new on the menu for Mets fans in 2025.