You may nonetheless deliver single-serving meals gadgets and a sealed water bottle into the ballpark, however when you’re prepared to splurge on concessions, a few of the new additions are price a go to, beginning with Ssong’s Hotdog in part 130. The South Korean avenue meals franchise, which has three places in Maryland, will provide a number of types of its sugary panko-rolled scorching canines on a stick, together with potato mozzarella sausage, mozzarella sausage, premium beef or spicy beef sausage, or plain mozzarella, in addition to bubble tea. The new canines I sampled Monday — drizzled with Sriracha mayo and candy chili sauce — have been the very best factor I ate on the tour.
Los Cinco Tacos in sections 136 and 309 is a sister restaurant to Capo Italian Deli, which opened a location at Nationals Park final season. The menu options gluten-free carne asada, pollo asado, barbacoa, nopal (cactus) and al pastor avenue tacos, in addition to loaded nachos, chips, queso and pico de gallo. The barbacoa was particularly tasty.
Eli’s Crepes will provide quite a lot of savory ($12.99) and candy ($11.99) crepes close to part 113, together with turkey, egg and cheese; ham, egg and cheese, Mediterranean, hen pesto, Nutella strawberry and nutty banana. Rita’s Italian Ice is opening a stand on the left discipline plaza, and Emerald Armor Café will promote turkey legs on the stand adjoining to the Extremely Loft in middle discipline, which Jammin Island BBQ vacated final season. (Turkey legs weren’t on provide Monday, so I can’t say how these examine to your customary Renaissance truthful providing.)
The Nationals have additionally expanded the menu on the Capital Metropolis Mambo stand close to part 140, with the addition of hen or pulled pork nachos in a memento helmet. The Screech Burger — a grass-fed patty topped with pimento cheese, bacon jam, fried onions and ranch drizzle — will likely be accessible on the Budweiser Brewhouse after beforehand solely being supplied on the membership stage. Metropolis-themed scorching canines tied to the Nationals’ opponent (assume Cincinnati chili when the Reds are on the town or cheesesteak-topped scorching canines when the Phillies go to) will likely be accessible at Style of the Majors in Part 114. Most, however not all, of Nationals Park’s concession stands will likely be open for Tuesday’s Futures Sport exhibition, so you might have to attend till the house opener to strive a few of these.
Returning meals and beverage choices embody:
The District Drafts program, which affords a rotating choice of native craft beers on draft, is again for a thirteenth season with two new breweries: Ten Eyck and 6 Bears & A Goat. Memento beer bats crammed with 24 ounces of your favourite draft beer can be found for $29.99 at District Drafts carts, whereas a craft beer with out the bat will run you $16.99. That’s a 3 p.c enhance from final 12 months.
Costs for different concession gadgets are largely unchanged from final 12 months, however paying $7.99 for a jumbo scorching canine or $7.49 for a smooth pretzel might be onerous to abdomen on condition that the Nationals have one of many lowest payrolls in baseball.
For each Tuesday residence recreation, the crew will provide reductions on tickets, parking and concessions, together with $5 sodas and pizza, $4 scorching canines and $3 pretzels. For each residence recreation, 12-ounce cans of Budweiser, Bud Gentle and Michelob Extremely can be found for $5 and 12-ounce cans of Bud Gentle Seltzer can be found for $6 on the Brewhouse, Extremely Loft and Budweiser Terrace from the time the gates open till first pitch.