The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s World’s Champion Bar-B-Que Contest on Feb. 27-29 is just a warm up for all the food this year’s festivities will bring.
Some newcomers to the HLSR food lineup include Handmade Burgers, Jasper’s Rattlesnake Round Up, The Tot Spot & Mac Shack, Island Noodles, El Patio Restaurant, Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, Casa de Yummy and Fredericksburg Mini-Donut Co.
Some new food options are also on the menu, including Black Gold Truffles from Texas Pride Grill with chocolate cookie crumbs, cream cheese and white chocolate chips coated in sweet golden breading and fried, said Brittany Rader, senior manager of media relations and communications for the HLSR.
New savory food options include Cheetos Cheese Pickles from Biggy’s served with dill pickle chips, melted cheddar cheese and Flamin Hot Cheetos as well as The Finer Diner’s Mac and Cheese Eggrolls—a combination of three-cheese macaroni and smoked bacon bites wrapped in an egg roll and flash fried, Rader said.
The Rodeo runs from March 3-22 at NRG Stadium in Houston. Below is a full list of this year’s food lineup (asterisks denote new food vendors for 2020):
AMERICAN
Blue Ribbon Grill
Burton Sausage
The Finer Diner
Fletch
*Handmade Burgers
Holmes Smokehouse
Jack's Fries
*Jasper's Rattlesnake Round Up
Paradise Burgers
House Burger Barn
Saltgrass Steak House
Spring's Country Kitchen and Kettle Corn
Texas Pride Grill
Texas Sized Pizza and Burger & Chili Shack NRG Park Rodeo Plaza – RP 35
Texas Skillet
*The Tot Spot & Mac Shack
BARBECUE
Goode Company Barbeque
Harlon's BBQ
New Braunfels Smokehouse
Oakridge Smokehouse
Pappas Bar-B-Q
Ranch House Meat Company
Triple J's Smokehouse
Yoakum Packing Company
BEVERAGES
Daq Shack
Half Moon Saloon
Joe's Ale House
Margaritaville
Ranch House Lemonade
The Float Saloon
INTERNATIONAL
Greek Grill
*Island Noodles
MEXICAN
Alamo Tamale & Taco
Cadillac Bar
*El Patio Restaurant
Freebirds World Burrito
Fruteria Cano
Go Tejano Diner
Laredo Taco Company
Tad's Bodacious Burrito
PIZZA
Swain's Pizza On A Stick
Texas Sized Pizza By The Giant Slice
Texas Sized Pizza By The Slice
SEAFOOD
Cajun's Unlimited
Sudie's Catfish House
SNACKS
*Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Fields of Corn
Go Nuts and More
SWEETS
*Casa de Yummy
Cobbler Cafe
Crown Cinnamon Rolls II
Dippin' Dots
*Fredericksburg Mini-Donut Co.
Fried What!
Granny's Cheesecake & More
Kona Ice
Marble Slab Creamery
Once Upon a Cone
Piche's Beignets
Sills Funnel Cakes
Stubby's Cinnamon Rolls
Sweet Feed-Cinnamon Roasted Nuts
Original Minneapple Pie
CARNIVAL
Big Bubba’s Bad BBQ
Big Dogs II
Biggy’s II
Big Texas BBQ
Bishop Chicken Stand
Candy Factory
Corn Junction
Corn Shack
Cowboy Kettle Corn
Dutchmen’s Funnel Cake
Enzo’s Pizzeria
Fried A Fair
Fried A Fair II
Get Fried
Going Nuts
Kid Shack
First Class Ice Cream
Marcus Hot Dog
McKinney Corn Dog
McKinney Funnel Cake
Mustard’s Café
Nitro Treats
Spud Ranch BBQ
Squeezers
Sweet Cheeks
Sweet Dreams
Sweeties
Tater Twister
Texas Steak Out Grill
Totally Baked Cookie Joint
