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Food Flap: Islanders and Barclays Center haggle over pressbox meals

You'll get nothing and like it.

Never get between a sportswriter and their food.

A dispute between the Islanders and Barclays Center was uncovered during tonight 2-1 preseason win over the Devils, and the repercussions will be felt for as long as the pressbox masses yearn for just a bit of porridge or scrap of bread to fill their bellies.

The team and its new arena have been haggling over food, specifically the meals the Islanders (and every NHL team) is expected to provide for media, staff members, scouts and anyone else who didn't get in with a ticket.