Busch Stadium Food & Drinks
St. Louis Cardinals · St. Louis, MO
Know Before You Go
Essential details checked against official venue information.
- Venue payments
Busch Stadium concession stands, kiosks, and retail transactions are cashless and accept credit or debit cards.
Applies to: St. Louis Cardinals games
- Cash can be converted to a debit card without a service fee at 8th Street Market, Broadway Market, and Terrace Market near Section 450.
- Outside food and drink
Guests may bring most food and factory-sealed clear plastic non-alcoholic beverages no larger than 2 liters.
Applies to: St. Louis Cardinals games
- Outside food and drinks are not permitted in the Cardinals Club, Luxury Suites, Party Suites, or other all-inclusive areas, and all items must comply with the bag policy.
- Dietary options
Busch Stadium publishes gluten-sensitive, vegan, and vegetarian choices, plus nut information for selected foods.
Applies to: St. Louis Cardinals games
- Gluten-free buns must be requested when ordering, and food prepared on site may share equipment or preparation areas containing gluten.
- Alcohol sales cutoff
Alcohol service at concession stands ends after the eighth inning, while alcohol vending ends after the seventh inning.
Applies to: St. Louis Cardinals games
- Cheapest food
- $5
- Cheapest drink
- $5
- Menu items
- 44
Busch Stadium's menu is deeply St. Louis, just not in the ways the old guidebooks say: the Made in the Lou stand at Section 146 rotates real local restaurants through the season, Stuie's serves Kohn's kosher corned beef and pastrami, Mayo Ketchup brings arepas and Cubans, and the dessert to beat is the Fried Gooey Butter Cake at the Gashouse Grill. Budweiser, brewed in St. Louis since 1876, is the default beer, with Schlafly covering the craft side. The $5 Cardinals Value Menu — hot dog, soda, popcorn, nachos — runs at four stands every home game. Across Clark Street, Ballpark Village keeps the party going before and after.
Tips & Fan Reports
Busch beer is really cheap on the top level in right field. Like $4-5 bucks. Possibly the cheapest beer in the stadium. Buy cheap tickets day of and get there early to walk the concourses for food.
The Cardinals Value Menu is the best deal in the ballpark: hot dog, soda, popcorn or nachos for $5 each, all game long, at stands near Sections 132, 162, 233 and 446.
Schlafly IPA and Pale Ale are the local craft pours on the published menu; Budweiser is the hometown default and always will be.
The Fried Gooey Butter Cake at Gashouse Grill (Section 150) wraps the St. Louis dessert staple in warm funnel cake. Grab one in the later innings.
Made in the Lou near Section 146 rotates St. Louis restaurants through the season — check the lineup, it changes roughly monthly (Kbop, The Fattened Caf, Taste-D-Burger and more).
Pappy's Smokehouse is worth the pregame detour if you're a BBQ fan. Go early. They sell out of popular cuts.
Budweiser is brewed locally at the Anheuser-Busch brewery (free tours available). Drinking a Bud at Busch Stadium is a hometown tradition.
On-Site Selections
Everything sold inside the ballpark, listed under the stand that sells it.
Prices are researched typical rates for the 2026 MLB Season.
Made in the Lou
Main concourse near Section 146A rotating lineup of St. Louis restaurants through the season — Kanoa's Hawaiian Grill, Kbop, The Fattened Caf, Taste-D-Burger STL, Gulf Shores, Locoz Tacoz — each serving its fan-favorite dishes.
Featured Local Dishes (Rotating)
Not published
Cardinals Value Menu
Stands near Sections 132, 162, 233 and 446Ballpark favorites at $5 each, every home game, all game long.
Value Menu Hot Dog
$5Value Menu Soda
$5Value Menu Popcorn
$5Value Menu Nachos
$5
Big Chicken
Sections 135 and 358Shaquille O'Neal's chicken chain.
