TAMPA, Fla. — Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival has returned with a full menu of options. There is a concert series, and some old food favorites are back, like the Lobster Mac and Cheese. Some new twists include street corn rolled in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and braised short ribs paired with Snoop Dogg’s red wine.
There are 20 new dishes among more than 90 offerings that are paired with wines, craft brews and creative cocktails. They are offered in 16 culinary cabins that are set up around the park, mostly in the Gwazi Park area, and open from noon to park closing on weekends through May 22.
Food items run $6.99 to $10.99 and wine and cocktails are $8.99 to $13.99. A 10-sample lanyard starts at $65, for food and samples of wine or cocktails. Note that for cocktails, you will be given about half of what you’d get for full price. But you get a full food portion using the sampler lanyard.
