Rocket Arena Food & Drinks
Cleveland Cavaliers · Cleveland, OH
Know Before You Go
Essential details checked against official venue information.
- Venue payments
Rocket Arena is cashless and accepts debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
Applies to: Cleveland Cavaliers games
- Cash can be exchanged for gift cards at the Ticket Lab, Sherwin-Williams entrance, outside the Street Level Team Shop, near Street Level Portal 27, and near Loudville Portal 74.
- Outside food and drink
Outside food and beverages are prohibited except for medical needs, baby food, and reasonable children's snacks such as crackers, raisins, or juice boxes.
Applies to: Cleveland Cavaliers games
- Reusable food and drink containers, including souvenir cups and popcorn buckets, may not be brought back into the arena.
- Dietary options
Rocket Arena's concessions directory can be filtered for gluten-free, vegetarian or vegan, kosher, and kid-friendly choices.
Applies to: Cleveland Cavaliers games
- Examples include CLE/MKT at Portal 21 for gluten-free and plant-based choices, FanFuel at multiple portals for kosher and gluten-free items, and Dos-Uno-Seis Nachos at Portals 14, 29, and 61. Stands may not operate at every event.
- Alcohol sales cutoff
Alcohol service stops at the beginning of the fourth quarter for Cavaliers games.
Applies to: Cleveland Cavaliers games
- Management may stop service earlier at its discretion.
- Cheapest food
- $6
- Cheapest drink
- $5
- Menu items
- 85
Rocket Arena has transformed its food program with the $185M renovation. The concourse now features local Cleveland vendors alongside standard arena fare. Pierogis, kielbasa, and Polish Boy sandwiches reflect Cleveland's Eastern European heritage. Great Lakes Brewing, Cleveland's beloved local brewery, is prominently featured. The nearby East 4th Street has better dining at comparable prices, making it a strong pregame alternative.
Tips & Fan Reports
The Polish Boy (sausage topped with coleslaw, fries, and BBQ sauce) is a Cleveland original.
Post-game, walk to East 4th for a late dinner, restaurants stay open on game nights.
The pierogis inside the arena are a Cleveland staple. Get them with sour cream and onions.
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter is one of the best beers in any NBA arena. Don't miss it.
East 4th Street has better food at comparable prices. Eat there pregame if you have time.
On-Site Selections
Everything sold inside the arena, listed under the stand that sells it.
Prices are researched typical rates for the 2026-27 NBA Season.
Beach Bum Beer
Street Level, Portal 7Kona Big Wave Golden Ale
Not publishedGolden Road Mango Cart Wheat Ale
Not published
CLE Cocktail
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 4, 22, 29, 52, 61, 70 and 81Cocktails
Not publishedCraft and Domestic Beer
Not publishedSpiked Seltzers
Not publishedWine (Portals 14 and 61 only)
Not publishedPeanuts
Not published
CLE/MKT
Street Level, Portal 21BBQ Chik'n Wrap
Not publishedChik'n Bac'n Ranch Wrap
Not publishedCaesar Salad
Not publishedMitchell's Ice Cream
Not publishedHummus and Veggies
Not publishedAssorted Candy and Chips
Not publishedPopcorn
Not published
Craft Land
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 14, 56, 62, 72 and 80Ice-Cold Beer
Not publishedFountain Pop
Not publishedGrab-and-Go Snacks
Not published
Dippin' Dots
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 7, 26 and 58Dippin' Dots
Not published
Dos-Uno-Seis Nachos
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 14, 29 and 61Loaded Nachos
$11
Elmore's Smokehouse
Street Level, Portal 261/4 or 1/2 Lb. BBQ Platters
Not publishedBBQ Chicken Nachos
Not publishedBBQ Pork Loaded Nachos
Not publishedNaked Nachos
Not publishedBBQ Pulled Chicken or Pork Sandwiches
Not publishedCleveland Kobe Hot Dog
Not publishedMac & Cheese
Not publishedColeslaw
Not published
FanFuel
Street Level, Huntington Club Level and Loudville; Portals 3, 8, 13, 19, 25, 40, 44, 49, 51, 54, 66, 69 and 75Kosher Hot Dog
Not publishedJumbo Hot Dog
Not publishedNachos Grande
Not publishedBavarian Pretzel with Cheese Cup
Not publishedAssorted Candy
Not published
Flour Pizza Co.
