New food items at Minute Maid for weekend games

Aramark, the stadium’s longtime food and beverage provider, has added three new food items and two alcoholic beverages to ring in the MLB playoffs. Here are the new items:

• AstroNautchos (at sections 116, 224 and 408): Fresh-fried, ranch-dusted kettle chips and white queso served with a choice of chopped brisket, pork burnt ends or smoked chicken with Breggy Bomb BBQ aioli, slaw, pico and fresh jalapeños for $19.65. 
• Slova-Chos (at section 154): Tortilla chips, house-made Crawford Bock beer cheese, sauteed peppers and onions with a choice of sausage: garlic pepper jack, Crawford Bock & cheese or Crawford Bock for $15.99. 
• Curveball Corn Dogs (at sections 126, 409, 213): Mini corn dogs loaded with chili, cheese and diced onions for $15.99
• Michelada in a tajin-rimmed glass (at sections 129 and 426): Choose between traditional, watermelon, mango or spicy with a wide selection of Mexican beers. Choose the “Hook It Up” option to add shrimp, octopus, a strip of million-dollar bacon & celery stock for $39.99
• Crush City Vodka (at sections 119, 128, 228 and 423): Whipped vodka, Fanta Orange and grenadine in a blue sugar-rimmed souvenir cup at $19.99 for a single and $35.59 for a double.

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And if you’re looking for tried and true favorites, those will be there with 54 permanent food and beverage locations and 67 portable concessions at the ballpark. For each playoff game, Minute Maid expects to serve 5,200 hot dogs, 3,000 orders of nachos, 2,500 soft pretzels, 5,000 bags of peanuts and 11,000 bottles of water. 

Game times have yet to be determined for the Astros, which will play the winner of the Wild Card series between the Twins and Blue Jays next.