Bucks food for 2026-27: Check out the new, tasty bites

NBA season getting ready to kick off here. Taking a live look outside Pfizer Forum. That's right. Not only will the Jonas Brothers be playing here in just a couple weeks, November 1st. Yes, I am excited. But the Milwaukee Bucks getting ready to kick off their regular season. They're going to start away on Wednesday, taking on the Washington Wizards. And again, then the home opener, which is a couple days after that, taking on the Chicago Bulls on Friday 3 p.m. we are so so excited for this they did move up that time so if it's seeming wait that's a little earlier than i thought the game was the Bucks want you to be able to cheer on the Brewers as well again this is an entire community so excited for this World Series run so they did actually move that game from 7 p.m to 3 p.m to take on kind of that very close rival, the Chicago Bulls. And I always joke, but even if you don't necessarily like basketball, there's something for you with this season, with Pfizer Forum. Perhaps it's your foodie and you want to know, well, what's going to be on the menu? Well, we have that answer for you right here on Fox 6 Now. I want to go ahead and bring in our first guest joining us live from inside Pfizer Forum, Dustin Godsey joining us here. He's the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. Dustin, how are you guys feeling? We're so much closer to basketball season starting now. We are. It's an incredible week for sports in Milwaukee as a whole, but we're excited to get the season started. And this morning, we always kind of start off tip-off week with showcasing the new food items, so we're excited to share that today. Yeah, I can see some of the sneak peeks behind you right now. Walk us through some of the new offerings, because I always joke, But, like, long gone are the days of just expecting to be able to find a soft pretzel and a box of popcorn. You guys are creative with your menu. Yeah, certainly. You know, the hot dogs and the chicken tenders and all those things are still going to be here. But we definitely always want to create some new items and some new things for fans that are a little bit unexpected. Try some different things that are on trend, some things like that. We've got a lot of great new items this year. You know, a spicy chicken sandwich, new Palermo's Roman-style pizza stands that are going to be out there. My personal favorite that we've sampled as we went through and did our tastings this off-season was the King's Hawaiian Churro Bites. Just incredible, something you wouldn't necessarily think about, but you take those King's Hawaiian pretzel bites and deep fry them and get the cinnamon and sugar in the condensed milk. It's really, really incredible. I think it's going to be one of those things that people are going to see and start sharing and wonder what that is. So a lot of new fun items. My mouth is watering looking at those churro bites. I mean, how much work goes into crafting this menu and coming up with new options for your fans season after season? Yeah, it's something that really goes on all season long and really year-round as you're looking at what new trends are, as you're looking at the dirty sodas and things like that. But we really, before the season even ends, we've started digging into the data. We're working with our culinary team, and we're looking at the items that are selling well, the things that maybe we tried that didn't go as well, and the things we want to shift off of a menu. and then we go into and we really spend the entire off season you know what our culinary team is doing in terms of you know creating some of those new items going through a lot of testing and and sampling of those things and making figuring out which ones are going to make the cut which ones maybe are almost there and we'll bring in for a special opportunity or special game or substitute in if something doesn't perform like we want so it's really a year-round thing and and the off season is really that time for us to to focus and and be creative absolutely and i mean it is Wisconsin, after all, so I know a lot of the fans also enjoy maybe an adult bevy or two. Any new drinks you guys are adding to the bar menu? You know, I think for us, it's really working with our providers, our partners at, you know, Casamigos and Jack Daniels and Absolut and all those to continue to innovate and go through. But really, as we, you know, lean into more on the canned side with the hoop teas and, you know, the neutral seltzers and things like that that continue to be popular yes okay i have to ask because obviously we're getting ready for a new season we are so excited for the new food options some of these new drink options we're also kind of ushering in almost a new era of the Milwaukee Bucks what is kind of the vibe here we've got a ton of new players we've got a new head coach, I think we're ready for this new chapter yeah, I think the the excitement level is is really high as we go into this, you you nailed it exactly we're going into this what we're calling the next great era of Bucks basketball and really starting to build that out. Coach Taylor Jenkins has been incredible as we've gotten to work with him and really understand what his philosophy is going to be throughout the offseason. And you get a guy like Tyler Hero coming back home and being able to play in front of his home team crowd or hometown crowd. And Ryan Rollins and all these guys coming back, I think we're going to have a really exciting, energetic young team, which is really going to be fun as we build in through the season starting at 3 o'clock this Friday at home and right on through, hopefully, into the playoffs in April and May. And mentioning that new start time for Friday, how important was it for you guys to try and make it work to have this game start and finish before Game 1 of the World Series? Again, it's different sports, but it's one city, one community here. Yeah, it was really a no-brainer for us. As we started to look at what the schedule was going to be for World Series and especially for that game one. And it looked like it was going to become more and more a reality. Obviously, you don't want to jinx anything ahead of time. You know, we talked about it. It was obvious for us. We really want fans to be able to, you know, maybe clock out a little bit early on Friday, come down and enjoy the tip-off to the season with us and then cheer on through the night, whether that's hanging out here down at Deer District or, you know, hopefully making your way down to American Family Field to watch game one of the World Series. It's going to be a really, really special day for Milwaukee sports. I'll say we are crossing our fingers for not one, but two Milwaukee victories come Friday. Again, I am so excited that the NBA is back, that the Milwaukee Bucks are back. We're going to have basketball once again at Fiserv, For anyone who's maybe never made it out to a game, what are some of your absolute must-dos whenever you're at Fiserv to see the Bucks play? Yeah, I think, you know, coming down here, it's really special just with Deer District and everything going on with all the bars and restaurants. You know, you can really make an entire evening of it. So we always encourage fans to come down early, check out, you know, all the establishments in the area, come in, check out the artwork in the building, get up to the panorama club up on the upper level, which is open to everybody and really gives some incredible views. It really is, you know, I think even though we're eight years, eight, nine years into the life of the building, it still is really one of those world-class facilities and really an opportunity to experience the game in a much different way than you might expect. absolutely okay if anyone out there i don't know if you're going to answer this question but it's fun i promise if anyone out there is looking for maybe a new favorite player they need to get some new gear to cheer on this new era of the Bucks do you have any recommendations for some new players that we can't wait to get to cheer on you know i think a lot of people are going to start to pick their favorites and see who it is i know you know my son wanted the the ryan rollins jersey for his birthday i think brayden burry's you know looks like a and nata ment both you know look like they're going to have incredible rookie seasons. And then, of course, Tyler Hero coming back home. So I think there's a lot of opportunities in addition to all the players that have been here and the new guys coming in. Absolutely. And, again, we are just truly so excited. Bucks about to kick off their season, that home opener coming up on Friday against the Chicago Bulls. Dustin, thank you so much for joining us and giving us that sneak peek at the new menu items. Appreciate it. Thanks, Haley.