Street Level, Portal 22Classic Cheese Pizza
Not publishedPepperoni Pizza
Not publishedSausage Pizza
Not publishedStuffed Pepper
Not publishedPasta & Meatballs
Not published
Fresca Mixed
Street Level, Portal 28Citrus-Forward Beverages
Not published
Georgio's Oven Fresh Pizza
Huntington Club Level and Loudville; Portals 49 and 62Georgio's Oven Fresh Pizza
Not published
Insomnia Cookies
Street Level, Portals 5 and 20Chocolate Chunk Cookie
Not publishedPeanut Butter Chip Cookie
Not publishedSnickerdoodle Cookie
Not published
Michelob Ultra
Street Level, Portal 28Michelob Ultra
Not published
P St Market Café
Street Level, Portal 18Short Rib Melt
Not publishedBanh Mi Bowl
Not publishedSmoked Turkey Sandwich
Not publishedCorned Beef Reuben
Not publishedHand-Crafted Pretzels
Not publishedSalted Chocolate Cookie
Not publishedChili & Cornbread
Not publishedFresh Cut Fries
Not publishedBuffalo Cauliflower Quinoa Salad
Not publishedP Street Salad
Not published
Pearl's Kitchen
Street Level, Portal 18Blackened Chicken or Shrimp Bowl
Not publishedCrispy Chicken Sandwich
Not publishedPearl's Mac & Cheese
Not publishedBlackened Salmon BLT
Not publishedBlackened Chicken Wrap
Not publishedFried Green Tomatoes
Not publishedBread Pudding
Not published
Quaker Steak and Lube
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 26 and 61Bone-In Wings
Not publishedBoneless Wings
Not publishedQuaker Steak and Lube Burgers
Not publishedOnion Rings
Not published
Rocco's Cheesesteak
Street Level, Portal 3Rustbelt Cheesesteak
Not publishedChicken Sac
Not publishedCheesesteak Fries
Not published
Sauce the City
Loudville, Portal 68Cleveland Hot Chicken
Not publishedKool Ranch Chicken
Not publishedCity Dog
Not publishedCrispy Mushroom Burger
Not publishedPolish Boy
Not publishedCity Fries
Not published
Swensons Burgs & Fries
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 22 and 74Galley Boy
Not publishedPotato Teezers
Not published
Symon's Burger Joint
Street Level and Huntington Club Level; Portals 9 and 43Double Cheeseburger
Not publishedSymon Burger
Not publishedThin Lizzy
Not publishedThe Big Cleve Burger with Kielbasa
Not publishedSpicy Kielbasa
Not publishedHand-Cut Fries
Not published
Tenders Love and Chicken
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 10 and 79Chicken Tenders
Not publishedFrench Fries
Not published
The Kernel Premium Popcorn
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 4 and 60Gourmet Popcorn
Not published
The Walking Taco
Street Level and Loudville; Portals 28, 69 and 77FritoLay Walking Taco
Not published
Typical game-day prices, shown where we have one.
Cheapest Way to Eat
Rocket Arena publishes a value menu, so unlike the prices above these figures come straight from the venue. Items from $6.
Cleveland Cavaliers Drinkware
Tumblers, koozies, and Cleveland Cavaliers glassware for the pregame and the ride home.
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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
Rocket Arena's Concessions directory and its 23 stand detail pages, each of which gives the stand's level, portal numbers and menu. rocketarena.com is unreachable from here, so the index and all 23 detail pages were read from the Internet Archive's capture of 2026-02-17 — mid-season for 2025-26, the season the Swensons entry describes as its first. Aramark runs the program, with Cleveland chefs throughout: Michael Symon, Rocco Whalen, Karen Small, Tiwanna Scott-Williams, Victor Searcy and Vegan Vicki. No prices are published.
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- Value menu
Rocket Arena value pricing: local beer (355ml), popcorn and house red or white wine at $6 each
- Venue policies
Current Rocket Arena A-Z, security, accessibility, accessible-seating, parking, concessions, FAQ, and Cavaliers event pages reviewed for Cleveland Cavaliers game-day policies.
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 Fan Cost Index + venue research
- Drink prices — Team Marketing Report Fan Cost Index + venue research