Baseball and beer have always gone together in this town.

Now they'll be going together in Ballpark Village.

The Cardinals Tuesday announced the first tenant in their long-awaited development alongside Busch Stadium. Its name: Anheuser-Busch.

The ballclub and the big brewer have reached a licensing and sponsorship agreement for a restaurant and beer garden as part of the project's $100 million first phase. The restaurant, one of three anchor tenants around an event plaza, will be owned by the Cardinals and their development partners Cordish Co., but will bear the Budweiser name, have a German theme and offer more than 100 beers on tap.

“Anheuser-Busch has always been a great partner of the Cardinals and their commitment to this project will strengthen an already-great corporate relationship,” said Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III.

Anheuser-Busch's involvement with the Cardinals, of course, goes back to the '50s, when it bought the team. It sold them in 1996, but has maintained close relations, for instance buying the naming rights to Busch Stadium. The Cardinals have been talking for some time with the brewer about a role in Ballpark Village, said DeWitt.