Major Food Group Teams Up With NY Mets Owner’s Huge Queens Development Hotel

A red-hot NYC restaurant group will operate a portion of the hotel and casino restaurants and bars in billionaire New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s forthcoming mixed-use development surrounding baseball stadium Citi Field in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. Major Food Group will oversee the restaurants and bars inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Metropolitan Park, the group’s next location inside the sprawling project that has yet to break ground, with a projected opening year of 2030.

Outside of Hard Rock’s hotel and casino, Metropolitan Park will also include a 30,000-square-foot food hall, Taste of Queens, which will have 20 or so restaurants and food vendors from the borough. It’s a similar concept to the Queens Night Market, which operates a stone’s throw away.

Major Food Group’s restaurant and bar lineup isn’t finalized; the company also isn’t going to run every single dining and drink space in the property. It’s fair to expect a mix of fine-dining and casual. A rep for the development writes to Eater that the hospitality business’s goal is to “curate food experiences that celebrate Queens as one of the most vibrant and diverse culinary capitals on the planet,” and also notes that chef and co-owner Mario Carbone is from Queens himself.

This is part of Major Food Group’s ongoing partnership with Hard Rock Hotel. The two companies made the partnership official in 2024, turning Major Food Group into Hard Rock’s culinary consultant.

Overall, the Metropolitan Park would transform the parking lots around the stadium into a 50-acre mixed-use development, featuring parks and sports fields. The Hard Rock will also include event spaces and a live music venue.

Update, 3 p.m.: This article has been updated to clarify when Major Food Group and Hard Rock Hotel began working together.