Here’s What’s New and Where to Eat at Daikin Park, Home of the Astros

The 2025 baseball season is here, and no one’s more excited than fans of the Houston Astros. As José Altuve, Framber Valdez, and the rest of the team prepare for Opening Day, fans will begin flocking to Daikin Park (formerly Minute Maid Park) with hopes that the Astros will make it to yet another World Series. And since baseball works up an appetite, stadiumgoers will undoubtedly be looking for some peanuts, Cracker Jacks, and more delicious game-day eats to fuel their cheers for the home team.

Thankfully, a name change doesn’t stop this ballpark from unleashing new dishes to celebrate every Astros milestone. Daikin will continue to make changes each year to ensure the stadium has a bounty of excellent and convenient dining options. With more than 50 permanent food and beverage locations and around 70 portable concessions and bars, fans know there’s no shortage of options, but deciding what to eat (and where to find it) can be challenging.

Here’s a guide on what’s new and what to look out for at Daikin Park this baseball season:

What’s new

• Marco’s Pizza, a major pizza chain, has been deemed the official pizza of the Astros and is dishing out three new menu items through the season.
• New Brugal 1888 bar: A new partnership with this Dominican Republic rum brand brought a new bar to the Club level last season, with several cocktails and beverages made with this storied signature Caribbean rum. Go with the top-selling Old Fashioned, Brugal’s rendition of a carajillo, a classic rum and coke, or one of its more inventive cocktails.

New dishes

• More Maven creations: Following an extended partnership with Maven Coffee, Daikin Park is selling frozen espresso martinis ($23), Space City Carajillos ($23), and Killer Bee’s Palomas ($21). Stadiumgoers can also dabble in more than 50 different types of red, white, sparkling, and rose wines, which can be poured straight into their Astros Souvenir Carafes or purchased by the bottle. Those needing a boost can opt for coffee drinks, like the new Maven latte ($8), Nitro cold brew, or cappuccinos. (Section 104)
• Chicken Waffle Sandwich: Just as it sounds, this sandwich stacks crispy fried chicken breast topped with pepper jack, bacon onion jam, and honey chipotle aioli between freshly made Belgian-style waffles for a delightful combination of sweet and savory. (Fry-4-3 Double Play, Sections 206 & 420)
• Daddy Mac Dog: The father of all Daikin dogs, this footlog angus beef frank is loaded with chopped brisket, macaroni and cheese, and crispy dill pickle, with a healthy drizzle of barbecue sauce. (Sections 113, 129, 213, 416, 427)
• H-Town Hot Chicken Loaded Fries: Consider this one a full meal. Crispy french fries serve as a base for fried chicken bites tossed in a special hot sauce. A drizzle of Ranch dressing, hot honey aioli, and green onions add extra flavor. (Fry-4-3 Double Play Section 206 & Fry-4-3 Section 420)

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Where else to eat inside Daikin Park

El Tiempo serves up frozen margaritas alongside classic fajita beef, chicken, and carnitas on the Mezzanine Level. It is also the place to find the ballpark’s only on-site homemade tortillas.

Barbecue abounds at the Butcher (Section 116 and 124), which cooks up carved barbecue sandwiches, 18-hour smoked brisket, loaded baked potatoes, and other carved meats with classic cold sides. Battered Up (Section 116) dishes out classic fried foods like chicken tenders and corn dogs, while Killen’s Barbecue, a Houston barbecue staple, offers its Southern-style ‘cue (Section 434).

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Take advantage of Shake Shack’s in-stadium location and order a signature burger, a hot dog, or custard (Section 157). Vegetarian? H-Town Grill offers a slammin’ Beyond Meat burger (Sections 109, 125, and 308), and fans can find salads, dips, and fruit at the 19th Hole in Center Field (Section 156).

If you’re going for more traditional game-day eats — think foot-long and regular-sized hot dogs, personal pizzas, and smoked sausage — visit the Club Grill (Section 213) or the Park (Section 231), which have all of that. Baseball fans can also head to Fastball Foods on the Mezzanine level, which offers a self-ordering platform to easily secure your hot dogs, sausages, nachos, pretzels, peanuts, and popcorn.

• Elote and Pupusas offers its namesake dish, elote with Yellowbird blue agave sriracha, Texas beef empanadas, and Yellowbird-sauced wings. Living up to its moniker, the stand also provides elote and cheese, pork, and cheese pupusas with your choice of compliments, including red salsa, a curtido relish, and chicharrones. While there, cool down with a frozen paleta or indulge in its chocolate sea salt cookies (Section 124).
• El Tiempo, one of Houston’s Tex-Mex mainstays, brings its classic fajita beef, chicken, and carnitas, pairing them with the ballpark’s only homemade tortillas and frozen margaritas. (Mezzanine level)
• Home & Away is a one-stop shop for traditional ballpark fare, including regular and footlong hot dogs, nachos, pretzels, and Slovacek’s Crawford Bock + Cheddar Cheese sausages. (Sections 113, 129, 156, 427)
• HTX Tex-Mex piles its nachos with fajita meat, pork, and chicken, and offers sopapillas topped with powdered sugar and honey. (Section 115)
• Kickin Nachos carries both red and green carnitas in chicken and pork and piles them high atop nacho chips. (Sections 111, 126, 408)
• Loaded Mac N Chas takes a comforting side dish to the next level by loading macaroni and cheese with the diner’s choice of smoked brisket, green onions, barbecue sauce, and more cheese.
• Osso and Kristalla, the Italian Trattoria, which has a full restaurant nearby the stadium, serves freshly made, personal pizzas. (Section 226)
• Peaux Boys slings breaded catfish and shrimp po-boys, along with Cajun fries. (Section 410)
• Pluckers, the Texas-born chicken wing chain, offers an assortment of wings and fries. (Section 156)
• Spud House supplies hungry fans with loaded baked potatoes topped with barbecue. (Section 154)

