September 10, 2026
The Philadelphia Eagles invited media to sample Lincoln Financial Field's new menu items for the 2026 season on Wednesday. So, I went and had myself some lunch.
First an overview of the menu:
And a review of each item, with commentary from Lincoln Financial Field Senior Executive Chef James Hennessey:
Hennessey: "It's an 18 inch green house-made chalupa shell that we fry and then we serve it with a braised wagyu beef shank, fried jalapeño poppers, a Oaxaca cheese sauce, charred tomatillo, avocado salsa verde, a little bit of pico, shaved jalapeños, crispy shallots, and cilantro."
#JimmySays: This thing was enormous, and it costs $55, lol. To show how big it is, I had one pose next to a football.
They had little mini ones that we got to sample, and I must say, they were bangin'. I would definitely buy the smaller versions (not available to the public), but, man, the 18-incher is a big commitment, and you might be eating it for an entire half of football. I'd probably only recommend it if you were sitting at a table in one of the luxury suites.
Hennessey: "It's basically smoked in house chicken with a little bit of poblano queso sauce, charred corn black bean relish, Pico de gallo, Mexican crema, scallions, and Tostito chips."
#JimmySays: I had already eaten a bunch of the other options below, and knew I wasn't going to finish a full plate of these, so I passed on them, but they looked good. Tried and true. Moving on...
Hennessey: "We're doing fresh shaved ribeye, caramelized onions, shredded Cooper Sharp cheese, and a seeded Amoroso roll."
#JimmySays: I'm a "witout" guy, and I'm not sure if they're available witout. Bad job by me for not asking. But they should have witout options, in my opinion, if they don't.
Hennessey: "It is a baked deep fried potato that we stuff it with breaded chicken cutlet, pimento mac and cheese, a little bit of 215 sauce, and a hot honey bacon jam.
#JimmySays: It looked like you could throw this thing like a brick through a window. There weren't smaller samples of it available for the taste testing. They only had the regular size versions, because, you know, hard to shrink down a potato, and then also fill it with all the add-ons that Hennessey mentioned above. Anyway, I wasn't going to commit to shoveling eight (estimated) pounds of potato into my face, so I passed. That's $20. Would definitely share with someone though on gameday.
Hennessey: "So we have our cheesesteak spring rolls, and we make a house-made banana pepper ketchup with Heinz ketchup. Really nice with the vinegar acidity to the ketchup, adds a little bit of balance to go with the cheesesteak, works out really, really well."
#JimmySays: These were good! And you don't have to commit to a full-on cheesesteak if you ate a lot at the tailgate and just want something manageable at halftime.
Hennessey: "We also have our pretzel rivets from Philly Pretzel Factory, and we serve that with a bacon jalapeño popper jam."
#JimmySays: This kind of reminded me of the scene in Breaking Bad when the German food scientist is presenting all the new sauces for the bigwig to try, and each has a fancy name. And when he gets to the ketchup, he's basically like, "Und... ketchup."
It was like, "Und... Rivets."
Anyway, we've all had Philly Pretzel Factory Rivets. Personally, I think they're a perfect thing to bring if you're visiting someone, at like a shore house or something. It shows some small level of effort, easy to pick up, and they'll get eaten.
Hennessey: "These are our Big Mozz Nuggets, and we do a Classico marinara sauce."
#JimmySays: The Big Mozz Nuggets were my favorite thing there, so much so that I'm beginning to question if all mozzarella sticks should be made in nugget form.
Henneseey: "And the last item that we have is a Kool-Aid-glazed chicken wing. It's brined with a little bit of pickle juice. Then the sauce is made with Heinz 57, as well as some tropical punch Kool-Aid, nice little glaziness, and then we serve that with Kraft dressings, both blue cheese and ranch.
#JimmySays: I knew the Tropical Kool-Aid was in there when I tried these, and yeah, you can taste it. Of course, if I didn't know I would have never normally taken a bite and said, "HEY THAT'S TROPICAL KOOL-AID IN THERE!" Honestly, I think that subconsciously affected my review. Anyway, if you like a sweet wing, maybe they're for you.
I retired from the press box food spread review game this summer, with one big 1-32 ranking of every team in the NFL.
But, I mean, I got an email asking if I wanted to sample fried food offerings. I'm a weak man. Of course I wanted to.
To be clear, I'm still retired from the food game. I just un-retired for, like, an hour.
I reserve the right to un-retire and re-retire at any moment's notice.
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