In Coney Island

[lmead]

Where to eat before a Brooklyn Cyclones game?

[loumarie]

Agree with Totonno's--it's on my agenda for a Cyclones visit this weekend! Also, I'm interested to check out the new "world's smallest brewery," the Coney Island Brewing Co. (an outpost of Shmaltz). Sounds fun.

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Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano
1524 Neptune Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224

Coney Island Brewing Co.
3008 W 12th St, Brooklyn, NY 11224

[ramisle]

Nathan's of course. Gargiulo's is always good.

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Gargiulo's
2911 W 15th St, Brooklyn, NY 11224

Nathan's Famous
1310 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224

[stuartlafonda]

Gargiulo's sucks. Bad food, but as they say, lots of it. It was like eating in a catering hall, which it is. Nathan's or Totonno's for the food and the experience.

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Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano
1524 Neptune Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224

Gargiulo's
2911 W 15th St, Brooklyn, NY 11224

Nathan's Famous
1310 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224

[David11238]

Nathans. But not for the hot dogs. They have pretty good fries and they usually know how to shuck cherry stones and little necks quite well. Their hamburgers are good (but not great) as well. I find their hot dogs very salty and greasy. I have yet to eat at Gargiulo's or Totonno's.

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Gargiulo's
2911 W 15th St, Brooklyn, NY 11224

[ratgirlagogo]

Gotta go with Nathan's and I also usually don't bother with the hot dogs. Clams are a great suggestion but I always get the frog legs and the lobster roll.

[David11238]

You know. For all of my 46 years of living and hitting that place, I never had the frog legs or the lobster roll. Or for that matter, bought a tall boy of brew. I now have a mission to complete.

[tex.s.toast]

The lobster roll is weird - its obviously not (all) lobster and the salads got a bunch of other junk in it, but the strangest part is that they slather the "lobster salad" on each side of the roll FIRST, and then put the thing on the griddle, so you get slighlty browned crust on each half of the sandwich. an interesting experience for 6 bucks, def not crave-worthy.

For my money, the answer to this question is undoubtable totonno's. It is iconic and representative of the style, the sauce is fantastic and they achieve a rarely seen near-perfect balance between the crust, sauce and cheese.

[TomT]

Does Nathans still have their chow mein on a bun?

Also agree with Totonno's, though it has been too many years for me since I last ate there.