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• La Stella Trattoria, an Italian vendor, dishes out belly-busting handhelds like the made-from-scratch meatball sub, an Italian sausage sub, and a hearty chicken parm sub. (Section 420)
• Texas Legends Club serves burgers made from fresh beef (not frozen), chicken tenders, French fries, and Slovacek’s Crawford Bock Sausage Dogs. You might even find an occasional special (In a previous season, the vendor served Cajun etouffee nachos). (Section 230)
• Taqueria Arandas, a local Tex-Mex favorite, serves queso, taquitos, quesadillas, tres leches, and more from its food cart. (Section 154, 420)
• Tenders, Love, and Chicken offers TLC in the form of chicken tenders and lots of dipping sauces. (Section 116)

Dishes to try

• The Butcher: Nachos, sandwich, loaded potato, or a platter served with sides? Take your pick. The Butcher Stand features smoked brisket, beer-brined half chicken, pork loin, turkey, or Crawford Bock and cheese sausages in various forms. (Section 116 – Butcher Portable; Section 224 – Butcher Stand)
• Crawford Dog: Not your average stadium hot dog, this Crawford creation comprises two griddled all-beef hot dogs topped with Crawford Bock bacon onion jam and a mustard drizzle on a toasted potato roll. (Portable Locations: Sections 111 and 420)
• Curveball Corn Dogs: Change your perspective on what a corn dog should be with these mini corn dogs loaded with chili, cheese, and diced onions ($16). (Section 126 and 409 – H-Town Grill; Section 213 – Club Grill)
• AstroNautchos: Try these stadium-special nachos, made up of freshly fried Rach-dusted kettle chips topped with queso and diner’s choice of chopped brisket, pork burnt ends, or smoked chicken, served with slaw, pico, fresh jalapeños and a drizzle of Brebby Bomb BBQ aioli, a creation made in part by Astros’ own Alex Bregman ($20). (Portable Locations: Sections 116 and 224 – The Butcher, Section 408 — Sunrise BBQ, Section 406)
• Slova-Chos: These nachos, served on tortilla chips, come with a healthy heap of homemade Crawford Bock beer cheese and sauteed peppers and onions with a choice of sausage, which comes in different styles, including garlic pepper jack, Crawford Bock, or Crawford Bock & Cheese ($16). (Portable Location: Section 154)
• Texas Nachos: This Lone Star State version is crowned with queso, brisket, pickled red onions, jalapeño ranch, and green onions. (Portable location: Atrium near Section 106)

Where to find margaritas, beer, wine, coffee, and more booze

Astros’ own Lance McCullers Jr. opened the first brick-and-mortar coffee and cocktails bar, Maven Coffee & Cocktails, inside the stadium earlier this year. There, you’ll find coffee drinks and made-to-order alcoholic beverages, like the LMJ Ranch Water, a mixture of Lalo Blanco tequila, lime, orange, and mineral water with a Tajin rim.

There are plenty of places to secure beer. One of Houston’s favorite breweries, St. Arnolds Bar, brings its seasonal favorites in a beer garden-like setting (Section 104). Karbach Brewing is also in the building, with several beers on draft at its “destination bar” with views of Downtown (Section 405). Its Love Street Bar offers cocktails, sodas, bottled wine, snacks, and signature beers (Section 119). The stadium encourages its 21-and-up fans to use its Amazon-powered Walk Thru Bru Express beer markets, where they can buy drinks and quickly check out through a cashless process. A government ID is required to verify age and enter the store.

At the 19th Hole (Section 156), find a large selection of seltzers, craft beers, game-day snacks, candy, and the largest wine selection in Major League Baseball, with special offerings like Veuve Cliquot, Decoy Cabernet, and Aperture Variolites.

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On the club level, the Wine Bar (Section 224) serves up frosé, bubbly wines, and other offerings. If you prefer whiskey, visit the full-service Jim Beam Bar for top-shelf brands and craft beers (Section 205). Tequila lovers can enjoy the Hornitos Tequila Bar on the Mezzanine, which features beer, cocktails, and unique tequila, including El Tiempo’s popular margarita on the rocks. Houston Cocktail Company (Section 228) adheres to its name with a full-serve bar with wines by the glass and bottle, margaritas, and bottled and draft beer.

Maui Wowi: For kids, those abstaining from alcohol, or anyone in the mood for a fruity drink, this park stall offers tropical smoothies. Yes, there’s an option to spike them with your favorite liquor. (Sections 106, 134, 429)

Micheladas galore: Catch the stadium’s portable michelada carts, which serve this Mexican beer-based drink in flavors including traditional, watermelon, mango, or spicy in a tajin-rimmed glass. Upgrade it by asking the person making it to “hook it up” with shrimp, octopus, celery stock, and a strip of million-dollar bacon for $40. (Section 128)

El Tiempo Margarita Bar: This Tex-Mex restaurant’s bar brings one of Houston’s most popular beverages to the left-center field. Here, visitors can find El Tiempos batch margaritas made with Hornitos tequila. (Section 156)

Where to satisfy your sweet tooth

If you’re craving a cold and sweet concoction to cool down, Cookies and Creamery promises ice cream sundaes, sweet pretzels, ice cream sandwiches, fresh-baked cookies, and hand-dipped waffle cones (Sections 106, 128, 153, 219, 226, 251, 411, and 429). Dippin’ Dots serves its signature flash-frozen beads of ice cream plus pints of Blue Bell. (Sections 105, 134, 156, 405, 424)

Is deep-fried your jam? Battered-Up serves fried foods, including funnel cakes, deep-fried Reese’s, and deep-fried bread pudding. (Section 116)

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