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Smoothie King Center Food & Drinks

New Orleans Pelicans · New Orleans, LA

Know Before You Go

Essential details checked against official venue information.

Venue payments

Smoothie King Center is cashless for concessions, merchandise, and parking and accepts credit or debit cards.

Applies to: New Orleans Pelicans games

  • 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.

Smoothie King Center A to Z Guide

Outside food and drink

Outside food and beverages are not allowed inside Smoothie King Center.

Applies to: New Orleans Pelicans games

Smoothie King Center A to Z Guide

Dietary options

Smoothie King stands at Sections 101 and 301 are listed as gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian for Pelicans games.

Applies to: New Orleans 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.

Smoothie King Center Food & Beverage

Alcohol sales cutoff

Alcohol sales at Pelicans games stop at the end of the third quarter.

Applies to: New Orleans Pelicans games

  • Guests must be at least 21 and show proper identification to purchase alcohol.

New Orleans Pelicans A to Z Fan Guide

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.

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Abita Amber and NOLA Brewing are the local beers. Try them over domestics.

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The Hurricane cocktail inside the arena is a fun novelty but Pat O'Brien's in the Quarter makes the real thing.

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Café Du Monde is 20 minutes by foot. Get beignets before or after the game.

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Eat at a REAL New Orleans restaurant before the game. Don't waste your appetite on arena food.

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Mother's po'boys on Poydras are a 10-minute walk from the arena, worth the detour.

VYT Research

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.

BBB's Cajun Corner

Sections 101, 112, 313

  • NOLA Favorites

    Not published

  • Po'boys & Sandwiches

    Not published

  • Seafood

    Not published

Crescent City Cuisine

Sections 119

  • NOLA Cuisine

    Not published

  • Cajun & Creole Plates

    Not published

Basin Street Tacos

Sections 113

  • NOLA Street Tacos

    Not published

Dixie BBQ

Sections 317

  • BBQ Sandwiches

    Not published

Geaux Mac

Sections 325

  • Mac and Cheese

    Not published

  • Seafood Mac

    Not published

3 Point Grill-Pita Hut

Sections 118

  • Pita Sandwiches & Po'boys

    Not published

Grill & Chill

Sections 112

  • All-Beef Burger

    Not published

  • All-Beef Frank

    Not published

Backcourt Burgers

Sections 116

  • Burger and Fries

    Not published

Tip Off

Sections 102, 105

  • All-Beef Hot Dog on a Martin's Potato Bun

    Not published

Krispy Krunchy Chicken

Sections 109, 311, 328

  • Chicken Tenders

    Not published

  • Chicken Wings

    Not published

Slam Dunk Chicken

Sections 117

  • Slam Dunk Chicken Tenders

    Not published

  • Slam Dunk Chicken Wings

    Not published

Parish Pizza

Sections 110, 313

  • Pizza

    Not published

Tostitos Cantina

Sections 106, 301

  • Mexican Flare

    Not published

NOLA Libre

Sections 315

  • Mexican Fare

    Not published

Smoothie King

Sections 101, 301

  • Made-to-Order Smoothies

    Not published

Sweet Shack

Sections 118, 309

  • Desserts

    Not published

Mini Melts

Sections 102, 113, 301

  • Mini Melts Prepacked Ice Cream

    Not published

Popcorn Portable

Sections 121, 302

  • Popcorn

    Not published

Allstar Lemonade

Sections 102, 114, 121

  • Lemonade

    Not published

Daiquiri Bar

Sections 114, 301

  • Daiquiris

    Not published

Beer Garden

Sections 106

  • Local Beer

    Not published

Coors Light Bar

Sections 118

  • Coors Light

    Not published

Corona Bar

Sections 112

  • Corona

    Not published

Hennessy Bar

Sections 331

  • Hennessy Cocktails

    Not published

Ultra Bar

Sections 104

  • Non-Alcoholic Beer

    Not published

Surf Side

Sections 124; Shooters Bar/Surf Side Portable at 315

  • Hard Seltzer

    Not published

Typical game-day prices, shown where we have one.

New Orleans Pelicans Drinkware

Tumblers, koozies, and New Orleans Pelicans glassware for the pregame and the ride home.

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Stadium Neighborhood

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Acme Oyster House

$$

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Luke

$$

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Deanie's Seafood Restaurant in the French Quarter

$$

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841 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

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Gallier's Seafood & Oyster Bar

$$

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BEARCAT CBD

$$

Brunch Restaurant 4.5 (2,402)

845 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

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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

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.

Food prices

Smoothie King Center 2026: hot dogs $6.50, beer at 75 cents per ounce

Compared against a maintained reference table and corrected where it disagreed

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.

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Nearby restaurants

Google Places API (New) Nearby Search

Pulled directly from the data provider named here

Value menu

Checked for 2026: no value menu at Smoothie King Center

Compared against a maintained reference table and corrected where it disagreed

Venue policies

Current New Orleans Pelicans and Smoothie King Center fan, accessibility, parking, and dining guidance reviewed for Pelicans policies.

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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