The Mets and Citi Field previewed many of the new and returning culinary offerings on Thursday, and they’re putting up a largely elite, though not flawless, lineup that has something for almost everyone.
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
Amazingly, Citi Field is adding a third fried chicken sandwich to what was already the deepest position on their culinary field.
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23360048/jacobs_pickles.jpg)
Jacob’s Pickles, Upper West Side hipster paradise, has staked out their new outpost in Flushing and their signature chicken on a biscuit sandwich somehow manages to be more than the sum of its parts, which include a crispy chicken breast lightly dressed with honey, a soft biscuit that isn’t nearly sturdy enough to hold the sandwich (not that you’ll care) and, of course, the pickles.