MLB Opening Day is here, and as baseball fans return to favorite ballparks, they’re in for a culinary treat with major league upgrades across menus for the 2025 season.
Patrons can still chant for peanuts and Cracker Jacks during the seventh inning stretch starting March 27, Opening Day, but the growing rosters of robust food and drink offerings make stadiums feel more like food halls that happen to host baseball games.
With 29 active MLB ballparks, the culinary development teams are offering local delicacies and over-the-top offerings alike.
ABC’s Good Morning America tapped Major League Baseball and its vendors to reveal some of the best new ballpark bites and give fans an early taste of what’s on deck this Opening Day.
“As chefs we’re always looking for ways to bring our culinary community into the venue, and we created a rotating menu as a platform to showcase more of the iconic flavors of Chicago,” David Burns, senior executive chef for Levy Restaurants at Wrigley Field, told GMA.
For example, Burns said one classic Chicago dish — the Jibarito, a Puerto Rican sandwich that replaces buns with tostones — will be put in the stadium’s spotlight, “serving it as a special for our opening homestand and hopefully later in the season.”
In Seattle, T-Mobile Park — which has become known for one of the top culinary lineups in the league — is expanding on its already impressive gourmet menu for Mariners fans. There will be more on the value menu, new player-inspired dishes and specialty hotdogs with Japanese izakaya flare.