Camden Yards is hoping for a home run off the field this season.
The stadium is building on the winning combination of beer and baseball by creating a brewpub and on-site brewery inside Camden Yards.
The new restaurant planned for
Oriole Park at Camden Yards will be a family-friendly brewpub with a sports focus and will open around opening day this spring, says
Delaware North Cos.' Food and Beverage Director Adrian Sedano. Delaware North Cos. provides food, beverage and retail merchandise services at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
While the name and menu of the restaurant is still being determined, the brewpub plans to brew its own beer on-site and offer a traditional brewpub menu including burgers and sandwiches. Sedano says he can't yet disclose the number of seats or square footage.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards hopes to become a year-round destination by creating concession areas that overlook the baseball field. In late December, the Stadium Authority requested $1.8 million from the state's Board of Public Works to renovate picnic-areas and create a year-round "park-like destination."
Delaware North Companies Cos., a hospitality and food service company headquartered in Buffalo, is receiving consulting on the restaurant from
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. a corporation in Chicago that owns restaurants in Illinois, Nevada, Washington, D.C, Minneapolis and Arizona. It owns Bethesda French bistro
Mon Ami Gabi.
The restaurant has started the hiring process and expects to employ between 30 and 50 employees at its location at 333 W. Pratt St.
Sedano says he thinks the future brewpub will be a place where families can come to enjoy a great sports atmosphere, in-house brewing, and a view of Camden Yards.
The brewpub concept with on-site brewing is the first of its kind for Delaware North Cos., Sedano ays.
Source: Adrian Sedano, food and beverage director for Delaware North Companies
Writer: Alexandra Wilding