Feature
Feature
Feature
CityPark concessions, Part 5: Provider close-up: Balkan Treat Box
If there is an only-in-St. Louis restaurant success story, it's the one about Balkan Treat Box, an operation that started as a food truck and now includes the truck, a restaurant, and one of the most popular concession stands at CityPark. Co-owner Loryn Nalic, who founded the company with her husband Edo, fell in love with the food Edo's Bosnian...Feature
CityPark concessions, Part 4: Provider close-up: Farmtruk
One of the providers at the stadium is a business called Farmtruk, which bills itself as "farm to table comfort food," with an emphasis on fresh, local, free-range ingredients. Samantha "Sam" Mitchell, the owner, has been running a food truck for seven years, "bouncing all around town" in St. Louis, hitting about 200 events a year. One of those events...Feature
CityPark concessions, Part 3: The Food: Hard to match St. Louis’ menu
Just scanning the list of food items available at CityPark Stadium is guaranteed to make you hungry. BBQ pulled-pork sandwiches. Smashed hamburgers. Balkan beef wraps, which include onions, tomato, feta cheese, cabbage, and garlic and chili sauce. Chicken, pork or potato tacos. An Italian sandwich with ham, roast beef, salami, provolone, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion "and a whole pepperoncini." Mac...Feature
CityPark Concessions, Part 2: The technology powering the operation
Almost every sports team has some version of a stadium or team app, usually developed by one of the main third-party providers in the market. These vary in quality and functionality, with most teams trying hard to engage fans by supporting digital ticketing and payment and loyalty services inside the app, with varying degrees of success in getting fans to...Feature