Smoothie King Center Food & Drinks
New Orleans Pelicans · New Orleans, LA
- Cheapest food
- $6.5
- Cheapest drink
- $5
- Menu items
- 33
New Orleans is arguably the best food city in America, and Smoothie King Center does a respectable job reflecting that. The arena publishes its stands by section, and the New Orleans cooking is spread across them: BBB's Cajun Corner at sections 101, 112 and 313, Crescent City Cuisine at 119, Basin Street Tacos at 113, Dixie BBQ at 317 and Geaux Mac at 325, with a Daiquiri Bar at 114 and 301 and a local Beer Garden at 106. The directory lists what each stand serves rather than a full menu, so expect more at the counter than is published. Outside, the Warehouse District and French Quarter offer some of the best dining in the world within walking distance.
Tips & Fan Reports
If you do eat inside, the gumbo and po'boys are the best arena food in the NBA.
Abita Amber and NOLA Brewing are the local beers. Try them over domestics.
The Hurricane cocktail inside the arena is a fun novelty but Pat O'Brien's in the Quarter makes the real thing.
Café Du Monde is 20 minutes by foot. Get beignets before or after the game.
Eat at a REAL New Orleans restaurant before the game. Don't waste your appetite on arena food.
Mother's po'boys on Poydras are a 10-minute walk from the arena, worth the detour.
Know Before You Go
- Venue payments
Smoothie King Center is cashless for concessions, merchandise, and parking and accepts credit or debit cards.
Cash may be converted to a prepaid Mastercard across from Sections 108 and 310. Cards are not reloadable, and unused balances incur a monthly fee after 90 days.
- Outside food and drink
Outside food and beverages are not allowed inside Smoothie King Center.
- Dietary options
Smoothie King stands at Sections 101 and 301 are listed as gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian for Pelicans games.
The live food directory can be filtered by dietary category and section. It does not publish a general allergen or cross-contact process.
- Alcohol sales cutoff
Alcohol sales at Pelicans games stop at the end of the third quarter.
Guests must be at least 21 and show proper identification to purchase alcohol.
Nearby Restaurants
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Gallier's Seafood & Oyster Bar
$$Seafood Restaurant 4.5 (3,383)
129 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
BEARCAT CBD
$$Brunch Restaurant 4.5 (2,402)
845 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Mother's Restaurant
$$American Restaurant 4.2 (17,287)
401 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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How We Checked This Page
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- Food prices
Smoothie King Center 2026: hot dogs $6.50, beer at 75 cents per ounce
- Concession menu
Smoothie King Center's concessions directory, which publishes each stand with its section numbers, a one-line descriptor and a set of cuisine filters. It lists no per-item menus and no prices, so the stands and locations here are exact while the items are the venue's own descriptor and cuisine wording rather than a menu board.
- Nearby restaurants
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- Value menu
Checked for 2026: no value menu at Smoothie King Center
- Venue policies
Current New Orleans Pelicans and Smoothie King Center fan, accessibility, parking, and dining guidance reviewed for Pelicans 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.
- Drink prices: Team Marketing Report Fan Cost Index + venue research