Kennywood gets creative with Potato Patch fries
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Try the maple-cinnamon sweet-potato waffle fries, Irish nachos, or cheesesteaks. Photos: Chrissy Suttles/Axios
Kennywood is leaning into its history this year with fresh spins on old favorites, including a limited-time Potato Patch-inspired menu, plus two new dining spots.
Dig in: Celebrate Kennywood Weekends — a new festival running each weekend from April 18-May 10 — will feature sweet and savory offerings such as pulled-pork–topped Potato Patch fries, rosemary truffle fries, and maple-cinnamon sweet-potato waffle fries with cinnamon sugar, mallow cream and maple glaze.
- Try the Irish nachos piled with corned beef, beer cheese and pickled red onions, or the white-chocolate sweet-potato cupcakes with pie spice and brown sugar butter cream.
Yes, but: Classic Potato Patch fries aren't going anywhere.
Visitors will find two new eateries at the park.
- Centennial Grill will replace Primanti's in Lost Kennywood, returning cheesesteaks to the menu.
- The Big Dipper ice cream stand, near Noah's Ark, pays tribute to the park's Dipper coaster that ran until 1984 and will serve ice cream, banana splits and other treats.
Zoom out: You'll see nostalgic photo ops across the park, pairing today's views with bygone scenes, plus a historic walkthrough at Kennywood Junction and competitive park trivia at Kennyville Stage.
- "We're looking back on our history to inform what we're doing in the future," says Taylor Bulischeck, Kennywood's director of marketing.
State of play: It's the attraction's first full season under Herschend, the world's largest family-run theme park operator and Dollywood co-owner, which purchased Palace Entertainment's parks last year.
If you go: The park opens weekends April 18, then daily starting May 22.