If the NFL Draft Experience is going to be in Texas, there'd better be barbecue. And corny dogs. And tacos.
The answers are yes, yes and yes. And more.
According to the "2018 NFL Draft Food Court Menu" shared with The Dallas Morning News, the NFL Draft Experience on April 26-28 outside of AT&T Stadium will feature 20 food stalls that will offer bites from several well-known restaurateurs in Dallas and Fort Worth. The list includes:
- Ascension coffee: a Dallas-bred company selling lattes, nitro cold brew coffee and paninis
- Crushcraft Thai: a Dallas company that was just featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives selling spring rolls and a wok-seared ground pork dish called kra pao
- Desperados: the Dallas Tex-Mex restaurant selling brisket tacos, stuffed jalapenos and more
- Doc's Street Grill: the Caribbean catering company selling grilled chicken, shrimp or sausage on a stick
- El Tacaso: a Dallas taco shop selling burritos, quesadillas and fajita tacos
- F&F Express: a food truck selling Korean barbecue bowls
- Fat Chicken: the former Trinity Groves restaurant selling fried-chicken sandwiches, fried-chicken tacos and mini pies
- Fletcher's Corny Dogs: corny dog company made famous at the State Fair of Texas
- Ms. Daisy's Cajun Kitchen: a company selling hushpuppies, gumbo and more
- Off the Bone BBQ: a Forest Hill restaurant selling turkey legs and sausage on a stick
- Rollin' Stone: a food truck selling tacos, nachos and street corn
- Roots Chicken Shak: Top Chef contestant Tiffany Derry's soul-food joint (located in Legacy Hall in Plano) that will sell duck-fat fried chicken wings and fries
- Soulgood: a vegan and vegetarian food truck company selling "not dogs" (soy hot dogs) and vegan cupcakes
- Torchy's Tacos: Texas taco shop selling Trailer Park tacos (fried chicken and green chiles); and their famous green chile queso -- which was named D-FW's best queso in a poll
- Walt Garrison: a Grapevine-based barbecue food truck selling brisket sandwiches, brisket nachos and the like
- Woodshed Smokehouse: the Fort Worth restaurant from TV personality Tim Love selling nachos, cheeseburgers, rabbit-rattlesnake sausage and elk Fritos pie
The NFL Draft Experience will also have food from Legends Hospitality, the group that supplies the concessions for AT&T Stadium. Legends will sell tacos al pastor; brisket sandwiches; chicken and waffles; the Cowboys cheesesteak and more.
According to our partners at SportsDayDFW, organizers expect more than 250,000 people to attend the NFL Draft Experience. The party -- which is free -- takes place outside of the AT&T Stadium. The NFL Draft Experience will offer sports fans photo opps with oversized helmets, meet and greets with current and past players, and football clinics for kids.
Fans who want to go to the NFL Draft Experience can register here.
Correction, 9:40 a.m. April 20, 2018: A previous version of this story said Dallas restaurant Off the Bone Barbeque would be selling food at the NFL Draft Experience. It's in fact a different company with a similar name: Off the Bone BBQ in Forest Hill.
