Gluten Free Food at Mets Citi Field Stadium

This is another installment in my series about gluten free options at baseball stadiums.  I went to see the NY Mets play for the first time this week.  Sadly, Shea Stadium is no more, but did you know the new Citi Field is one of the few professional baseball stadiums with a gluten free concession stand?  It’s called Kozy Shack (as in the brand of pudding).  Kozy Shack is located on the field level outside the World’s Fare Market and has been run by Aramark since March 2010.  Among the gluten free items they have there are:  Gluten Free Hotdogs!  Gluten Free Burgers!  Gluten Free Beer!  Gluten Free Sausages! And Gluten Free Pudding!

However, I didn’t eat there for the game – I found another gluten free option at Taqueria (also on the field level).  They had soft chicken tacos made with corn tortillas – very tasty (and spicy!)  I also got a bag of good old-fashioned Cracker Jacks, which is naturally gluten free as well – the ingredient list is simple, sweet, and safe: sugar, corn syrup, molasses, salt, corn/soy oil, and soy lecithin mixed in with popcorn and peanuts.

I also learned that the Mets hosted a Celiac Awareness Night earlier this spring (May 2011) and a portion of the proceeds from that game was donated to the National Foundation of Celiac Awareness (which, by the way, is a great resource).  All in all, I think the Mets deserve our patronage considering how much of an effort they have made to make the gluten free community welcome in their stadium!