{"id":156229,"date":"2026-04-03T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156229\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:02:21","slug":"see-new-food-for-pirates-games-at-pnc-park-including-chipped-ham-fries-nachos-with-kielbasa-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156229\/","title":{"rendered":"See new food for Pirates games at PNC Park, including chipped ham fries, nachos with kielbasa and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pittsburgh-pirates-schedule-2026-mlb-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-absolute=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">The Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a>\u00a0are ready to welcome fans to PNC Park on Friday for the team&#8217;s 2026 home-opening game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just as the team has new players on the field, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pnc-park-new-food-items-2026-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-absolute=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">new food<\/a>\u00a0is set to be sold at concession stands this season. The team said traditional Pittsburgh staples, including pierogies, kielbasa and chipped ham, inspired many of the new items fans can try.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every year, we work with our partners Aramark Sports and Entertainment to add to our already extensive food offerings to include items that will surely be must-haves for fans attending a Pirates game,&#8221; Pirates president Travis Williams said before the season.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dn1ubvzcrixi94sy8piy.png#.png\" alt=\"dn1ubvzcrixi94sy8piy.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The heavy hitter is a footlong hot dog with cornbread coating, yellow mustard, and pico de gallo.<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Pirates)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coop-puppy.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"coop-puppy.jpg \" height=\"392\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The coop puppy is sweet tea-brined chicken on a toasted roll topped with ketchup-braised onion, ranch, and shredded lettuce.<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Pirates)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nutella-beignets.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"nutella-beignets.jpg \" height=\"525\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The Nutella beignets bring the New Orleans favorite to PNC Park with caramel and whipped cream.<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Pirates)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boricua-dog.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"boricua-dog.jpg \" height=\"427\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The boricua dog has sofrito beef, Smallman Street Deli kraut, yellow mustard, American cheese, ketchup, braised onion and potato sticks. It is served on a roll.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Pirates)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-03-31-175217.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-03-31-175217.png \" height=\"411\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A sampler of the chipped ham fries includes chipped ham, sauce, cheddar sauce, and garlic butter on top of French fries.<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: KDKA)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-03-31-175241.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-03-31-175241.png \" height=\"355\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The kettle nachos are kettle-cooked chips with kielbasa, caramelized onion, pico de gallo, and sriracha ketchup.<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: KDKA)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-03-31-175144.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-03-31-175144.png \" height=\"454\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Empanadas are available in chicken or a special vegan offering, both served with ajo crema.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: KDKA)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-03-31-175038.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-03-31-175038.png \" height=\"494\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A new chicken sandwich is on the menu for fans this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: KDKA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates\u00a0are ready to welcome fans to PNC Park on Friday for the team&#8217;s 2026 home-opening game.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,10997,26622],"class_list":{"0":"post-156229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-pittsburgh","9":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","10":"tag-pittsburgh-news","11":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","12":"tag-pnc-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}