The Main Concourse at Target Field during a game, fans walking past a concession stand with its menu board overhead

What to Eat at Target Field

The quick read

Minnesota eats at Target Field the way it eats everywhere else in the state, and Delaware North Sportservice, which runs the concessions program, leans into that instead of fighting it. A burger with the cheese sealed inside the patty has its own stand. The state fish gets a sandwich. A sausage maker a mile from the ballpark supplies two carts and a sampler plate. Even the new items chase the same identity instead of chasing trend food.

Two rules shape the night before you order anything. Outside food is allowed in a soft-sided bag, which is rare among modern ballparks and worth using. And beer and liquor stop at the concession stands at the end of the 8th, a full inning later than most of the league, while a handful of named bars keep pouring after that.

Verify before you go: concession lineups, stand locations, and hours change every season. Confirm against the official Target Field A-Z guide on mlb.com/twins within 30 days of your visit.

The Juicy Lucy

The Juicy Lucy is Minneapolis’s own contribution to the American burger, built with the cheese sealed inside the patty instead of melted on top, and Target Field runs its own version at a themed stand on the concourse. Cut into it fast. The cheese comes out molten, and the first bite is the whole reason the sandwich exists.

Order it the way it’s built. Asking for the cheese on the side defeats the point.

The Southpaw Walleye Sandwich

Walleye is Minnesota’s fish, pulled from lakes across the state for generations, and the Southpaw Walleye Sandwich puts that on a bun instead of a hook. 2026 added walleye tacos alongside it, so the fish now comes two ways if the sandwich isn’t what you’re after that inning.

This is the item that separates Target Field from a generic ballpark menu. Nobody outside the upper Midwest builds a concession stand around walleye, and that’s exactly the point.

Kramarczuk’s sausages

Kramarczuk’s supplies the sausage program at Target Field, and the bratwurst, Polish, and Hungarian links are made fresh about a mile from the ballpark, not trucked in from somewhere generic. Two carts sell them straight, and the Main Concourse runs a sampler plate if you want all three without committing to just one.

Minneapolis has argued about its best sausage maker for decades, and Kramarczuk’s is the one that made it inside the ballpark gates.

The 2026 lineup

The 2026 concessions program added several new items, mapped here by section where the team has confirmed a location:

  • La Madre elotes (Section 110): Mexican street corn.
  • Grand Slam Shawarma Mediterranean Bowl (Section 114): a chicken shawarma rice bowl.
  • Dill pickle pizza: section number not yet confirmed.
  • Taiyaki from chef Matthew Kazama: the fish-shaped dessert shell filled with chocolate or vanilla ice cream, section number not yet confirmed.

The Minnesota State Fair runs every August a few miles from the ballpark, and Target Field’s concessions program pulls from that same on-a-stick, deep-fried tradition in a handful of seasonal items. None of the 2026 additions above are required eating. The Juicy Lucy and the walleye sandwich still are.

Bars that outlast the cutoff

Hrbek’s, the pub near Gate 14, Pryes Homeplate Taproom, on the Terrace level behind the plate, and the Budweiser Roof Deck are the three most likely to keep pouring after the concourse stands stop. If the game is close in the 9th, that’s where to plant yourself with a drink already in hand.

The alcohol cutoff

The rule at Target Field runs later than most of the league:

  • Concession stands stop selling alcohol at the end of the 8th inning, one inning later than the leaguewide standard 7th-inning cutoff most parks use.
  • A handful of named bars keep serving past that point. See above for which ones, pending confirmation.

There’s no confirmed per-transaction drink limit for Target Field, so none is listed here. The cutoff also has nothing to do with the seventh-inning stretch. The stretch is the mid-7th singalong; the alcohol rule lands an inning and a half later, and the two just happen to sit close together on the scoreboard clock.

Bring your own

Target Field allows outside food, which most parks have phased out:

  • Outside food is allowed, as long as it fits in a single-compartment bag no larger than 16x16x8 inches. Backpacks and multi-compartment bags aren’t permitted; the first-timer section covers the full bag policy.
  • One sealed bottle of water up to 32 ounces comes in with you, along with a soft single juice or milk box for kids.
  • No hard coolers, glass, cans, or Thermoses.
  • Outside food doesn’t go into the bar, restaurant, or suite areas.

Pack a bag of sandwiches and sealed water bottles and the concession budget drops fast, especially for a family working around cold-April or school-night games. Just know there’s no re-entry once you’re through the gate, so plan the day around it.

Paying at the park

Target Field runs fully cashless. Every stand takes major cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, and five reverse ATMs convert cash to a spendable card at no fee: Gate 29 on the Main Concourse, the elevator lobby near Gate 3, the Treasure Island Home Run Deck near Section 231, and the top of the escalators on both the right-field and left-field Terrace levels. Convert your cash before you’re standing in a food line behind a sold-out crowd.