Big Chicken and Waffles
Not publishedBig Chicken Tenders
Not published
Intentional Wok
Section 103Birria Ramen Bowl
Not publishedChicken Egg Rolls
$10Steamed Pork Pot Stickers
Not published
Broadway BBQ
Section 109Beef Brisket Sandwich with Chips
$14Hot Dog Burnt Ends
Not published
Topp Dog
Section 132St. Louis Slinger Dog
Not published
Stuie's
Section 147Kohn's, St. Louis' kosher deli: corned beef, pastrami and knockwurst with potato salad.
Stuie's Corned Beef Sandwich
Not publishedStuie's Killer Pastrami Sandwich
Not publishedStuie's Knockwurst
Not published
Mayo Ketchup
Section 168The St. Louis Latin spot: arepas, empanadas and Cuban sandwiches.
Cheese Arepa
Not publishedBeef or Chicken Empanadas
Not publishedCuban Sandwich
Not publishedVenezuelan Dog
Not published
Gashouse Grill
Sections 132, 150, 154, 233 and 450Burgers and grill fare; the Fried Gooey Butter Cake lives at 150.
Fried Gooey Butter Cake
Not publishedCheeseburger
Not published
Redbird Carvery
Section 148Carvery Sandwich Plate
Not published
El Birdos Nachos
Sections 131, 152 and 452Loaded Nachos
$12
Freddy's
Frozen custard at Section 101; full stand at 432The Midwest steakburger and frozen custard chain.
Freddy's Double Steakburger
Not publishedFreddy's Frozen Custard
Not published
Crumbl Cookies
Portable near Section 136, boxed cookies in marketsIncluding a Busch Stadium exclusive cookie inspired by the Cardinals.
Crumbl Cookies
Not published
Dulce Pop
Near Sections 108, 152, 269 and 446Handmade natural fruit pops.
Dulce Pop
Not published
Sold throughout the stadium
Classic Hot Dog
$5Jumbo Hot Dog
Not publishedBacon-Wrapped Hot Dog
Not publishedBratwurst
Not publishedChicken Tenders Basket
Not publishedSupreme Nacho Fries
Not publishedHand-Tossed Pizza Slices
$9Bavarian Pretzel
Not publishedPopcorn
Not publishedIce Cream Helmet
Not publishedFrozen Slushies
Not publishedSchlafly IPA & Pale Ale
Not publishedDomestic Beer (Budweiser)
$10Margaritas
$15Soft Drink
$6Water Bottle
$5
Typical game-day prices, shown where we have one.
Cheapest Way to Eat
Busch Stadium publishes a value menu, so unlike the prices above these figures come straight from the venue. Items from $5.
St. Louis Cardinals Drinkware
Tumblers, koozies, and St. Louis Cardinals glassware for the pregame and the ride home.
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Stadium Neighborhood
Broadway Oyster Bar
$$Seafood Restaurant 4.6 (8,946)
736 S Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA
STL City Grill
$$Restaurant 4.6 (1,368)
1137 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO 63101, USA
Sugarfire Smoke House
$$Barbecue Restaurant 4.5 (7,367)
605 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO 63101, USA
Katie's Pizza & Pasta at Ballpark Village
$$Restaurant 4.4 (653)
751 Clark Ave, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA
Salt + Smoke
$$Barbecue Restaurant 4.2 (2,249)
501 Clark Ave, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA
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How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Concession menu
The Cardinals' Fan Food Guide for Busch Stadium — a complete A-Z menu with per-item stand and section lists — plus its What's New and Value Menu pages.
- Nearby restaurants
Google Places API (New) Nearby Search
- Value menu
Cardinals 2026 value menu, available at every home game all game long on all levels of Busch Stadium
- Venue policies
Busch Stadium policy, security, accessibility, dining, parking, family-admission, and mobile-ticket pages reviewed for entry, family, payment, food, and accessibility rules.
Not yet checked against a published source
These figures are estimates. Most venues no longer publish the numbers behind them — concession and ticket pricing moved to dynamic marketplaces — so we hold them as estimates rather than dating them as verified.
- Food prices — Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research
- Drink prices — Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research